illustration of a LinkedIn profile on a mobile device
  • Click the Me icon at the top of your LinkedIn homepage
  • Select your profile by clicking your picture or name
  • Scroll down to the Recommendations section and click Ask for a recommendation
  • In the Who do you want to ask? field, type the name of the connection you’d like to ask for a recommendation
  • Select the name from the dropdown that appears
  • Fill out the Relationship and Position at the time fields of the recommendations pop-up window, and click Next
  • You can change the text in the message field, and then click Send
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