What do you do if a professional requests to connect with you and you do not know them well or at all? On Facebook we tend to accept acquaintances as friends, but when you accept a connection on LinkedIn you are telling your other connections that you are familiar with this person and their services. Your other connections may get the impression that you recommend them and will probably consider using services of your connections because they trust you. With this in mind, are you more likely to think twice about confirming your next connection request?
You do not have to accept every connection request you receive and there are two ways to handle requests from those you do not know. 1.) Click “Ignore” to simply ignore their request or save it for later. 2.) Check the person’s profile and if it looks interesting send them a message politely asking how they know you or why they would like to connect, then make a decision based upon their response.
Remember, if you do connect with a person that you decide you would rather not be connected to later down the road, you can always “unconnect” on LinkedIn just as would “unfriend” on Facebook. This can be done through the Remove Connections feature, and the person you unconnect with will not be notified/alerted of it. However, they may notice you are no longer a 1st-degree connection if they look through their contact list.
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