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You can never have too many Recommendations! Getting additional Recommendations should be part of your ongoing job search. A variety of Recommendations on your Linkedin Profile will improve your credibility.

Start with a Plan

The best way to get the right amount and type of Recommendations is to create a plan on what you need. The goal of the plan is to establish your credibility and present your best qualities-qualities that match the job you are seeking. The plan should identify the number and types of Recommendations needed to support your goal.

Job Experiences

You should have at least two Recommendations for the major job experience you listed on your Profile. These Recommendations could be from co-workers, bosses or others who worked with you at those jobs.

Skill Levels

Skills transfer across job experiences. A perceptive company will recognize skill levels even if you lack experiences doing the job. When I left the ministry, I had no job experiences with the jobs I wanted. The first man who hired me for a human services position said that teaching me the content would be easy; I already had the public speaking skills he wanted for the job.

Identify the skills that are most wanted for the job you are seeking. For each of these skills, get two Recommendations to describe how you used these skills in the past.

Job or Company Related Recommendations

If you can get a Recommendation from someone in the same job field or the same company, these are valuable Recommendations. You can search within Linkedin for people to help. Go to your first level connections and click on each of their profiles. You can see who is connected to them. Then you can click on these new connections to see who is connected to them. (3rd level of connections). See if there is someone in these different levels of connections that may be in your job field or in the company where you want to work. (Later I will show you how to invite these connections into your circle.)

Personal Qualities

By having one or two Recommendations about outstanding personal qualities, you add frosting to the cake. These types of Recommendations add depth and richness to why a company should hire you.

Conclusion

Use a variety of Recommendations to complete your Linkedin Profile. Use the formula for power Recommendations as an outline for the content of the Recommendations. In the next two blog posts, we will talk about giving Recommendations and getting Recommendations.

Your comments are always welcome…

Al Hanzal

 

 

 

By having one or two Recommendations about outstanding personal qualities, you add frosting to the cake.  These types of Recommendations add depth and richness to why a company should hire you.

 

Conclusion

 

Use a variety of Recommendations to complete your Linkedin Profile.  Use the formula for power Recommendations as an outline for the content of the Recommendations.  In the next two blog posts, we will talk about giving Recommendations and getting Recommendations. 

 

Your comments are always welcome…

 

Al Hanzal

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