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Wade Harshman Scrum Master| GDIT Indianapolis, In, United States
Sorry if this has already been shared (I didn't find it), but I want to make sure everyone knows that LinkedIn now has badges you can earn. You have to go to your profile and take short quizzes to prove your competency, and then you earn a badge that recruiters can see. It's a way of confirming the skills that you claim to have.

The available badges seem mostly focused on software development and MS Office products, but this currently includes MS Project.
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Rami Kaibni
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Senior Projects Manager | Field & Marten Associates New Westminster, British Columbia, Canada
Wade

Yes, this is something new and cool. They are in testing phase, they didn't yet do Quizzes for all skills but its coming.

Most of the quizzes currently available are for software, somehow.

I got a badge for excel, I wonder though were it does display, do you know ?

RK
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Drew Craig Sr. Agile & Product Coach| Vanguard Philadelphia, Pa, United States
I have noticed, though the options seemed somewhat limited, at least in the areas that would support my career.

Rami, your info helps. Glad to hear it is still growing. I'll keep an eye on it. Haven't dug in for a few months.
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1 reply by Rami Kaibni
Jan 10, 2020 8:12 PM
Rami Kaibni
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Thanks Andrew - I took the Excel one today but can't location the badge.

Few more thing worth mentioning:

1- If you pass, the badge is available only for 12 months.
2- If you fail, you can retake the quiz in 3 Months.

RK
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Rami Kaibni
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Senior Projects Manager | Field & Marten Associates New Westminster, British Columbia, Canada
Jan 10, 2020 7:35 PM
Replying to Drew Craig
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I have noticed, though the options seemed somewhat limited, at least in the areas that would support my career.

Rami, your info helps. Glad to hear it is still growing. I'll keep an eye on it. Haven't dug in for a few months.
Thanks Andrew - I took the Excel one today but can't location the badge.

Few more thing worth mentioning:

1- If you pass, the badge is available only for 12 months.
2- If you fail, you can retake the quiz in 3 Months.

RK
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2 replies by Vincent Guerard and Wade Harshman
Jan 11, 2020 10:45 AM
Wade Harshman
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Didn't know about the block if I failed. I took some quizzes out of curiosity; glad I passed!
Jan 11, 2020 11:54 AM
Vincent Guerard
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Rami,

That means you need to retake the quiz every 12 months.
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Mushtaq Abdulrahimzai SWIS| Surrey Schools District 36 Toronto, Ontario, Canada
that is very good thank you for sharing
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Wade Harshman Scrum Master| GDIT Indianapolis, In, United States
Jan 10, 2020 8:12 PM
Replying to Rami Kaibni
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Thanks Andrew - I took the Excel one today but can't location the badge.

Few more thing worth mentioning:

1- If you pass, the badge is available only for 12 months.
2- If you fail, you can retake the quiz in 3 Months.

RK
Didn't know about the block if I failed. I took some quizzes out of curiosity; glad I passed!
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Vincent Guerard Coach - Trainer - Speaker - Advisor| Freelance Mont-Royal, Quebec, Canada
Jan 10, 2020 8:12 PM
Replying to Rami Kaibni
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Thanks Andrew - I took the Excel one today but can't location the badge.

Few more thing worth mentioning:

1- If you pass, the badge is available only for 12 months.
2- If you fail, you can retake the quiz in 3 Months.

RK
Rami,

That means you need to retake the quiz every 12 months.
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1 reply by Joao Sarmento
Jan 11, 2020 12:58 PM
Joao Sarmento
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I believe if that's so, the effects of gamification will start being tiring after the first few renewals...
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Joao Sarmento Senior Project/Program Manager| UNITEL Luanda, Luanda, Angola
Jan 11, 2020 11:54 AM
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Rami,

That means you need to retake the quiz every 12 months.
I believe if that's so, the effects of gamification will start being tiring after the first few renewals...
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1 reply by Vincent Guerard
Jan 11, 2020 1:19 PM
Vincent Guerard
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Agreed.
Passing a quiz every 12 months for the same badge, no thanks.
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Vincent Guerard Coach - Trainer - Speaker - Advisor| Freelance Mont-Royal, Quebec, Canada
Jan 11, 2020 12:58 PM
Replying to Joao Sarmento
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I believe if that's so, the effects of gamification will start being tiring after the first few renewals...
Agreed.
Passing a quiz every 12 months for the same badge, no thanks.
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1 reply by Rami Kaibni
Jan 11, 2020 4:51 PM
Rami Kaibni
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Vincent, don’t sweat it, it’s a 10 minutes fun quiz. No big deal and no pressure, it just promotes your profile.
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Alexandre Costa Scrum Master| Integer Consulting - Pictet technologies Loures, Portugal
Wade,

The badges are won by performing some simple quizzes with success. In my opinion don't add value to the profile, it's a child's play.
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Eduard Hernandez
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Product Operations Program Manager Barcelona, Cataluña, Spain
I got the badge for MS Project. Did not know that it expired after 12 months. Luckily the Microsort certification doesn't, and adds more value.
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1 reply by Rami Kaibni
Jan 11, 2020 4:52 PM
Rami Kaibni
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Eduard, where do you see the badge ? And does it look like a blue box with a check mark in it ? That’s what I got for my Excel one and you can only see it when you go down to your skills and look at this specific skill. Is that correct or am I missing something?
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