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Latest on LinkedIn - recommendations more valuable than a reference?

Posted on : 11-10-2009 | By : Sarah Thomas | In : Carve Consulting Australia, Recruitment 2.0, Social Recruiting

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LinkedIn Recommendations & Jeremiah Owyang is an interesting (and comic) article by Jason Alba looking at why you should consider requesting/giving recommendations via your LinkedIn profile.

I know there’s a lot of skepticism about LinkedIn in Australia, and it hasn’t perhaps yet proved itself here. Social network strategist Laurel Papworth recently suggested to a packed theatre full of marketing people at Marketing Now! to that perhaps Twitter was more effective/useful at this point.

I’d be interested to hear your thoughts on how you view the value of these recommendations and if they replace/take place of the trusted old written reference.

  • Thanks for your comment Jason, I agree it is a bit like comparing apples to oranges but I guess many people ask as they want to know where to comit their very time starved resources.

    I like Hutch Carpenter's insight comparing Twitter v Online forums (http://bhc3.wordpress.com/2009/10/05/tragedy-of...) and his criticism of LinkedIn: "Marketers pollute LinkedIn message boards with their spammy webinar solicitations" which echoes many people's experiences of LinkedIn (including Laurel's...http://laurelpapworth.com/warning-rant-i-hate-linkedin/).
  • jasonalba
    Thanks for sharing the conversation with your readers.

    Specifically regarding which is better, Twitter or LinkedIn, I think that's a tough argument because my question is "better for what purpose?"

    It's not easy to find someone on Twitter and figure out if you want to do business with them... although you do get a glimpse into their (current) thoughts (depending on how often they tweet).

    LinkedIn is the place I go when I'm looking for info on someone... doing research before a lunch meeting, etc. It's more of a database research tool than Twitter is.

    Both, however, have their strengths (and weaknesses), I would not say one or the other, I would say both, for their strengths.... :)
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