How to Write a LinkedIn Recommendation - Your Career Intel

How to Write a LinkedIn Recommendation - Your Career IntelFrom time to time, you may receive requests to write LinkedIn recommendations from colleagues, employees or business partners. Unless you are vehemently opposed to writing a LinkedIn recommendation for a particular personsay, if you dont feel that they are worthy of praiseit is a good practice to do so. Its part of paying it forward. Also, folks are likely to reciprocate and do the same for you should you ask for one in return.Now what should you say about your great boss or employee? Keep it to about four sentences at maximum and two sentences at minimum. Here are a few tips to get your wheels turning and get over any writers blockStart it out with a description of how long you have known the person, during which job and in what capacity you worked together (i.e. I managed Jane or Jane reported to me).Next, say what comes to mind when you think of him or her. Keep it completely professional, of course, and mention key qualiti es he or she brought to the workplace and his or her job. These attributes can cover both skills and personality.Feel free to add another sentence about them if there are one or two traits that you would like to emphasize in particular with a brief anecdote.Then end it with youre a recommendation to sum up how you feel about themI would hire Jim again any day or Jim would be a big asset to any employer.And, just like that, youre doneHave you written a LinkedIn recommendation before? What tips would you share?