The writer - a real, living person - is telling at story about Curtis, one of their favorite people. What's different about this recommendation, compared to the pale and sickly one that emphasized your ability to get to work on time? In the second example, a real person is talking to us. Curtis' fantastic instincts made him an amazing partner and mentor and I'm happy I got the chance to work with him - I hope we get to do it again. Curtis is the best demo presenter I've ever seen, and he closed more business in that trip than most people do in a quarter. I met Curtis when we were both Sales Engineers at Acme Explosives, traveling around the midwest to demo our new modular (and thus shippable) stick dynamite product. Here's what a powerful LinkedIn recommendation looks like: You can politely let the person who recommended you know that you very much appreciate her time and energy but that you're focusing your search on particular roles - and you'd be grateful if she could rewrite her recommendation to mention your success (not just your diligence and punctuality!) in projects that match your chosen career direction. ![]() If you were not an entry-level employee in your last job and if you have other, stronger recommendations to rely on, I would rethink that one. The recommendation you shared in your letter definitely makes you sound like an entry-level employee. That practice is called 'logrolling.' It's not reassuring to hiring managers to see mutual recommendations across a group of people, especially if they all sound alike or very similar. I'm not sure it's a great idea to swap LinkedIn recommendations across your group of former teammates. ![]() Sign up here to get top career advice delivered straight to your inbox every week. ![]() Subscribe To The Forbes Careers Newsletter
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