I had a terrific informational interview today. The woman I spoke with wants me to email her so she can pass on information about a job at an agency in her building. Two things: 1) She told me about the position but I know I'm not interested b/c I actually want to see if I can create a position for myself at her agency. 2) She wanted me to email her when I got home so that she could send me the info about the other organization. Of course I said I would and that I would send her the link to my website. Before speaking with her I had planned to send her a handwritten thank you note after the interview. Can I send her the email to follow up and send her a snail mail note? Or should I just send her the thank you in the email?

Thanks for your thoughts!

She told you to email...use that as your thank you. Follow through on the other job, that may actually be the lead into her agency! You can go to an interview and then get back to her thanking her but saying (somewhat wistfully) "you know I'm so impressed with your organization, I'd much prefer to come to you."

Pandora