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# Candidate Skills

To create a new Candidate Skills, please navigate to **Civi Candidate**-> **Skills -> Add New** in your left sidebar. Now you can start adding specific information about the Candidate Skills Item in the fields data section below.

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**Name:** Enter the name.

**Slug:** The “slug” is the URL-friendly version of the name. It is usually all lowercase and contains only letters, numbers, and hyphens.

**Parent Candidate Skill:** select parent amenities if needed. Usually, you don’t need to do it.

**Description**: Enter a description for categories if available

After completing all the necessary fields, click on the "**Add New Candidate Skill**" button.