--- title: "Skills" slug: "skills" tags: ["Content Discovery", "Skills", "Topics"] updated: 2026-11-04T14:32:46Z published: 2026-11-04T14:32:46Z canonical: "docs.thrivelearning.com/skills" --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.thrivelearning.com/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Skills **Skills** are the abilities you're building as you learn – the capabilities you want to grow for your role, your development, and your career. When you choose the skills you want to develop, Thrive shows you more of the content that helps you grow them. That keeps your learning relevant to where you want to go. Skills work alongside topics, which cover the broader subjects and interests you want to follow. Together, they shape what Thrive recommends and how easily you can find the content that matters to you. ## Skills and Topics Both skills and topics are tags applied to content, and both make content easier to discover – but they serve different parts of your learning. - **Skills:** The specific abilities you want to develop or improve, such as effective communication, leadership, or Excel. Skills are tied to your professional growth, and the learning you complete against them is tracked. - **Topics:** The broader areas you want to explore or stay informed about, such as onboarding, wellbeing, or your organisation's products. Topics are marked with a hash symbol (#), and you can follow the ones that interest you. When you develop a skill, content tagged with it becomes easier to find – on your Home and Explore screens, in Learn, and in your search results. When you follow a topic, related content appears in the relevant areas of your Home screen. ### Examples | Category | Examples | Description | | --- | --- | --- | | Skills | Effective communication, Leadership, Presentation delivery, UX design, Excel, Conflict resolution | Specific abilities you develop and improve through learning and practice | | Topics | Onboarding, Our products, Mental wellbeing, Company updates, Senior leadership | Broader areas of interest that help you discover and follow content | ## Choosing the Skills You Want to Develop You first choose the skills and interests you care about when you set up your profile. You can update them at any time from the **Skills** screen. Go to **Learn** > **Skills** in the Thrive menu, then add the skills you want to focus on next. Your manager or your role may also add skills to your profile – for example, the core skills expected for your job. These appear alongside the skills you've chosen yourself. **Desktop** ## Viewing Your Skills To see all your skills and their related learning: 1. From the Thrive Menu, go to **Learn** > **Skills**. Your skills appear as cards, each showing the skill name and its status, such as whether it's verified and your current and target levels. > [!NOTE] > Note: > > Use the view toggle at the top left to switch between card and list views. ![Overview of skills with verification status and target levels for development.](https://cdn.document360.io/3a0609fb-d96c-4ce1-aabe-d9338fb1e858/Images/Documentation/image(849).png?sv=2026-02-06&spr=https&st=2026-11-05T15%3A10%3A17Z&se=2026-11-05T16%3A10%3A17Z&sr=c&sp=r&sig=B1Nxs8nD7Pz3K5wjwZVWfuSjc2vxqFXBvzJpNurko8M%3D) 2. Select a skill to open it. You'll see any learning assigned to you for that skill, followed by suggested content tagged with the skill that you can explore. If nothing's assigned yet, you'll see a prompt to start with the suggested learning. **Mobile** ### Viewing Your Skills Tap **Learn** in the bottom navigation bar. Your skills appear in the **Skills** section of the **Learn** screen. Tap a skill to open it. You’ll see the learning related to that skill. ![Learning app dashboard highlights the Add skills button beneath in-progress Spring Release content.](https://cdn.document360.io/3a0609fb-d96c-4ce1-aabe-d9338fb1e858/Images/Documentation/addskills.png?sv=2026-02-06&spr=https&st=2026-11-05T15%3A10%3A17Z&se=2026-11-05T16%3A10%3A17Z&sr=c&sp=r&sig=B1Nxs8nD7Pz3K5wjwZVWfuSjc2vxqFXBvzJpNurko8M%3D) > [!NOTE] > Note: > > You can also see your skills on your **Profile** screen under **My skills**. This shows only the list of your skills, without their related learning. For more information, see [Profile](/docs/profile). ### Adding a Skill 1. In the **Skills** section of the **Learn** screen, tap **Add skills**. 2. Search for a skill and select it. If the skill doesn’t exist yet, enter its name and tap **Create new skill**. ![Mobile screen displaying an Add skills form with suggested professional skills and buttons to add or cancel.](https://cdn.document360.io/3a0609fb-d96c-4ce1-aabe-d9338fb1e858/Images/Documentation/mobile-add-skills-profile-screen.png?sv=2026-02-06&spr=https&st=2026-11-05T15%3A10%3A17Z&se=2026-11-05T16%3A10%3A17Z&sr=c&sp=r&sig=B1Nxs8nD7Pz3K5wjwZVWfuSjc2vxqFXBvzJpNurko8M%3D) The skill is added to your **Skills** section. ### Removing a Skill 1. In the **Skills** section of the **Learn** screen, find the skill you want to remove. 2. Tap the bin icon, then **Confirm**. ![Skills dashboard card showing content ratings, with edit and delete controls highlighted for managing the skill.](https://cdn.document360.io/3a0609fb-d96c-4ce1-aabe-d9338fb1e858/Images/Documentation/my-skills-card-delete-and-edit.png?sv=2026-02-06&spr=https&st=2026-11-05T15%3A10%3A17Z&se=2026-11-05T16%3A10%3A17Z&sr=c&sp=r&sig=B1Nxs8nD7Pz3K5wjwZVWfuSjc2vxqFXBvzJpNurko8M%3D) Any learning material in Thrive, including courses, quizzes, videos, documents, external links, and user-generated resources. Content serves to educate, engage, and assess learners, supporting a wide range of learning experiences across the platform. Content tags, identified by a hash symbol (#), allowing users to follow their interests to discover relevant content and receive personalised suggestions, primarily appearing in sections on the homepage.