Connection request templates: former colleague reconnect
You worked together in the past and lost touch along the way.
Straightforward · 176/300 characters
Hi [Name], it has been a while since our [Company] days. I saw you are now at [New company] and wanted to reconnect properly. I hope the years in between have treated you well.
Warm · 183/300 characters
Hi [Name], I still think about the [project] scramble at [Company] more often than I should admit. Your name came up this week and I realized we never connected here. Fixing that now.
Brief · 84/300 characters
Hi [Name], [Company] feels like a lifetime ago. Good to find you here, reconnecting.
Before you send
- Name the shared employer or project so the memory clicks quickly.
- Acknowledge the gap instead of pretending you spoke last month.
- One specific shared memory beats a paragraph of generic hello.
Replace every [bracketed part] with the real detail, and if the note claims you read something, read it first. The 300-character limit counts everything; the counts above already include the brackets.
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For a specific person, the writer drafts three registers from who they actually are and your honest reason. Templates generalize; the writer personalizes.
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