Skills Articles

  • Building and maintaining the skills taxonomy that powers LinkedIn's Skills Graph

    March 21, 2023

    Co-authors: Sofus Macskássy, Carol Jin, Shiyong Lin, Xiaomin Wei, and Michael O’Neill When we think of skills, we think of the unique knowledge, expertise, and abilities that each of us has. At LinkedIn, we see skills as more – we see them as a way to level the playing field in the labor market because they represent what a member is capable of – not where they...

  • Building LinkedIn's Skills Graph to Power a Skills-First World

    November 30, 2022

    Co-authors: Sofus Macskássy, Yi Pan, Ji Yan, Yanen Li, Di Zhou, Shiyong Lin As industries rapidly evolve, so do the skills necessary for success. Skill sets for jobs globally have changed by 25% since 2015 and this number is expected to double by 2027. Yet, we’ve long relied on insufficient and unequal signals when evaluating talent and predicting success - who...

  • How LinkedIn Ditched the "One Size Fits All" Hiring Approach for InfoSec and Won

    October 31, 2022

    What drew me to LinkedIn was the chance to take on the challenge of scaling and adapting the security framework for the world’s largest professional network. Today, our Information Security (InfoSec) team is responsible for protecting LinkedIn’s infrastructure and data for our members, customers, and employees. As our platform has scaled, our security programs...

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    On LinkedIn Learning: Career advice from leadership in tech

    December 18, 2019

    One of the most important traits we look for when hiring engineering talent is a growth mindset: the ability to learn and adapt to...

  • Geographic trends in skills using LinkedIn's...

    August 6, 2013

    LinkedIn’s Endorsements feature has been growing rapidly; in less than six months, LinkedIn members have generated over two billion...