Providing the correct skills with your job post can expand your talent pool and help you find qualified applicants. When you assign skills that accurately describe your job’s criteria, you’re improving the candidate search results as LinkedIn matches candidates based on the required skills and other factors.
There are two types of skills that LinkedIn matches for:
- Explicit skills: Skills directly provided by the job poster.
- Implicit skills: Skills extracted from the job description text, such as the summary, position description, and title.
You can add or update skills for Automated Job Postings using the following options:
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Set up job title mapping by using the Job targeting tab in Recruiter.
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Create or edit the LinkedIn Standardized XML Feed that includes skills by using the Jobs XML Feed Development Guide for customers. (See Learn more section below.)
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Add skills to your Recruiter job post by manually editing the post. (See Learn more section below.)
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Manually post a job in Recruiter that includes skills. (See Related tasks section below.)