Linkedin Adds a new skill assessment option that will check your knowledge and provide you a badge to determine your proven understandings.
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The option will show your proficiencies along with recommendations and endorsements. According to Linkedin, 69% of people think that their skills are more important for them as compared to education while job seeking & more than 76% have been looking for hiring managers to verify their skills so that they can stand out from the crowd.
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How to Take Test?
To take the test, you need the following:
- Goto the skill section of the profile
- Goto Take Skill Quiz
- Choose the available skill
- If you pass the test, you can display it over your profile along with badge.
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The actual result will be hidden from the users, and if you didn’t clear the test then you will have complete control over the visibility of the results. Linkedin will also recommend a learning course to improve your skill in order to clear the test. If you pass, Linkedin will also send you relevant latest job recommendations as they are posted.
What They Assess?
The real test assesses how much individual recruiters know about these assessments, and how much of them trust the result. And this way help’s LinkedIn to better understand about your profile in order to send you the relevant job application recommendations.