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Recommendations on Youth4work

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27 Oct 15

When somebody commends you and others are able to see it too, that’s the best laurel you get. These commendations bring about an edge of subjective evaluation of your profile by employers or recruiters.

What is a Recommendation?
A recommendation is a note of representation qualifying certain characteristics in favour of someone or something. In Youth4work’s context, a recommendation is a note written by any youth or employer recognizing your talents on your public profile. When anyone visits your public profile, often they would like to see if anyone else has spoken about your talents. Mostly, recommendations are solicited, but still they have good impact on your profile.

In recommendation, the person can write about how the other person has used or uses that particular talent in current and past working, quoting examples, problems and solutions given, results produced, etc.

A recommendation is different from a Social Vouch, which is sharing a youth’s talent on social networks.

Whom to ask for a recommendation?

It is important to list whom you want to get recommendations from. Normally, people who value your talent, work and or services, such as managers, colleagues, co-workers, customers, and clients can recommend you well. To have people from your working group on Youth4work is beneficial that ways. Ask your friends and colleagues to create their profile today itself.
Also, you may contact youth from your talent communities and discussion forums, with whom you interact on various topics. How to contact them? Send direct WorkMail to them through ‘Send Mail’ option on their profile page. You may customize the message in the mail with specifics on which of the talents you want them to recommend. Ask them to mention how they see you using your talent at studies in college, at work while dealing with problems, driving results, etc.
It is great to have a range of recommendations for one talent, but too many recommendations may project your profile as too much showy.
Moreover, also recommending others first for their talents in the manner explained above increases your chances to receive recommendations in return :)

How to recommend on Youth4work?

Step 1
Go to the youth’s public profile, the one whom you want to recommend. In the talent profile section, locate the talent you want to write recommendation for.

e.g. Marketing talent of a youth. Click on ‘recommendation’ or anywhere on the talent. A dialogue box will open below. The same as in for a Social Vouch:

Step 2
Write your recommendation for the youth and click ‘Recommend’ button. The recommendation will be added to youth's profile. You may also do a social vouch for the youth through Facebook, Twitter and Google+.

e.g. Sharad Bharadva recommending another youth for Marketing talent:

An email notification goes to the youth as and when anyone recommends any of his talents.

Benefits of Recommendation on Youth4work

Though recommendations are not objectively evaluative, they add to your profile strength. Recommendations act as references for employers and recruiters.
Sometimes, good recommendations can earn you promotions.
Recommendation is one of the criteria for increase in yRank for a talent. So get as much recommendations as you can :)

Your recommendations can create a nice story for your profile. Recommend others and get recommended now!

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