How long should a LinkedIn recommendation be?

Around 90 words works for most of them: long enough for a relationship line, two or three specifics and a close, short enough that people read the whole thing. That is the length this tool writes to. Go longer only if you have more specifics, not more adjectives.

Who can I write a LinkedIn recommendation for?

Only your 1st-degree connections. LinkedIn says so on its Help page for recommending someone. If you are not connected yet, send a connection request first. Once you send the recommendation, they choose whether it shows on their profile.

How do I post the recommendation on LinkedIn?

Go to their profile, click More in the introduction section and choose Recommend. Fill in how you know them and their position at the time, click Next, paste the text and send it.

Will it make things up about the person?

No. It is told to use only what you typed. It will not invent how long you worked together, the size of the team, a metric or a project. If you want a number in it, put the number in the strengths box.

Should it use their first name or full name?

First name. The recommendation sits on their profile, right under their full name, so repeating the full name reads stiff. Type either one in the name field and the tool uses the first name in the text.

Can I use this when someone asks me to write my own recommendation?

Yes. People often get asked to draft the recommendation someone else will send. Pick the relationship from the other person’s side, write in what they would say about you, and hand them the draft to edit before they send it.

Is it free, and do I need to sign up?

It is free, and there is no signup and no email. Each visitor gets a few runs a day so nobody can run up the bill for everyone else. Nothing you type is saved after the recommendation is written.

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Say how you worked together, who they are and two or three things they actually did. You get about 90 words, written as you, the recommender. It uses their first name and states nothing you did not give it.

How you worked together

Their name

Their role

Two or three specific strengths or moments

Write what they did rather than how they are. The recommendation only states what you put here.

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How the LinkedIn Recommendation Generator works

Three steps and about a minute. You do not need an account.

1
Pick how you worked together
Manager, peer, client, their report or their mentor. It decides whose side of the work you are writing from, and what you can honestly speak to.
2
Add their name, their role and what they did
Two or three specific things: a project they carried, a problem they solved, the way they handled a bad week. The recommendation is built from these and nothing else.
3
Copy it into LinkedIn
On their profile, open More, choose Recommend, fill in the relationship and position fields, then paste the text and send.

What a good LinkedIn recommendation does in 90 words

Most recommendations say the same thing about everyone: hard-working, great to work with, an asset to any team. They are too general to tell a reader anything about the person. A useful one does three jobs, in this order.

It says where you stood

The first sentence tells the reader who is vouching and from where: "I managed Priya", "I hired Tom’s studio". Praise from their manager and praise from their client carry different weight, and the reader wants to know which one they are reading.

It names something they did

Skip "detail-oriented" and name the migration where she caught the bug. Specifics make a recommendation believable, and nobody else could have written them. That is why the tool asks for moments instead of adjectives.

It closes on trust

One plain line saying what you would hand them again, or who should hire them. Leave out "I cannot recommend them highly enough". The specifics above it already said how highly.

What to say depends on how you worked together

The same person gets a different recommendation from each side of the desk. A peer saw things their manager never did, and a client saw things neither of them did.

Recommending someone you managed

You saw the full arc, so write about growth and ownership: what they took on without being asked, and what you stopped having to check. A reader expects a manager to know the detail, so vague praise from one stands out more than it would from anyone else.

Recommending a peer or coworker

You saw how they work up close, without anyone performing for a boss. Write about what it was like to build something next to them: who people went to when they were stuck, and whose reviews made the work better.

Recommending a freelancer, agency or vendor as their client

Write from the buying side: what you hired them for and what came back. Keep to results you saw yourself.

Recommending your manager

Recommending upward takes a little nerve, and it reads that way. Write about how they led you: what they shielded the team from, or a call of theirs you still think about.

Recommending someone you mentored

Write about how they learned. What did they pick up faster than you expected, and what did they take on that scared them?

Frequently asked questions

How long should a LinkedIn recommendation be?: Around 90 words works for most of them: long enough for a relationship line, two or three specifics and a close, short enough that people read the whole thing. That is the length this tool writes to. Go longer only if you have more specifics, not more adjectives.
Who can I write a LinkedIn recommendation for?: Only your 1st-degree connections. LinkedIn says so on its Help page for recommending someone. If you are not connected yet, send a connection request first. Once you send the recommendation, they choose whether it shows on their profile.
How do I post the recommendation on LinkedIn?: Go to their profile, click More in the introduction section and choose Recommend. Fill in how you know them and their position at the time, click Next, paste the text and send it.
Will it make things up about the person?: No. It is told to use only what you typed. It will not invent how long you worked together, the size of the team, a metric or a project. If you want a number in it, put the number in the strengths box.
Should it use their first name or full name?: First name. The recommendation sits on their profile, right under their full name, so repeating the full name reads stiff. Type either one in the name field and the tool uses the first name in the text.
Can I use this when someone asks me to write my own recommendation?: Yes. People often get asked to draft the recommendation someone else will send. Pick the relationship from the other person’s side, write in what they would say about you, and hand them the draft to edit before they send it.
Is it free, and do I need to sign up?: It is free, and there is no signup and no email. Each visitor gets a few runs a day so nobody can run up the bill for everyone else. Nothing you type is saved after the recommendation is written.

Ninety words for them. What about your own profile?

A recommendation helps someone else. Posting regularly is what gets you noticed. Oiti drafts LinkedIn posts from your own published work and the way you talk when nobody is editing you, so a week of posts takes minutes rather than a weekend.