Day 5, LinkedIn Recommendations

There is another interesting feature at LinkedIn called "Recommendations". It works both ways - a member can give and receive recommendations.

If you happily worked with somebody in the past or work now and you see the person is a LinkedIn member, you can invite them into your network and post your recommendation to their profile.

Also you can request to get recommended for your work well done from any member of your network. Actually you will really need recommendations if and when you apply for a job at LinkedIn, as there are messages at the bottom of some job postings: "Applicants with recommendations are preferred. Referrals through network preferred. No third party applications"

As I am interested in finding consulting projects here on LinkedIn I started this process of requesting recommendations. It is not the easiest thing to do as you should collect your memories first, then try to get in touch with people who might recommend you, invite them to join LinkedIn and/or your network and ask for a recommendation... Well, it does not work all the time I can tell you... People are busy and you do not want to be a pain in the neck... So, you wait after sending an e-mail...

http://www.linkedin.com/in/olgakellen