---
title: Add skills as part of your onboarding journey
description: Upload your resume or LinkedIn profile as part of your onboarding journey and add skills from them to your profile in Employee Center. Focus on growth and career development in the organization.
locale: en-US
canonical_url: https://www.servicenow.com/docs/r/australia/employee-service-management/talent-development-core/skills-preseeding-onboarding.html
release: australia
product: Talent Development Core
classification: talent-development-core
topic_type: task
last_updated: "2026-03-12"
reading_time_minutes: 1
breadcrumb: [Using Skills Foundation, Skills Foundation, Growth Experiences, HR Service Delivery, Employee Service Management]
---

# Add skills as part of your onboarding journey

Upload your resume or LinkedIn profile as part of your onboarding journey and add skills from them to your profile in Employee Center. Focus on growth and career development in the organization.

## About this task

**Note:** You can upload your resume or LinkedIn profile after your employee profile is created in Employee Center. For more information, see [Import skills from your resume or LinkedIn profile](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/employee-service-management/talent-development-core/import-skills-from-resume.md).

## Before you begin

To enable recording skills when you join the organization, an activity item **Upload resume/LinkedIn files to add skills to profile** is created as part of the Week 1 activity set of your onboarding journey. Make sure to check for the activity item and follow the procedure to add skills. Contact your system admin if you don't see the activity item.

Role required: sn\_skills\_int.emp

## Procedure

1.  Navigate to **All** > **Self-service** > **Employee Center**.

2.  On the Employee Center home page, select **My Tasks**.

3.  Select the **Upload resume/LinkedIn files to add skills to profile** task.

4.  Select **Click here** to upload the file.

    A new page is opened in the Employee Center to browse files.

5.  Select **Browse the file** to select the file in your local machine.

6.  Select **Open**.

    All the skills obtained from your resume or LinkedIn profile are displayed.

7.  Select the skills that you want to add to your profile in Employee Center.

8.  Select the Proficiency level for the skills that you selected.

9.  Select **Add skills to profile**.

    A confirmation message is displayed after the skills are added successfully.

10. Select **View profile** to verify that the skills that were added.


**Parent Topic:**[Using Skills Foundation](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/employee-service-management/talent-development-core/using-skills-intelligence.md)