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Our company has recently become more active on Linked In, the professional social networking site. We have a neutral reference policy for supervisors. We have seen more collegues provide recommendatio
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Linked In Recommendations
posted at 8/26/2010 7:14 PM EDT
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Posts: 55
First: 12/23/2000 Last: 8/26/2010 |
I couldn't agree more. Recruiters have a way of inviting you stating "have done business with" in the choice of relationship. LinkedIn, let's give it that, does have a filter in that it disallows anyone from inviting unknown persons. |
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Linked In Recommendations
posted at 8/27/2010 9:03 AM EDT
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First: 3/22/2005 Last: 8/29/2011 |
Everything should have a lie filter. It's called integrity. Persoanlly, the recommendations I've received and given have been very honest. I wouldn't have it any other way. But that's not true for everyone, unfortunately. I think you have to treat these the same way you treat any other recommendation. At the end of the day, that's not the number one thing you're going to base a hiring decision on anyway. |
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Linked In Recommendations
posted at 8/27/2010 10:21 AM EDT
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First: 10/24/2002 Last: 9/14/2011 |
It's not just the recommendations, it's the profiles too...in my experience, the "lie rate" on LinkedIn is 'way 'way 'way higher than it is for incoming resumes. I am consistently shocked and appalled by the whoppers I keep seeing on LinkedIn. |
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Linked In Recommendations
posted at 9/7/2010 6:47 AM EDT
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First: 9/7/2010 Last: 9/7/2010 |
Are there any legal implications? For example if an employee is dismissed for poor performance (presumptively with good documentation), would the employee have any grounds for action based on other employees providing recommendations? |
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Linked In Recommendations
posted at 9/7/2010 8:53 AM EDT
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Posts: 562
First: 11/12/2009 Last: 9/14/2011 |
Let me see if I have your question right. Are you asking if an employee discharged for cause (and suitably documented) can file a lawsuit against the employer on the basis that other employees gave that employee a good recommendation on LinkedIn?
An employee can always file a lawsuit, assuming the employee can find an attorney to take the case and a court willing to hear it. While fellow employees could be asked to give depositions or testify, your defense is your [presumably accurate]documentation of the employee's performance. |
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Linked In Recommendations
posted at 9/7/2010 10:23 AM EDT
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First: 12/13/2007 Last: 9/7/2010 |
I'm not sure what problem you are trying to solve. If someone has a "performance problem" your company records should indicate that and the evaluation would be from a supervisor, right? Linked in recommendations about your employees from their colleagues are not part of your company records and are (based on comments here)apparently recognized as being trumped up in some cases. You can't control anything but your company records, so I am wondering what you are actually concerned about? |
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Linked In Recommendations
posted at 9/7/2010 4:50 PM EDT
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First: 9/5/2010 Last: 9/7/2010 |
the Recommendations are a kind of the demonstrate of an employee potential.an employee performance depends on 4 factors:education,diligence,ability of thinking,the work itself.so the Recommendations are the factor of the education demonstrate.what we HR to do is to find out what's the very importanct factor of an employee performance. |
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