Add skills to a user

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

Platform admins can configure which roles can add skills to user profiles: admins, managers, or the users themselves.

Configure who can add skills to user profiles

Platform admins can choose which role can add skills to the profile of a user.

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 Who can add skills to learner’s profiles, select Admins, Managers, or Learners.
   • If you select Admins, group admins will be able to add skills to the profile of members of their group.
   • If you select Managers, managers will be able to add skills to the profile of their managees.
   • If you select Learners, any user will be able to add skills to their own profile.

Add skills to your own profile

If the option Learners is selected in the platform group settings, 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 the option Learners is selected in the platform group settings, any user can remove from their profile a skill not related to their job. You cannot remove a skill linked to your job.

1. At the top right, click on your profile picture → Skills.
2. In the list, click on a skill.
3. At the top right, click … → Delete.

Add skills to the profile of members of your group

If the option Admins is selected in the platform group settings, group admins can add skills to the profile of members of their group (related to their current job or not).

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

If the option Admins is selected in the platform group settings, group admins can remove from the profile of their group members a skill that is not related to their job. You cannot remove a skill linked to the user’s job.

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, click on a skill.
7. At the top right, click … → Delete.

Add skills to the profile of your managees

If the option Managers is selected in the platform group settings, managers can add skills to the profile of their managees (related to their current job or not).

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

If the option Managers is selected in the platform group settings, managers can remove from the profile of their managees a skill that is not related to their job. You cannot remove a skill linked to the user’s job.

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, click on a skill.
6. At the top right, click … → Delete.