A lot of times when I network, it's difficult to find something in common. Would it make sense to mention something that I admire off of their LinkedIn? Like "I noticed you were a DI athlete, would you mind sharing your experience being an athlete and recruiting at the same time?"
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Generally, the consensus that I've gotten from talking to colleagues and other professionals is that it's ok to explicitly or implicitly bring up any details that were on their LinkedIn, as long as you've already connected with them on LinkedIn. Obviously if they used to work for X company, it's totally fine to directly ask "hey i noticed you were at X firm before coming to Z firm, how did you find the transition?". However with other details (sports, hobbies) you should try to drive the conversation towards that direction instead of asking them outright. It may be a good idea may be to bring up the fact that you're a varsity athlete as well or that you play a sport competitively and that it's sometimes a challenge juggling both of them, and ask if he's had any experience doing that. However if there's some other detail about his life that you only found out via his facebook or other social media, don't bring it up.
For example, if we were in the same club, can I bring that up?
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