An old mentor of mine posted a job position that I’m very interested in. ——— We used to work together in the past as well and we used to meet regularly until I forgot to schedule our next touch base. 6 months later she has a job opening that I want to apply for but I feel like I should reach out first and try to catch up with her and apologize for not following up. Any advice for how to go about this?

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I wouldn’t worry about apologizing. Unless you guys were best buddies and you ghosted we all know how busy life gets and our check-ins with mentors are one of those things that naturally de/re-prioritize pretty frequently.

Just reach out and say you saw this opportunity and would love to reconnect to talk about it and catch up.

Anyone who is a mentor will not think about it twice.

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I would just be honest and talk about the job and then continue with your regular check-ins. She will see right through the check-in as soon as you start asking about the job

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