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Inquiry Letter: Quible and Others Defined, "Letters of Inquiry Are A Type of Business Message
Inquiry Letter: Quible and Others Defined, "Letters of Inquiry Are A Type of Business Message
Inquiry Letter: Quible and Others Defined, "Letters of Inquiry Are A Type of Business Message
Definition
Inquiry letter is The letters that are written for collecting information about job
seekers, prices, products, and services before awarding jobs, granting credit, making
contracts and giving promotions are known as letters of inquiry. These letters are
written to a third party seeking information about either a job or a company that
wishes to make business relationship.
Quible and others defined, “Letters of inquiry are a type of business message
that asks the recipient for information or assistance.”
Prospective employers and business organizations usually write inquiry letters for
obtaining desired information. Prospective employers write this letter to the referees
mentioned in the job application to obtain information about the applicant’s personal
and family background, ability, skills, honesty, character, integrity, quality of
performance, fitness for job etc.
On the other hand, business enterprises write inquiry letters to third parties referred by
the customers to know about their business dealings, financial capabilities and
goodwill to determine whether to establish business relationships with those
enterprises.
The letters that are written by prospective employers for obtaining information about
job applicants are called personal status inquiry letter. Employers write this letter to
obtain information relating to the applicant’s personal and family background, ability,
skills, honesty, character, integrity, quality of performance, fitness for job etc.
Generally this letter is written to the referees mentioned by the concerned applicant.
In response to this letter, the referees write a reply letter to the employer. This
response letter may be favorable, unfavorable or neutral to the applicant.
02. Business status inquiry letter
When a business enterprise writes letter to another business enterprise for collecting
information about a prospective customer, it is known as business status inquiry letter.
This letter is usually written for collecting information about financial capability,
goodwill, nature of business dealings, honesty etc. of a business enterprise to
determine whether to establish business transactions with it. Responses of this letter
may be either favorable or unfavorable.
Keeping the above two things into consideration an inquiry letter should highlight the
following matters:
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