What's the best way to handle a former boss reaching out to see if you're interested in working at their current company? I loved working for her, so I'm definitely interested - but I'd like to minimize any fallout from it.

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Fallout as in your current employer finds out and retaliates against you? That’s a risk you have to take if you want to shop around. It’s currently shaping up to be an employers market so I would be more careful if I were you.

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