What does it mean when someone endorses your skills on LinkedIn?

Endorsing your connections’ skills is a way to recognize any professional abilities that you’ve seen them demonstrate. You may be asked to provide feedback on skills and endorsements.

How many skills should you have on LinkedIn?

50 skills
50 skills! Don’t feel as though you must have 50 skills listed. Only 10 will show as “Top Skills” and you can select which skills those are. Include your skills and endorsements that are best suited to your current job search.

How do I stop LinkedIn endorsements?

To opt out of skill endorsements:

1. Tap your profile picture.
2. Scroll down to the Skills & Endorsements section and tap the Edit icon.
3. Scroll down to the bottom of the page and tap Adjust endorsement settings.
4. In the Endorsements pop-up window, switch the toggle next to I want to be endorsed to No.

Can people see my skills on LinkedIn?

To hide or show your skill endorsements: Click the Me icon at the top of your LinkedIn homepage. Click View profile. Scroll down to the Skills & endorsements section and click the name of any of your skills.

How do I endorse a skill on LinkedIn?

Scroll down to the Skills & Endorsements section and locate the name of the skill you’d like to endorse. If your connection has more than three skills listed, click See [number] more skills to see their whole list of skills. Click the Add icon to the right of the skill.

Should you accept LinkedIn invitations from total strangers?

For the longest time, I was a major proponent of accepting LinkedIn invitations from total strangers. “It’s for networking!” I’d proclaim, while clicking that friendly little checkmark to add new people to my network, “There’s no point in connecting with only the people I already know.”

How do I endorse a connection’s skill from their profile?

To endorse a connection’s skill from their profile: 1 Navigate to the profile of the 1st-degree connection. 2 Scroll down to the Skills & Endorsements section and locate the name of the skill you’d like to endorse. 2.1 If your connection has more than three skills listed, click See [number] more skills to see their whole list of skills.

What happens when I endorse a connection?

Note: If you’re using the site in English, you can endorse a connection for multiple skills at once. After you endorse someone, your name and picture will appear next to the skill on that person’s profile. They’ll also receive an email. The most endorsed skills will move to the top of the Skills & Endorsements section.