depends what kind of job. but if it is in retail, i'd sugest sincerley.
If you know their name, then use sincerely. If you don't then use faithfully. Thus Dear Mr Bloggs - Yours Sincerely Dear Sir - Yours Faithfully
Dear Madam (but sign it Yours Faithfully) or Dear Miss..... (sign Yours sincerely) or Dear Mrs..... (sign Yours sincerely)
You only end a letter with Yours Sincerely when you address the person by name (eg Dear Mr Jones). If you start with Dear Sir (or Madam) you end with Yours Faithfully. ♣
If it is to an acquantance and started with Dear John for example then you can finish with yours sincerely. If to a business and started Dear Sirs then finish yours faithfully
It depends how you started it. If you started with 'Dear sir (or madam) you finish with 'yours faithfully. If you began with Dear Mr (or Mrs) Smith, you end with 'yours sincerely'
If you start Dear Mr Bloggs, you should sign off "Yours sincerely". If you start Dear Sir/Madam or Dear Customer, you should sign off "Yours faithfully".
How about this? "Dear __________ This is to acknowledge receipt of your letter of ________ You will receive a reply in the near future [within ten days]. Yours sincerely [faithfully]
Yours faithfully is used at the end of a formal letter if you don't know the name of the person you are writing to, and thus have begun with 'Dear Sir,' or 'Dear Madam'. If you are apologizing, it's much more likely that you know the person's name, and will start 'Dear Mr. Smith,' or whatever, in which case you sign off 'Yours sincerely'.
In Australia, you have two options to choose from in a general correspondence: 1) if you know the name of the recipient (for example, Mr John Smith), use: Dear Mr Smith ... Yours sincerely 2) if you do not know the name of the recipient, or if you want to use an impersonal approach, use: Dear Sir ... Yours faithfully Dear Madam ... Yours faithfully
1 Uknown recipient Dear Sir/Madam Yours faithfully 2 Known recipient Dear Mr/Mrs/Prof/Dr Yours sincerely
Yours simcerely is used at the end of a letter when you open the letter with a persons name, as in Dear Mr. So and So, the ending is yours sincerely. It means that you are true, genuine and earnest
faithfully