Microsoft owned LinkedIn is rolling out a new feature – LinkedIn Skill Assessments which seeks to validate your skill in particular areas. This entitles you to a “verified skill badge” if you pass the assessment.
Each Skill Assessment is a series of short assessments constructed through a rigorous content creation and review process in partnership with LinkedIn Learning industry and subject matter experts. Once candidates have completed an assessment, a badge will be displayed on their profile in LinkedIn Recruiter and LinkedIn Jobs so hirers are able to quickly identify and verify skill proficiency.
When skills are validated, users can showcase their proficiency and become more discoverable to opportunities. According to LinkedIn, “early results show candidates who complete LinkedIn Skill Assessments are significantly more likely (~30%) to get hired.”
For you to qualify for the “verified skill badges”, you have to score in the 70th percentile or more in Skill Assessments. You have the option to show the verified skill badge in your LinkedIn profile if you want.
To get your skills verified, simply scroll to the skill section of your profile and select one of the available Skill Assessments you’d like to take. Any results are kept private to you, and if you pass (in the 70th percentile or above), you will have the option to add a “verified skill” badge to your profile. If you don’t pass, you have complete control over the visibility of their results, and can brush up on your skills so you can pass next time.
LinkedIn agrees that whether you pass or not, it will show how well you did in the assessment test. It will also give you a free access to relevant LinkedIn Learning courses for a limited time to help improve your skills.
LinkedIn will also send you relevant job recommendations as soon as they’re posted, when you’ve passed an assessment for an in-demand skill.
LinkedIn will be rolling out in-demand assessments globally in the coming weeks and it plans to keep expanding the Skill Assessment portfolio continuously
