Add or modify an HR skill

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title: Add or modify an HR skill
description: You can create HR skills and assign them to HR staff to assist with the auto-assignment of HR cases and tasks.
locale: en-US
canonical_url: https://www.servicenow.com/docs/r/australia/employee-service-management/hr-service-delivery/t\_CreateOrModifyHRSkills.html
release: australia
product: HR Service Delivery
classification: hr-service-delivery
topic_type: task
last_updated: "2026-09-10"
reading_time_minutes: 1
breadcrumb: [HR skills management, Manage HR roles, HR Administration, Configure, Case and Knowledge Management, HR Service Delivery, Employee Service Management]
---

# Add or modify an HR skill

You can create HR skills and assign them to HR staff to assist with the auto-assignment of HR cases and tasks.

## Before you begin

Role required: sn\_hr\_core.admin

## About this task

The following procedure describes how to create and edit HR skills from the Skills application. Although you can create and edit skills in the **Manage HR Skills** module, you must use the Skills application to assign child skills.

## Procedure

1.  Navigate to **All** > **HR Administration** > **Manage Roles** > **Manage HR Skills**.

2.  Click **New Skill** or open an existing skill.

3.  Enter or edit the name of the **Skill** and **Description**.

4.  Click **Submit** to save your changes.

5.  To assign users to the skill, complete the following steps.

    1.  Locate and click the skill in the **All Skills** column.

    2.  Click **Assign/Remove Users** at the top, right.

    3.  Click the users you want assigned to this skill.

    4.  Click **Save**.

    If you add users to a skill with child skills, the child skills are assigned to the user. Messages are displayed to notify you of the skills that were assigned.


**Parent Topic:**[HR skills management](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/employee-service-management/hr-service-delivery/c_HRSkillsManagement.md)