LinkedIn moves to offer skill validations in the AI era
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With more and more employers now seeking AI fluency in candidates, LinkedIn is taking steps to prove that job candidates really have they skills they claim.
The Verified AI Skills program unveiled in January involves LinkedIn partnering with AI tool providers to automatically validate and display a user’s proficiency directly in their certification section. The initial partners include Lovable, Replit, Relay.app, and Descript, which will track AI proficiency of candidates using their tools to create AI apps.
“GitHub, Gamma, and Zapier are coming in a couple of months,” said Pat Whelan, group product manager at LinkedIn, adding that the company is betting certification of AI skills directly from companies is more trustworthy than when users manually self-report their skills.
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