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As the Human Resource leader, your responsibilities range from directing the daily operations of the Human Resources Department, administrate HR policies, budgeting and supervise HR staff. In addition, your department will manage employee benefits, performance management, employee counseling, recruitment, hiring, orientation, training, worker’s compensation, employee health, meet compliance and HRIS programs. As HR Director, you act as the liaison to upper management and directly report to the President / CEO of most companies.
Much depends on you company, and how much contact you have had with the lady in the past.
In a smaller company as long as you know her and have communicated previously Dear Jane is fine.
In a larger more formal company or if you have never met the lady then I would address the letter to Ms Jane Smith but open it Dear Ms Smith.
Certainly in the case of a generation age gap, 15-20 years Dear Jane could be considered far too informal.
A good rule is that formality will never offend, informality might
No, I’d say not. Dear is a formal & appropiate way to be addressed I would say. Hope you get it!
No, it’s not too informal. However, I think Dear Ms. “Smith” would be more appropriate.
Call up and anonymously ask the secretary for the manager’s name. Dear Jane is not appropriate if you want a positive answer.
Dear Jane Smith is appropriate. Dear Jane is less fine. You would not normally use Sir/Madam when you know who you are addressing the letter to. That’s what I was taught anyway!
No, that’s not bad. Please consider Dear (insert name Ms. or Mr.) – which is also not too informal. You already work with them and may even be friends with them, but this is a professional request – be sure to add the Mr. or Ms. or Mrs.
One more point – since you are concerned with informality – consider signing your letter “Regards, (insert your name)”.
Either way you look at it, you need to always present yourself in writing very professionally at work. You never know who will see it.