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- Connected Apps will automatically update your LinkedIn profile with your skills
- Adobe and GitHub are being added to the supported list soon
- LinkedIn has 1.3 billion users, so this should help you stand out
LinkedIn has launched a new initiative to let users show which software they actively use on their profile in a bid to verify competency claims.
The company explained in a blog post the intention of Connected Apps is to provide evidence of real product usage, instead of just self-declaring skills, making it easier for recruiters and employers to verify claims.
"Once connected, each app generates a simple statement based on your real activity," the Microsoft-owned platform explained.
LinkedIn verifies your claimed skills by seeing which apps you use
The connection works by linking supported apps directly to a LinkedIn profile, and then the system will automatically populate details of how the individual uses any given app and which skills they demonstrate. Importantly, users can't manually change these descriptions to falsify skill claims, and users will get notified when a summary gets added or updated.
In a support document, LinkedIn described the summary as a "structured, data-backed description of what you actually do with the tool."
"We're building new ways for members to show real, credible proof of what they're capable of, right on their LinkedIn profile," CEO Dan Shapero added.
Supported apps can be added to a profile via Add section > Connected apps. Descript, Duolingo, Lovable, Relay.app and Replit are among the first apps to be supported, with Adobe Express, Adobe Firefly, GitHub and more on the horizon.
The platform now claims to have 1.3 billion members, driving its recent 12% year-over-year growth in quarterly revenue.
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