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Reconnect With Old Colleagues Before You Need Them
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People I want to reconnect with (name, how I know them, when we last spoke, anything I know they've done since): {{CONTACT_LIST}}
What I'm doing now and what I'm looking for: {{MY_SITUATION}}
For each person, write a short message of 40-80 words that:
- Mentions something real and specific: a project we shared, a post of theirs, a new job I saw.
- Shares a one-line update about me.
- Asks one easy question about them.
- Doesn't ask for a job or referral. That can come later, if the conversation goes somewhere.
Then give me:
1. A light schedule: how many to send per week, and when to follow up.
2. Rules for when it's appropriate to mention my job search, and a natural line to do it.
3. Two ways to add value back (an introduction, an article, a congratulations) so the relationship isn't one-way.
Rules: only use details I've provided about each person. If I've given you nothing specific, write a placeholder like [shared memory] rather than inventing one.
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“Reconnect With Old Colleagues Before You Need Them” is a free prompt for ChatGPT in the Writing & Creative category, 200 words long, added to The Prompt Index on October 28, 2026 by The Prompt Index. Copy it with the button above, paste it into ChatGPT or any other AI chat assistant, and send it.
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{{CONTACT_LIST}}, {{MY_SITUATION}}.
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Recommended models: ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini.
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