Don’t make any appeals about how the meeting will benefit the professional you’re reaching out to, said Dr. Grant, who contributes to The Times. Dr. Grant recalled how a group of students all wanted to ask for his advice. Instead of fielding 20 or more individual emails, Dr. Grant carved out time to address all the students’ questions at once. Expect light homework, deferrals, referrals or delays in response to a cold email asking to pick their brain. “Oftentimes you’ll hear, ‘Hi, can I pick your brain?

Source: New York Times March 17, 2019 18:22 UTC