Will you be my third recommendation?
Last year I set up a profile on LinkedIn after we found a new Client Services Manager for the Ottawa area and at first I was expecting another Facebook like application, I found the complete opposite. I figured it must be a great place to look for other candidates and old friends. On Facebook just about anyone can join your network or search through your friends and get to know you, on LinkedIn it is like you are a business networking event and you can only meet someone through an introduction.
Slowly I would look for previous business relationships, get new people to join my network and look for new contacts. Unlike Facebook, LinkedIn requires you build a relationship with someone or find some common interest or to look for contacts through posting or responding to questions in fields of your interest. It was fun at first but it kept asking me for more information to have a complete profile.
A year later I am only at 95% out of 100% for having a complete profile, this is after posting photos, jobs, inviting people to my network and then getting recommendations from current and past relationships. So far I have two and have been searching for a third. So now I feel like I have failed knowing I have note crossed the finish line, made it past the goal line or sunk the final basket to beat the buzzer.
I have to ask....
Will you be my third recommendation on LinkedIn?
Check out my profile here:
http://www.linkedin.com/in/gtaconstructionreport
Check out the other recommendations I have gotten:
Recommendations For Chase
“Chase combines competence with initiative -- he is truly effective at his work and he drives me to set higher standards as well.” October 15, 2007
Mark Buckshon [LION], President, Construction News and Report Publishing Inc.
managed Chase at Construction News and Report Group of Companies
“Over the past 10 years; Chase has helped our Companies secure profitable business from some of the largest domestic Clients in the business. His diligence and attention to detail have proven to be key factors in the success of programs we have launched together. I highly recommend him as program director, client liaison and campaign manager.” April 4, 2008
Steve Bateman, CEO, TML Inc.
was with another company when working with Chase at One Touch Direct
Let me know if you have used this networking tool or other online sites, I would be interested in exploring them and maybe even giving you a recommendation.
