Marketing
Dec. 17, 2016
False endorsements lead to a lump of coal
Lawyers who use LinkedIn should opt out of the endorsements features, as baseless ones are dishonest and intentionally misleading. By Mike Starkey
Mike Starkey
If you use LinkedIn regularly, you have almost certainly received a skill endorsement from a "connection" that has no idea whether you have the claimed skill. It's very likely that the endorser is not a former client or colleague. Even former clients often do not have a solid basis to evaluate their attorney vis-à-vis a particular skill.
Often, the endorser is a friend, family member or former classmate who genuinely holds t...
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