- LinkedIn profiles will soon be able to display AI skill rewards
- Recruiters are looking for AI skills more than traditional degrees
- Only certain partners will support this feature, as they need to monitor actual user engagement.
LinkedIn continues its mission to bring verification labels to more users through programs that connect 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 allow professionals to demonstrate their mastery of various AI tools, rather than just listing generic skills on their profiles.
However, because verification will be based on actual usage and not self-reported claims, only a select few partners will back up these badges.
LinkedIn gives you even more badges to display on your profile
Descript, Lovable, Relay.app and Replit are among the first to support LinkedIn’s initiative – Gamma and Zapier will also join them 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 it’s a must-have in today’s job market, with AI proficiency now the most in-demand skill. LinkedIn also noted that the job market is moving toward this skills-based model, rather than focusing excessively on formal degrees.
With badges, job seekers will be able to stand out and recruiters will be able to identify true capabilities even more quickly. It is unclear whether these badges will be taken into account in the filtering tools.
More broadly, LinkedIn claims that more than 100 million of its users have now verified their accounts. This goal was achieved just days before its December 2025 deadline, when the company said it wanted every member, job, and business to have at least one type of verification.
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