You can save the information you enter when you apply for a job on LinkedIn, and use it as default information for future job applications from the Job application settings page. This will allow you to apply for jobs more quickly.
When you apply to jobs posted on LinkedIn, we’ll send the job poster your full LinkedIn profile in addition to any of the following saved application answers that you don’t update or change before submitting:
-
Email address: You can choose from the email addresses you’ve already provided and verified.
-
Resume: We’ll pre-select your most recently used resume. You can view previously uploaded resumes and upload resumes for future use from the Job application settings page.
-
Self-ID Information: We’ll pre-fill your Voluntary Self-ID information such as your gender, race/ethnicity, veteran status, or disability status from your previous applications. You can turn this toggle to Off if you don’t want to save the information.
To save your job application answers:
-
Click the
Me icon at the top of your LinkedIn homepage. -
Select Settings & Privacy from the dropdown.
-
Click the Data Privacy tab at the top of the page.
-
Under the Job seeking preferences section, click Job application settings.
-
Under Save and manage your resumes and answers, switch the toggle to On to enable the saved answers functionality. Switch the toggle to Off to disable saved answers.
When you apply to a job on LinkedIn, the hiring company may ask that you voluntarily submit self-identification demographic information to fulfill certain government requirements (ex. EEOC and OFCCP requirements). After you submit an application that includes this information, we give you the option to save it. If you choose to have LinkedIn save this information, this data may be used:
-
For future job applications: You can complete your applications faster by pre-filling these fields in future applications.
-
For aggregated insights and product improvements: LinkedIn will combine your data with other members’ information to generate aggregate insights, such as workforce and hiring trends. We may use these aggregate insights to improve our products, such as by building jobs and recruiting products that don’t perpetuate an unfair bias.
Your saved self-identification demographic data won’t be shown on your profile or disclosed to others on LinkedIn (except when you choose to include it with a job application). It won’t be used for advertising, personalizing your LinkedIn experience, or recommending jobs or other content.
Outside of job application self-identification demographic data, we separately collect similar information as personal demographic information, which may be collected and used in different ways.