Snag a new recommendation

Most people only beef up their recommendations when they go job hunting. But a bunch of new recommendations, especially from friends, are easy for recruiters to spot and ignore.

Lists of recommendations that span months or even years are more impressive. A good word from execs in your industry or at your company are the best, recruiters say.

There's a feature in LinkedIn that let's you ask multiple people for recommendations. Go to your profile, hover your mouse over the arrow next to "Edit profile" then click on "Ask to be recommended."