Still Writing Linkedin Recommendations? No. Then You Should Be!
People say that Linkedin recommendations don’t mean anything, but I believe it depends upon who is writing the recommendation and how the recommendation is written. Another difference would be how active that the person being recommended is active in social media networking. Essentially, your LinkedIn profile should be used as a calling card or your online expanded professional reference. Here are a few examples of what I had to say about some people in my own professional LinkedIn network.
Carla Deter
Virtual Assistant/Owner/Blogger/Guest Author
Carla Deter was brought on to my KnoGimmicks.com (now referred to as “Living The Digital Media Artist Lyfestyle”) site a few months ago as a content manager (author) and even after she has moved on in her own social media consulting, her articles are still gaining some major traction on the site. Her ability to understand different industries and take a Social Media for Business perspective in those different industries has truly amazed more than 3,000+ subscribers (not to include my vast network of 4.7K Linkedin connections and 1.3k Twitter network). Carla’s ability to recognize different Social Bookmarking sites such as Scoop.it! or Reddit as marketing tools and her unique knack to captivate Google Plus groups with knowledgeable, consistent content while using White Hat SEO strategies helped to propel KnoGimmicks.com forward in its overall marketing efforts. As a career professional in Digital Media Design, Engineering and in Authorship myself, I highly recommend Carla Deter not only because of her natural instinct in online social situations to capitilize on unforeseen opportunities, but also because she understands that it takes hard work to create high quality content.
Lisa Kocourek
Career Counselor
Lisa Kocourek enthusiastically led me and another group of college students/interns in the Co-op Program at the College of Lake County Grayslake Campus. Her session was highly informative regarding the usage of Linkedin as a college student. She took us through the entire Linkedin profile while explaining the specifics on each individual line item. Lisa was very engaging in her facilitative delivery and she also took the necessary time to answer all of our questions in great detail. Her vast knowledge as a counselor and as a professional online networker proved to be extremely valuable in the aspect of job hunting. I highly recommend Lisa Kocourek to facilitate any type of Linkedin training sessions in the future, regardless of the audience’s level of experience!
Carolyn Serdar
Cooperative Education and Service Learning Coordinator
Carolyn has helped me on numerous occasions as a student and job seeker to locate multiple internship employment opportunities. She is well-connected and always maintains positive relationships with partnering College of Lake County companies. Her in-depth knowledge of ONET and other online avenues of job seeking such as College Central Network shows that her expertise is very rare. Carolyn always approaches every potential candidate with the perfect job requisitions to suit applicant skills. I highly recommend her as one of the instructors and counselors to definitely seek out when you are searching for the perfect job opportunity. The best quality about Carolyn is that she always meets and greets you with a smile no matter how stressful or deeply buried in paperwork that she is.
Jim Beaudry
Managing Director
Jim Beaudry strategically recommended me for a Linkedin training position at Comcast Cable which is working out above my expectations! He was highly responsive through email, Linkedin messaging and our brief phone conversation touching bases about the job requirements. Jim is definitely a people connector and he recognizes the skills of professionals that are excellent fits for job descriptions. You can tell that he has the experience in doing what he does as a Manager Director because the transition and the hand-off was exceptionally smooth. I highly recommend going through Jim Beaudry if you are a job-seeker searching for a new opportunity in a very difficult job market. The guy just gets you the results!
Jessie Yarborough
Quality Assurrance Representative
Jessie Yarborough is one of the top independent business consultants in the Columbia, South Carolina area with 15+ years of expertise. Her in-depth, all-encompassing knowledge in constructing business plans while providing key-industry specific consultation makes her adaptable to all current markets. Even during the economical downturn Mrs. Yarborough has the “eagle-eyed” vision, that is currently a necessity in today’s competitive market, in recognizing entrepreneurial opportunities to include understanding the legal requirements of starting particular businesses, connecting entrepreneurs with the subject matter experts that they need, and furthering the development of marketing strategies to help move companies forward. Jessie also has immediate access to the resources that entrepreneurs require in order to be successful in pitching a product or service, performing the necessary market research and seeking out venture capitalists or potential investors. I STRONGLY recommend her for consultation if you are starting a new business (with or without a business plan) or if your business currently requires a strategic plan to discover a new market niche.
