CHAPTER 31
How to Reach Out After Losing Touch
by Jodi Glickman
What’s worse than having the perfect person to reach out to about a job opportunity, a career switch, or an impending move to Asia, and not being able to do so because you’ve lost touch? How many people have you come across in your life who suddenly might help your cause, personally or professionally, but whom you haven’t seen or spoken to in ages—and whom you perhaps feel guilty about popping up to contact only now that you need them?
The bad news is that it happens more often than you might think. The good news is that it’s entirely possible to reconnect with people, even if it seems preposterous after months or years gone by. The passage of time is not a good enough reason to ...
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