diff --git a/addons/hr_skills/static/src/fields/skills_one2many/skills_one2many.js b/addons/hr_skills/static/src/fields/skills_one2many/skills_one2many.js
index 8ec9b5f6225..910af416153 100644
--- a/addons/hr_skills/static/src/fields/skills_one2many/skills_one2many.js
+++ b/addons/hr_skills/static/src/fields/skills_one2many/skills_one2many.js
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ export class SkillsX2ManyField extends X2ManyField {
     }
 
     async onAdd({ context, editable } = {}) {
-        const employeeId = this.props.record.resId;
+        const employeeId = this.props.record.resModel === "res.users" ? this.props.record.data.employee_id[0] : this.props.record.resId;
         return super.onAdd({
             editable,
             context: {
diff --git a/addons/hr_skills/views/hr_views.xml b/addons/hr_skills/views/hr_views.xml
index 00016c8fa68..91aa0a2d269 100644
--- a/addons/hr_skills/views/hr_views.xml
+++ b/addons/hr_skills/views/hr_views.xml
@@ -147,6 +147,7 @@
             <xpath expr="//page[@name='public']" position="before">
                 <page name="skills_resume" string="Resume">
                     <div class="row">
+                        <field name="employee_id" invisible="1" />
                         <div class="o_hr_skills_group o_group_resume col-lg-7 d-flex">
                             <!-- This field uses a custom tree view rendered by the 'resume_one2many' widget.
                                 Adding fields in the tree arch below makes them accessible to the widget