LinkedIn aims to match your skills not past experience for jobs

New Delhi : Professional networking platform LinkedIn has launched a pilot programme that aims to match a jobseekers skills to available roles rather than previous job experience.
Called Skills Path and supported by the National Jobs Council, the programme has been introduced in Singapore that allows workers to strengthen their skills through LinkedIn Learning courses, take assessments to showcase their new skills to recruiters, and help companies evaluate candidates in a more equitable way — based on their proven skills.
“Through Skills Path, hiring managers at participating companies identify the core skills for a role,” Microsoft-owned LinkedIn said in a blog post on Saturday.
There are currently six broad types of roles available under Skills Path — customer service, data analyst, project manager, recruiter, supply chain coordinator, and sales development.
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Last year, more than 250 million jobs were displaced around the world in the wake of the pandemic. Industries like aviation and recreation and travel had to lay off many of their employees to survive.