When you recommend a person on LinkedIn, you indicate to the people in your network that you have done business with with her in the past-or have associated with her in some other capacity-and that ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. As the CEO of Command Education, I write about emotionally intelligent leadership and education. Summer internships provide ...

If you’re active in the workforce then you don’t operate in isolation: you’ll have undoubtedly gained advantages from colleagues, bosses and mentors in the past, and you can pay that forward for ...

Writing a LinkedIn recommendation comes with a certain amount of pressure. Your coworker may be relying on you to help them get a new job, and because LinkedIn recommendations are public, what you ...

When advancing in your professional career or furthering your education, you may encounter requests for a letter of recommendation. This letter is written on your behalf from a previous colleague, ...

Letters of recommendation are very important in our decision-making process. These letters should come from individuals who know the candidate well and who are in a capacity to objectively judge the ...

T he letter of recommendation has outlived its usefulness and is now more trouble than it’s worth. It’s a failed genre. Let’s get rid of it. Like many of my readers, I have served on both ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. As the CEO of Command Education, I write about emotionally intelligent leadership and education. For many high school students, ...