JSFiddle - React, Tailwind, and code Playground

HTML

<select name="tester" id="tester">
    <option value="1">A skill</option>
    <option value="2">Another skill</option>
    <option value="3">Yet another skill</option>
</select>

JavaScript

$('#tester').on('change', function(){
    console.log($('option:selected', this).text()); 
});