Comments on: Help! My LinkedIn Skills and Endorsements Are a Mess

By: Meg Guiseppi

Meg Guiseppi — Mon, 29 Jan 2024 10:51:09 +0000

In reply to Rich Marsh. Rich, thanks for bringing this to readers' attention. From what you're saying, it looks like LinkedIn has their own ways of using and reasons for promoting Skills and Endorsements.

By: Rich Marsh

Rich Marsh — Fri, 26 Jan 2024 22:55:51 +0000

When Skills were new, I noticed that LinkedIn prompted my connections to endorse me for specific ones. Then it noticed which ones I rejected. For example, “Cloud Computing.” My background is in the PC industry from it’s earliest days, not mainframes. After that, it began trying to get nearly everyone to endorse me for “Cloud Computing.” It even tried to get people to endorse my wife for it. (She’s proudly computer illiterate.) I concluded that LinkedIn was testing those who were endorsing me. I doubt that they have ever stopped doing it.
People need to know that they do that and only endorse skills that they have seen others actually use.

By: Meg Guiseppi

Meg Guiseppi — Thu, 10 Sep 2015 10:11:38 +0000

In reply to Jesse. Jesse, many thanks for taking the time to comment. I hope my post was helpful!

By: Jesse

Jesse — Wed, 09 Sep 2015 14:09:18 +0000

Great advice for Linkedin users old and new