LinkedIn Recommendations are a Black Hole
Why They Mean More to You Than to The Hiring Manager
Here’s the typical scenario. You’re about to leave your job or maybe you just got canned. You scramble and ask some of your work friends to give you a recommendation on LinkedIn. It beefs up your profile and has got to look good to hiring managers and recruiters, right?
Maybe not so much.
For one, LinkedIn recommendations only play a role after the hiring manager knows about you. There is no discovery mechanism. Typically, they would only see your recommendations after you’ve already applied or otherwise been referred for the job and they troll you.
It’s also unlikely that the hiring manager knows the folks that recommended you. This unknown element undermines the value of the recommendation. Is it from a trusted source? And because they’re typically written as a favor when you’re on the way out, the hiring manager is already suspect of the content in the recommendation.
Consequently, LinkedIn recommendations largely go ignored by hiring managers. You may feel good about yourself and look impressive to your friends, but there’s little real benefit to getting a new job.
Vetted is different.
With Vetted, your colleague can give you a recommendation at any time, not just when you’re jumping ship. That recommendation can be shared on your network and thiers providing maximum visibility. Hiring managers can discover these recommendations from people they already know and trust. They even have the ability to reach out to their connection to ask about the recommendation.
Avoid the black hole. Get Vetted.
