Canada Post

Moya Greene, CEO
Canada Post Place
2701 Riverside Drive
Ottawa ON
K1A 0B1

To Whom It May Concern: Dear Moya Greene,

Mail is amazing. Beautiful stationary, crisp folds - it’s exquisite. I love mail almost as much as I love my country.

Unfortunately for me (and especially for Canada Post), mailing letters is becoming tres passé. In order to protect this medium of communication, I have created a blog on which I post the letters that I mail people. I haven’t been receiving any responses, so I visited the Florida State University’s Letter Writing Guide for some advice regarding writing this letter to you.

Apparently, I need to follow the “rules of layout and format of a standard business letter.” I’m not exactly sure what a standard business letter looks like, so I would really appreciate it if you would mail me a standard business letter. I will re-send this letter in the format of the letter you send me.

slant letter toward what you can offer employers, not what you think they should be offering you

I am not looking for employment. However, I did some quick math and figured out that if I want to keep this website going, I am going to have to spend more than $260 this year on postage alone! Wow! That’s a lot of money! Well, not for a huge organization like Canada Post. But for a starving student – it adds up to a lot of boxes of KD. Having my postage subsidized would be very helpful. Oh shoot! I’m already doing this all wrong!

Blogging has exploded in popularity, and donating stamps to my website will give you a unique opportunity to advertise the importance of Canada Post, at a very nominal cost!

address, whenever possible, to an individual, along with his/her correct title

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take advantage of any link to the employer that can put your foot in the door or give you an edge over the competition (for example, mentioning the name of someone you know in the organization)

I was talking to John from Accounts Receivable, and he seemed to think this was an excellent idea! Please don’t ask him though… he probably will tell you he that he has no idea what you are talking about. He’s such a kidder, that John…

close with a direct request for some sort of action (i.e., interview appointment)

I’m really looking forward to your generous donation of stamps. Not only will it make my letter writing addiction less expensive, but it will also revitalize the letter-writing industry.

Sincerely,

Jeremy David