A recommendation is a commendation written by a LinkedIn member to recognize your work.

You can request recommendations from your 1st-degree connections you work with or have worked with.

If a connection writes you a recommendation, you’ll be notified via a message from the sender on LinkedIn. You can accept, dismiss or ask for revision of the recommendation.

Once you’ve accepted a recommendation from your connection, it’ll be visible to your network by default. You can hide a recommendation you’ve accepted.

You can also recognize your connections’ work by writing them a recommendation. If you receive a recommendation request, you can decline the request and aren’t required to respond. However, if you do write a recommendation and change your mind later, you have the option to revise a recommendation you’ve given or delete a recommendation. There's no limit to the number of recommendations you can request or give. You can request or give only one recommendation per position, per member.

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