Carolyn Ellison
CEO of Gifts From Above
Carolyn Ellison is a very inspirational writer, motivational speaker, poet and religious leader. The trials and tribulations that she has been through indeed has made her stronger as person, a leader, and a follower of Christ. Her books are very inspirational and her online reputation is known for inspiring others to make the necessary change that they need to make in life to find salvation & relief through God. She is a strong woman with deep family roots out of South Carolina from a large family. She is a mother, a grandmother and an involved community leader. I highly recommend that you connect and contact Carolyn Ellison and learn about her life threatening but very inspiring story to help you motivate yourself in life to continuously move forward.
Olivier Jasko M.A {LION}
General Manager
Olivier Jasko is a highly knowledgeable individual with strong leadership qualities and a very innovative professional in the Hospitality Industry. He is always very supportive and primarily essential in my Linkedin professional network as well. At anytime if I required his support, Olivier quickly volunteered himself as an online reference, putting his reputation on the line to recommend me for any goals that I wished to pursue. Although we have not worked together directly or as colleagues, his knowledge as an Operations Manager in Hotels, Resorts, F&B, and the Tourism industry immediately shows through his expert responses in group forums, polls, daily posts, content, or in the Linkedin answers section. His Linkedin profile is clean and well written, which sets his social media presence head and shoulders above the rest. As a Social Media Content Manager, I highly recommend Olivier in the Social Media realm as an essential professional connection and as one of the Top “go-to guys” in the Hospitality Industry.
Lance T. Walker
Managing Director
Lance T. Walker is an outstanding representative of the veterans community across all military branches. Mostly recognized for his outstanding abilities and effective coaching strategies in Military Transition Assistance. Anytime that I needed his support in the past, on several occasions, Mr. Walker was always available for free consultation and never turned his back on me or any other veteran that was in dire need of locating job leads. Lance T. Walker is also the founder of the, “We Hire Heroes” website which provides a multitude of tools for transitioning military or current military veterans looking for veteran friendly opportunities. With his unique assortment of additional expertise such as Small Business Marketing, Internet Infomercial Marketing, Web Designing and Motivational Speaking, I would highly recommend Mr. Walker for any position in a company or business. Bottom line is, he shows genuine concern for the veteran’s community and supports them with every ounce of energy that he possesses!
Siny U K Nair
Trainee
I have had the distinct privilege of getting to know Siny Nair on LinkedIn over the past 3 months. Siny is a very intellectual individual with the aptitude for great leadership in the future. The technical proficiency that she possess and the loyalty of her personality that she may bring to an organization makes Siny a professional that you would fight for to have on your team. I believe that she has worked hard to get where she is right now in her studies and in her professional career. We have had numerous conversations concerning instructional techniques and the daily application of instructional strategies in order to increase the overall delivery of formal instruction. If she stays on that path that she is on, I may be working for her one day and if the opportunity arises, I would gladly become apart of her team no matter where she is in the world. Siny is a topnotch instructor with a strong foundational structure to build upon and go all the way to the top with! I actually look forward to conducting business with Siny one day in the near future and I would recommend her for any business or company looking to make her apart of their organization!
“Ari” Arivazhagan, PMP, PMI-SP,PMI-RMP,MBB
CEO,IIPM
I have had the pleasure of meeting Mr. Arivazhagan in several group discussions where we have shared many of the same values and philosophies of leadership on a worldwide level. Ari is an exemplary individual that I personally admire as someone who I look forward to doing business with in the very near future. I have had the distinct pleasure of meeting thousands of people via LinkedIn and in person but sometimes you know when certain people are destined for greatness, regardless where you meet them. Ari is one of those people! I would recommend him for any company or business that requires a project manager whom has a sense of loyalty to the organization and understands what true leadership really means to a project team.
Matthew Weaver, PMP, CSM, ITIL
Partner
Matthew Weaver is one of the best among all Project Managers that I have ever met! It is my great pleasure to learn from Matthew Weaver, he is an Extremely Smart Expert! Matthew Weaver is a deadline oriented, proactive and responsible leader with a great skill to analyze or summarize the needs of a Junior Project Manager’s career path and a great personal mentor on which certifications that they should currently pursue to succeed in their career. Regardless of your industry, he has the Leadership Insight to point you in the right direction and to help you win. I highly recommend Matthew Weaver to be the leader of any project or to mentor subordinates on a worldwide platform. I look to mimic his expertise in my career and anytime that his services were required in the past, he was the highly dependable individual that I always knew that I could call upon! Matthew is the best mentor that I have ever had in an entire 2 year period!
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