Add skills to a user

This feature requires the Skills solution. For more information, contact your Customer Success Partner (CSP).

Admins and managers can always add skills to the profile of users in their group, unless skills are assessed externally. Platform admins can additionally allow or block learners from adding skills to their own profile.

Allow learners to access their skill profile

Platform admins can allow or block learners from accessing their own skill profile. When the option is off, learners cannot open the Skills tab of their profile.

Turning the option off doesn’t delete anything: skills stay on user profiles, and learners see them again as soon as you turn the option back on.

1. In the left sidebar, hover over the platform group (the one with a golden crown), then click Settings.

   • If Settings doesn’t appear in your sidebar, click on the platform group first, then click Settings in the top right of the main section.

2. In the left column, click Skills.

3. Under Skill profile settings, enable or disable Allow learners to access their skill profile.

Allow learners to add skills to their own profile

Platform admins can allow or block learners from adding skills to their own profile. If skills are assessed externally, this option turns off automatically, and learners cannot add skills to their profile.

1. In the left sidebar, hover over the platform group (the one with a golden crown), then click Settings.

   • If Settings doesn’t appear in your sidebar, click on the platform group first, then click Settings in the top right of the main section.

2. In the left column, click Skills.

3. Under Skill profile settings, enable or disable Allow learners to add skills to their profile.

   • If enabled, any user will be able to add skills to their own profile.

Add skills to your own profile

If learners are allowed to add skills to their profile, any user can add a skill to their own profile (related to their current job or not).

The list of available skills is defined by admins. You can add up to 500 skills per user.

1. At the top right, click on your profile picture → Skills.
2. At the top right of the list, click Add skills.
3. Click on a library.
4. On the right of a skill, click + Add.
5. Optionally, select a mastery level.
6. At the bottom right, click ASSESS if you’ve chosen a mastery level, or click LATER.

You can reset the list of your skills by deleting all the skills in your profile. This will recreate the onboarding situation in Create your first skill, and pull the list of skills from your current job.

If you have at least one unassessed skill in your profile at the end of the day, you will receive an email notification.

Initialize your skills list

If you open the skill tab for the first time, or if there are skills related to your job missing in the list, you will be able to automatically add the missing skills.

1. At the top of the list, on the right of the banner Complete your profile by adding the N missing skills related to your job, click Add all missing skills.

Remove a skill from your own profile

If learners are allowed to add skills to their profile, any user can remove any skill from their own profile.

1. At the top right, click on your profile picture → Skills.
2. In the list, click on a library.
3. On the right of a skill, click Remove.
4. Click Remove.

Add skills to the profile of members of your group

Admins can add skills to the profile of members of their group (related to their current job or not), unless skills are assessed externally.

The list of available skills is defined by admins.

1. In the left sidebar, click on your group.
2. At the top of the page, click Users.
3. Click on a user.
4. At the top right, click … → View profile.
5. Click the Skills tab.
6. At the top right of the list of skills, click Add skills.
7. Click on a library.
8. On the right of a skill, click + Add.
9. Optionally, select a mastery level.
10. At the bottom right, click ASSESS if you’ve chosen a mastery level, or click LATER.

Initialize the skills of a user

If you open the skill tab for the first time, or if there are skills related to the user’s job missing in the list, you will be able to automatically add the missing skills.

1. At the top of the list, on the right of the banner Complete this profile by adding the N missing skills related to the learner’s current job, click Add all missing skills.

Remove a skill from the profile of a user

Admins can remove any skill from the profile of their group members, unless skills are assessed externally.

1. In the left sidebar, click on your group.
2. At the top of the page, click Users.
3. Click on a user.
4. At the top right, click … → View profile.
5. Click the Skills tab.
6. In the list, do one of the following:
   • Hover over a skill, then click Remove.
   • Click on a skill to open the side panel, then at the top right, click Remove.
7. Click Remove.

Add skills to the profile of your managees

Managers can add skills to the profile of their managees (related to their current job or not), unless skills are assessed externally.

The list of available skills is defined by admins.

1. At the top of the page, click Users.
2. Select the Current tab.
3. On the right of a user, click View profile.
4. Click the Skills tab.
5. At the top right of the list of skills, click Add skills.
6. Click on a library.
7. On the right of a skill, click + Add.
8. Optionally, select a mastery level.
9. At the bottom right, click ASSESS if you’ve chosen a mastery level, or click LATER.

Initialize the skills of a managee

If you open the skill tab for the first time, or if there are skills related to the user’s job missing in the list, you will be able to automatically add the missing skills.

1. At the top of the list, on the right of the banner Complete this profile by adding the N missing skills related to the learner’s current job, click Add all missing skills.

Remove a skill from the profile of a managee

Managers can remove any skill from the profile of their managees, unless skills are assessed externally.

1. At the top of the page, click Users.
2. Select the Current tab.
3. On the right of a user, click View profile.
4. Click the Skills tab.
5. In the list, do one of the following:
   • Hover over a skill, then click Remove.
   • Click on a skill to open the side panel, then at the top right, click Remove.
6. Click Remove.