- LinkedIn profiles will soon be able to display AI skill awards
- Recruiters are looking for AI skills more than they are looking for traditional degrees
- Only select partners will support this because they need to monitor actual user engagement
LinkedIn continues its mission to offer verification labels to more users through programs that link them to their workplace or verify their government ID, but the Microsoft-owned platform is now looking to verify users’ AI skills.
The new feature will let professionals prove their skills with various AI tools instead of just listing generic skills on their profiles.
However, since verification will be based on real usage and not self-reported claims, only a select few partners will back up these badges.
LinkedIn gives you even more badges to show off on your profile
Descript, Lovable, Relay.app and Replit are among the first to support LinkedIn’s initiative – Gamma and Zapier will also join at a later date, as will Microsoft-owned GitHub, which should come as no surprise.
Partner companies will actually use AI to assess users’ AI skills based on actual product usage and results. The social networking platform says this is a must in today’s job market, where AI skills are now the most in-demand skill. LinkedIn also noted that the job market is shifting towards this skills-first model instead of focusing too much on formal degrees.
With badges, job seekers will be able to stand out and recruiters will be able to identify genuine skills even faster. It is unclear whether these badges will be factored into filtering tools.
More broadly, LinkedIn says more than 100 million of its users have now verified their accounts. It achieved this goal just days before its December 2025 deadline, with the company stating that it wants every member, job and company to have at least one type of verification.
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