Worst LinkedIn Recommendation… Ever.
July 12th, 2010 | by Jason Alba |I found some Recommendations in my LinkedIn Inbox from a while ago. Not sure why I was sitting on them but on Friday I decided to clean them out - approving all but two. The first I deleted was what I posted on last Friday… my favorite LinkedIn Recommendation This is the second one I’m deleting:
Some points:
- I don’t know this person (yes, I have since disconnected)
- Cheap? Guru? Look at the person’s profile… lots of spelling errors.
- I don’t do SEO.. this is a clear violation of trust - he/she is just trying to get their SEO stuff and link on MY profile.
- The “recommendation” doesn’t talk about me at all - it’s all about SEO services.
- Year first hired: 2008? NO. I did not ever hire this person, and they didn’t hire me.
Yuck. Makes me want to puke. Prateek needs to go back to MySpace.
3 Responses to “Worst LinkedIn Recommendation… Ever.”
By Rick VanGameren on Jul 12, 2010 | Reply
I was surprised to see that Prateek’s recommendation of you shows up on his/her profile.
Interesting.
i think LI shouldn’t display it on the recommenders profile until the recommendee accepts it.
By Tim Esse on Jul 12, 2010 | Reply
Jason:
The one I can’t figure out is people who I have never interacted with asking for recommendations. I almost feel like do a recommendation saying ” doesn’t have a clue” but then why be mean…
By Jason Alba on Sep 3, 2010 | Reply
@Rick- I haven’t poked around but I totally agree with you - bad design.
@Tim - that’s why I wrote this awesome post: http://imonlinkedinnowwhat.com/2009/08/03/model-of-a-letter-of-recommendation-of-a-person-you-are-unacquainted-with-benjamin-franklin/