You could call to ask for a name, unless the ad specifically says "No
calls please."  Or you could write "Dear Sirs and Mesdames:"

Others will have other suggestions.  Speak up others!  ;-)

Jay Heuman
Visitor & Volunteer Services Coordinator
Joslyn Art Museum
2200 Dodge Street, Omaha, NE, 68102
342-3300 (telephone)   342-2376 (fax)

"You can’t lock up art in a vault and keep it frozen for posterity. Then
the artist is betrayed, history is betrayed."
(Walter Persegati)


> -----Original Message-----
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> On Behalf Of ksf
> Sent: Wednesday, October 02, 2002 12:18 am
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> Subject: no-name ads
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>
> If you are answering an ad, and it says to address the letter to,
> say, Executive Assistant Search or Human Resources Department,
> what do you put in the line reserved for "Dear Mr../Ms. Whoever ?"
>
> People say you should not write "To Whom it May Concern." But
> what else can you do? Do you have to call the place of business
> and ask for a name? Or is there a reason the name is not in the
> ad?
>
> Thanks for any help.
>
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