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Ask for a LinkedIn recommendation, and write one in return
A recommendation from a real manager says more than any headline. Get a request that's easy to say yes to, and a recommendation you can write for them.
The prompt · ChatGPT
Help me ask for a LinkedIn recommendation, and write one in return. Who I'm asking: [name, their role, how we worked together] When: [dates] What I'd love them to mention: [e.g. how I handled the system change] What I could say about them: [their strengths and an example] Ask me up to 3 short questions first if anything important is missing. Wait for my answers. Then: 1. A personal request message under 80 words to send with LinkedIn's request. 2. Three short prompts they could use if they're stuck, from what we did together. 3. A recommendation I could write for them, under 120 words, with one specific example. 4. A thank-you message for after. Only use what I've told you, leave blanks for anything I haven't given, and don't invent facts, dates or results. UK English. Stay in this ChatGPT chat. Do not turn on apps or connectors, and do not use memory from another chat.
A short example
Fill the blanks, then paste. name, their role, how we worked together: a short note you already have. dates: a short note you already have. Leave the rest of the prompt as written.
The prompt · Gemini
Help me ask for a LinkedIn recommendation, and write one in return. Who I'm asking: [name, their role, how we worked together] When: [dates] What I'd love them to mention: [e.g. how I handled the system change] What I could say about them: [their strengths and an example] Ask me up to 3 short questions first if anything important is missing. Wait for my answers. Then: 1. A personal request message under 80 words to send with LinkedIn's request. 2. Three short prompts they could use if they're stuck, from what we did together. 3. A recommendation I could write for them, under 120 words, with one specific example. 4. A thank-you message for after. Only use what I've told you, leave blanks for anything I haven't given, and don't invent facts, dates or results. UK English. Stay in this Gemini chat. Leave extensions off, including Gmail and Drive.
A short example
Fill the blanks, then paste. name, their role, how we worked together: a short note you already have. dates: a short note you already have. Leave the rest of the prompt as written.
You type who you're asking, how you worked together and what you'd like them to mention.
The assistant asks for specific moments you could remind them of.
You get a request message, prompts they can use, and a recommendation you could write for them.
What happens
Use Gemini to ask for a LinkedIn recommendation, and write one in return
A recommendation from a real manager says more than any headline. Get a request that's easy to say yes to, and a recommendation you can write for them.
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