You can write a recommendation only for your 1st-degree connections whose work you'd like to recognize, like a colleague, co-worker, or student. The recommendation recipient can choose to display it on their profile. If a contact requests a recommendation from you, the request will be sent to you via a message which you can access from the Messaging icon at the top of your LinkedIn homepage.
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Navigate to the profile of the 1st-degree connection you'd like to recommend.
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Click the More
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Select
Recommend. -
Fill out the Relationship and Position at the time fields of the recommendations pop-up window, and click Next.
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Write your recommendation in the message field and click Send.
To respond to a recommendation request you received through your LinkedIn account:
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Click the
Messaging icon at the top of your LinkedIn homepage. -
Select the Write [member name] a recommendation message from the left side of the Messaging page.
- Alternatively, you can select the Write [member name] a recommendation message from the LinkedIn Messaging conversation windows and click on the link.
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Click the link provided in the message to write the recommendation.
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From the Recommendation requests pop-up window, click Write recommendation. You can click Ignore if you don’t want to recommend your connection.
To recommend someone from their profile:
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Navigate to the profile of the 1st-degree connection you'd like to recommend.
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Tap the More
button in the introduction section. -
Tap Recommend. This will take you to the How do you know [member name]? page.
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Select relationship and Select [member name’s] position at the time from the dropdowns, and tap Next.
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Write your recommendation in the message field.
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Tap Send.
To respond to a recommendation request received through your LinkedIn account:
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Tap the
Messaging icon in the upper right corner. -
Tap the link provided in the Write [member name] a recommendation message from the Messaging page to write the recommendation.
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From the Requests Received screen, tap Recommend. You can tap Delete if you don’t want to recommend your connection.
Notes:
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You can edit or delete recommendations you've sent at any time.
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When you give a recommendation, the other person can see it by clicking the Received link in the Recommendations section of their profile. You can see the recommendation by clicking the Given link in the Recommendations section of your own profile. Either one of you can choose to hide the recommendation.
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Recommendations can only be displayed on your LinkedIn profile if they're requested through LinkedIn and both parties have LinkedIn profiles. You can't add an email or other type of message as a recommendation.
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