Skills are metadata that you can associate with your profile and with jobs you’ve held. While they don’t seem valuable on the surface, they actually help recruiters discover you on the platform.
Many recruiters (both internal recruiters and external agencies) use outreach to find candidates, rather than solely relying on direct applications.
One of the ways they find candidates to contact is using LinkedIn Recruiter. And one of the ways they find candidates is by searching for individuals who match criteria—that includes skills.
You can set up to 5 skills that are associated with your About section, just hit the pencil icon in the top right.
These should closely align to the skills valued for the roles you’re applying to (e.g., Product Management, AI, Product Strategy).
You can have up to 100 skills associated with your profile and they can also be linked to your jobs.
Spend the time to get the relevant list of skills and associate them with the respective roles.
Don't feel pressured to maximise your utilisation of skills, but don't ignore the value they can bring to increase your discoverability for recruiters.
Here is a comprehensive list created and sourced from LinkedIn specifically:
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