Jeff Altman, The Big Game Hunter encourages you to only ask for recommendations from people you know.
Have you ever received a message from someone overseas who asks you to recommend them on LinkedIn?
I have and I receive them all the time. For me, it is infuriating and for you, you should be embarrassed.
Do use a recent example, what do I know about your work as a shipping clerk in Pakistan that would cause me to recommend you? Do you think people can figure out pretty quickly that this is a phony recommendation?
I do.
I will not help game the LinkedIn system by giving fake recommendations and it says a lot about you that you have to reach out to someone like me and others to get recommendations from us.
Only asked for LinkedIn recommendations from people you know. They are the ones who could write textured and detailed and nuanced recommendations that will reveal something about you that an employer will care about.
What can I say about this person in Pakistan?
“He’s a really good guy!”
Do you think that would be helpful or, do you think someone reading it with think of you and me as being liars?
I know the answer that and so do you.
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Do you really think employers are trying to help you? You already know you can’t trust recruiters—they tell as they think you need to know to take the job they after representing so they collect their payday.
The skills needed to find a job are different and complement the skills needed to do a job.
Jeff Altman, The Big Game Hunter has been a career coach and recruiter for what seems like one hundred years.
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