Ray A. Smith

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910 appearances 20 recordings 1 series first heard Jun 2018 last heard Nov 2024

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WSJ Your Money Briefing · Want to Advance Your Career? Try Reconnecting With Your Old Boss · 8 Nov 2024 podcast

Are you looking for leads?

Are you looking for a mentor?

Are you looking to develop new skills?

Acknowledging that it's been a minute since you all have spoken, you don't have to outright say,

I don't know what you're up to or anything like that, but you can say something like, I'd love to hear how things have been going with you.

You can sort of get them to tell you by asking some questions like, I'd love to hear more about what's going on with you or what's new in your job or your role or your professional development.

So there are ways to sort of get at it without signaling that you really have no clue.

That's an excellent way to show, A, that you've done some measure of homework, but B, it also just says that this is not a one-sided conversation, that you are actually interested in them and in sharing rather than, I just need you right now to help me do this thing or meet this person or get this job.

A couple of things they could suggest is just news articles and just job listings that they

if they know exactly what that person is looking to do next or is in the market for, or if they're just curious.

So you can share information like that.

It's one way you can be of service.

You can also just offer to introduce them to somebody maybe they've been wanting to meet or lead them to some opportunity that maybe they've been thinking about.

So you can offer some help, but the caveat, it should be realistic help.

You don't want to promise or over-promise because that's not going to be a good look.

It really depends on how close that contact was.

was in the past or even now, for a former colleague or that sort of happens to be a friend now, you may want to stay in touch once a month.

And that would be considered like a close contact.

But if it's a boss that maybe they were your boss for a year, you could do that maybe once a quarter.

That's like a mid-level contact.

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