Comments on: Employers: Think Twice About Giving LinkedIn Recommendations to Employees http://nclawlife.com/2009/07/08/employers-think-twice-about-giving-linkedin-recommendations-to-employees/ Tue, 08 May 2012 14:54:16 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 By: Joker http://nclawlife.com/2009/07/08/employers-think-twice-about-giving-linkedin-recommendations-to-employees/comment-page-1/#comment-225 Joker Thu, 09 Jul 2009 20:34:56 +0000 http://nclawlife.com/?p=374#comment-225 Hello, nclawlife.com - da best. Keep it going! Hello,
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]]> By: Heather Hollick http://nclawlife.com/2009/07/08/employers-think-twice-about-giving-linkedin-recommendations-to-employees/comment-page-1/#comment-224 Heather Hollick Wed, 08 Jul 2009 18:50:51 +0000 http://nclawlife.com/?p=374#comment-224 As a long-time user of LinkedIn I have to support your caution on the use of recommendations. The information has always been suspect to me anyway. On sites like Amazon it is relatively easy to be objective about a product. But on LinkedIn, recommendations are about people. We are writing about our friends and coworkers. It is much harder to be objective. Further, it seems like more often than not, recommendations are a quid pro quo for a reciprocal recommendation. "I'll scratch your back if you scratch mine" is a great way to engage with the world but it doesn't lead to objective evaluations. Just my 2 ¢ Heather As a long-time user of LinkedIn I have to support your caution on the use of recommendations. The information has always been suspect to me anyway. On sites like Amazon it is relatively easy to be objective about a product. But on LinkedIn, recommendations are about people. We are writing about our friends and coworkers. It is much harder to be objective.

Further, it seems like more often than not, recommendations are a quid pro quo for a reciprocal recommendation. “I’ll scratch your back if you scratch mine” is a great way to engage with the world but it doesn’t lead to objective evaluations.

Just my 2 ¢
Heather

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