Thanking people for availing opportunities is part of any professional and personal relationship.
Right from the end of a job interview or business tie-up to any services rendered, “Thank you for the opportunity to serve you” could be a brilliant icebreaker or continue to build on existing goodwill.
Here’s an all-in-one guide on how effectively to put across the message.
Importance Of Gratitude Expression
Gratitude is not only respect toward trust shown but also paves the way for strengthening rapport-building.
Thanking a person for providing the opportunity to serve will show appreciation for the trust shown in your person and dedication toward the job. It will bring added cooperation, create loyalty, and bring more opportunities in the long run.
Be Timely
Send away your thank you note immediately after the opportunity. This ensures that the gratitude will be relevant and fresh. After an interview, send it in less than 24 hours. If it is a business opportunity, do so in a few days.
This is one sure way of ensuring that time shows you value the chance that has been given.
Personalize Your Message
Personalize your thank-you note in terms of the specific opportunity and your relationship with the recipient. Include some details that are resounding to that person, and your gratefulness will resound with them.
So, say, include a detail about a project you did together or a conversation you had. It makes your message that much more distinctive.
Be Honest
Authenticity is everything. Put inside your message just how sincere you are with your gratitude, and respect for what opportunity was offered, keeping away from clichés or sentences that people use very often.
Be spontaneous about what this opportunity means for you. Your sincerity will show through.
Use Simple And Concise Language
Be simple when you are thinking. Avoid using too many fancy words which in the end may eventually dilute what it is that you want to say. Come to the point and thank them.
A few selected lines will be more capable than a long, rambling message.
Highlight The Impact
Describe how this opportunity has improved you in a positive lens. You can let them know that you became more experienced, grew as a person, or gained something very important out of this opportunity.
It highlights to the recipient just how valuable whatever it is they have offered truly is. For instance, “It has opened new avenues of career growth for me.”
Offer Help
Offer any way you can help the recipient if appropriate. This may be with a project or simply making an introduction.
