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  Demonstrate skill proficiency by earning credentials:  You can also tag a skill on a particular credential on your Profile, like Professional Certificates and Certification Prep, to give you an extra edge. “Our data shows that over the past two years, professionals adding credentials to their Profiles increased globally by more than a third,” says McCaskill. How your skills show up for Recruiters : Not only can adding your skills to your Profile make you more desirable to hirers, it can also make you more discoverable.  “Hirers using LinkedIn’s Recruiter tool have access to advanced keyword search filters,” says McCaskill, “and can discover you based on the skills you list on your Profile and also in your resume , if you choose the option to share it with recruiters.”

  Showing rather than telling simply means demonstrating the impact you had when utilizing these skills.  “Maybe your experience leading a shift at a restaurant increased the number of tables served,” says McCaskill, “or perhaps as camp counselor you helped to coordinate and manage successful events for your camp’s program.” In other words, focus on the value your skills brought to the employer—not just the fact that you have the skills. As more companies continue to use skills data to fill their roles, McCaskill urges jobseekers to highlight where and how they used their skills throughout multiple experiences. The good news is, LinkedIn is making that easier to do through some new Profile tools: List Top Skills in Your Profile’s About Section: “Tag up to five of your Top Skills in a dedicated area of the About Section that stand out visually, to give hirers the quick context they need,” says McCaskill. Connect Specific Skills To Specific Projects : In addition to associating ...