diff --git a/src/controllers/skills.controller.ts b/src/controllers/skills.controller.ts
index a8cd3be..fe897a5 100644
--- a/src/controllers/skills.controller.ts
+++ b/src/controllers/skills.controller.ts
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import { SkillsModel, type SkillsType } from "../models/skills.model";
 import { HttpError, HttpStatus, checkMongooseErrors } from "../utils/errors";
 import { checkDuplicateItemName } from "../utils/checkDuplicates";
 
-export const createSkills = async (skillsFields: SkillsType) => {
+export const createSkill = async (skillsFields: SkillsType) => {
   try {
 		if(await checkDuplicateItemName(skillsFields.itemName)){
 			throw new HttpError(
@@ -28,3 +28,23 @@ export const createSkills = async (skillsFields: SkillsType) => {
     );
   }
 };
+
+export const getAllSkills = async (user: string) => {
+	try {
+    const skills = await SkillsModel.find({ user: user });
+    return skills;
+  } catch (err: unknown) {
+    //rethrow any errors as HttpErrors
+    if (err instanceof HttpError) {
+      throw err;
+    }
+    //checks if mongoose threw and will rethrow with appropriate status code and message
+    checkMongooseErrors(err);
+
+    throw new HttpError(
+      HttpStatus.INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR,
+      "Skills retrieval failed",
+      { cause: err },
+    );
+  }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/routers/skills.router.ts b/src/routers/skills.router.ts
index 5c0edf2..04aa90e 100644
--- a/src/routers/skills.router.ts
+++ b/src/routers/skills.router.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import { Router, type Request, type Response } from "express";
-import { createSkills } from "../controllers/skills.controller";
+import { createSkill } from "../controllers/skills.controller";
 import { HttpError, HttpStatus } from "../utils/errors";
 import { type SkillsType } from "../models/skills.model";
 
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ skillsRouter.post(
   "/",
   async (req: Request<any, any, SkillsType>, res: Response) => {
     try {
-      const skills = await createSkills(req.body);
+      const skills = await createSkill(req.body);
       res.status(HttpStatus.OK).json(skills);
     } catch (err: unknown) {
       if (err instanceof HttpError) {