How important is it to add skills to each LinkedIN entry?

Anonymous

April 18,2023 at 6:34PM UTC

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How important is it to add skills to each LinkedIN entry? Especially for more senior/director level folks. I know that LinkedIN says it's important and can help with recruiters finding you. But it seems cluttered and distracting.

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AnonymousApril 18,2023 at 11:39PM UTC
You can include up to five skills for each position within your work experience section. You can also put up to 50 in the skills section.
You should also consider a list of your top 12 or so skills relative to any job you're seeking in your About section and a couple in your headline along with desired new job title. Your headline is the most valuable real estate of your LI profile, so use it wisely.
AnonymousApril 19,2023 at 7:25PM UTC
I find this section of LinkedIn useless. Anyone can put anything on there.
AnonymousMay 3,2023 at 5:25PM UTC
I will completely disagree with many of the responders here, now that LI is owned by Microsoft they are using those tags to segment you and to further advertise and promote you to both recruiters and others in your network. is it useful, well yes if you are searching for a job it is. Often if and when you apply for roles in the platform and you have less skills in their wanted list than others it drops you to the bottom of the filter for the readers (hiring managers and recruiters) that will get your profile and resume so if definitely benefits you to play the word game. It is cluttered and distracting for sure but its how to game the system too. You can change things out from time to time and then you show up higher in their algorithm than others might. Be sure you want this and if not uncheck the box in settings that says share changes with my network. Definitely use it and use it to the advantage you need while in an active search.
AnonymousMay 8,2023 at 3:27PM UTC
If you want recruiters to find you, put the keywords in at least the About section. I literally put ”Keywords” as the last paragraph in my About section and the amount of recruiters who find me is endless. They’re reaching out to me mostly for relevant jobs so I think it works when done right.