You might have never noticed or thought to be other with the skills section on LinkedIn! However, our recruiting experts tell us otherwise. Recruiters use skills to filter for relevant job applicants, AND, this is one of the ways that LinkedIn generates personalized job recommendations. We explain how ⬇️ :)
It drastically increases the chances of having a recruiter review your resume increase if you have 75% of the skills listed on LinkedIn. Most recruiters pre-filter resumes by skills to help cut down the volume of applications.
- Navigate to the "Jobs" section of LinkedIn and review posted jobs that are of interest to you
- Each of these jobs have skills that are listed for the role at the bottom of the LinkedIn job description. Consider including skills you have that are listed here in your own profile.
- LinkedIn will highlight jobs for you with matching skills on your profile.
- Having assessed your background and complementary skill set, navigate back to your profile page and follow these steps to add/remove skills.
- (For those who are beginners to navigating LinkedIn, follow these simple steps).
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