Your work history is an important part of your LinkedIn profile. This topic tells you how to use a screen reader to add your position to your profile. We have tested the topic with JAWS, Narrator, NVDA in Microsoft Edge, VoiceOver, the built-in iOS screen reader, and TalkBack, the built-in Android screen reader which adheres to common accessibility standards and techniques. Different screen readers and web browsers might behave differently.
Important to know
You must be signed in to your LinkedIn account.
To add your work experience with screen reader support:
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To open the Me menu on the LinkedIn homepage, press the Tab key until you hear “Me button, collapsed,” and then press Enter.
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To open your profile, press the Tab key until you hear “View profile,” and then press Enter. Your profile page opens.
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To open your profile intro, press the Tab key until you hear “Edit intro button,” and then press Enter. The Edit intro pop-up window opens.
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To add a position to your profile, press the Tab key until you hear “Add new position,” and then press Enter. The Add experience pop-up window opens.
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To choose whether your network gets notified of your key profile changes, press the Tab key until you hear “Update whether LinkedIn can notify your network,” and then press Spacebar to toggle the setting on or off.
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To start adding the details of the position, press the Tab key until you hear “Title,” and then type your job title. LinkedIn offers you suggestions matching what you typed. Use the Down and Up arrow keys to browse the suggestions, and then press Enter to select a title.
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If you want to indicate whether the position is full-time, part-time, self-employed, or something else, press the Tab key until you hear “Employment type,” and then press Enter. Use the Down and Up arrow keys to browse the options, and then press Enter to select the option you want. This field is optional.
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To add the company where you work, press the Tab key until you hear “Company name,” and then type the name of the company. LinkedIn offers you suggestions matching what you typed. Use the Down and Up arrow keys to browse the suggestions, and then press Enter to select a company.
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If you want to add the location of the job, press the Tab key until you hear “Location,” and then type the location, for example, “London.” LinkedIn offers you suggestions matching what you typed. Use the Down and Up arrow keys to browse the suggestions, and then press Enter to select a location. This field is optional.
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To choose this job as your current position, press the Tab key until you hear “I am currently working in this role,” and then, if your screen reader says the checkbox is not selected, press Spacebar to select it. If you instead want to add the job as a former position, leave the checkbox empty.
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To set the start date, press the Tab key until you hear “Start date, month,” and then select the right month with the Down and Up arrow keys. To select the start year, press the Tab key once, and then select the right year with the Down and Up arrow keys.
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To set the end date, press the Tab key once, and then select the right month with the Down and Up arrow keys. To select the end year, press the Tab key once, and then select the right year with the Down and Up arrow keys.
Note: You can set the end date only if you did not select the position as your current role in step 10.
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If you want to enter a freeform description of the position , press the Tab key until you hear “Description,” and then type the description. This field is optional.
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To finish editing your work experience, perform one of the following:
- To save your changes, press the Tab key until you hear “Save button,” and then press Enter.
- To exit without saving, press the Tab key until you hear “Dismiss button,” and then press Enter.
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To exit the Edit intro pop-up window, press the Tab key until you hear “Save button,” and then press Enter.
The Edit intro pop-up window closes and the focus returns to your profile page.
To add your work experience with screen reader support:
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Open the LinkedIn mobile app. By default, the focus is on the Menu button in the upper-left corner of the screen, and you hear “Access my profile and other navigation links.” If you hear something else, swipe left until you hear “Menu button.”
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To open the menu, double-tap the screen. You hear “Close menu button.”
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To open your profile, swipe right once, and then double-tap the screen. You hear “Back button.”
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To open your profile intro, swipe right until you hear “Edit intro button,” and then double-tap the screen. The Edit intro pop-up window opens, and you hear “Close button.”
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To add a position to your profile, swipe right until you hear “Add new position,” and then double-tap the screen. The Add experience pop-up window opens.
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To choose whether your network gets notified of your key profile changes, swipe right until you hear “Notify network switch button,” and then double-tap the screen to toggle the setting on or off.
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To start adding the details of the position, swipe right until you hear “Title,” and then double-tap the screen. Type your job title with the on-screen keyboard. LinkedIn offers you suggestions matching what you typed. Swipe left until you hear the first suggestion, and then swipe left and right to browse the suggestions. Double-tap the screen to select a title.
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If you want to indicate whether the position is full-time, part-time, self-employed, or something else, swipe right until you hear “Employment type,” and then double-tap the screen. Swipe right and left to browse the options, and then double-tap the screen to select the option you want. This field is optional.
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To add the company where you work, swipe right until you hear “Company name,” and then double-tap the screen. Type the company name with the on-screen keyboard. LinkedIn offers you suggestions matching what you typed. Swipe left until you hear the first suggestion, and then swipe left and right to browse the suggestions. Double-tap the screen to select a company.
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If you want to add the location of the job, swipe right until you hear “Location,” and then double-tap the screen. Type the location with the on-screen keyboard, for example, “London.” LinkedIn offers you suggestions matching what you typed. Swipe left until you hear the first suggestion, and then swipe left and right to browse the suggestions. Double-tap the screen to select a location. This field is optional.
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To choose this job as your current position, swipe right until you hear “I am currently working in this role,” and then, if your screen reader says the checkbox is not selected, double-tap the screen to select it. If you want to add the job as a former position, leave the checkbox empty.
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To set the start date, swipe right until you hear “Start date,” and then double-tap the screen. Swipe up and down to browse the months until you find the right month. Swipe right once to move the focus to the year, and then swipe up and down to browse the years until you find the right year.
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To finish editing the start date, swipe left until you hear “Done button,” and then double-tap the screen.
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To set the end date, swipe right until you hear “End date,” and then double-tap the screen. Swipe up and down to browse the months until you find the right month. Swipe right once to move the focus to the year, and then swipe up and down to browse the years until you find the right year.
Note: You can set the end date only if you did not select the position as your current role in step 11.
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To finish editing the end date, swipe left until you hear “Done button,” and then double-tap the screen.
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If you want to enter a freeform description of the position, swipe right until you hear “Description,” and then double-tap the screen. Type the description with the on-screen keyboard. When you’re ready, swipe left until you hear “Done button,” and then double-tap the screen. This field is optional.
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To finish editing your work experience, perform one of the following:
- To save your changes, swipe right until you hear “Save button,” and then double-tap the screen. If you hear “Close button,” double-tap the screen.
- To exit without saving, swipe left until you hear “Dismiss button,” and then double-tap the screen. If you have made changes, swipe right until you hear “Discard button,” and then double-tap the screen.
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To exit the Edit intro pop-up window, swipe left until you hear “Close button,” and then double-tap the screen.
The Edit intro pop-up window closes and the focus returns to your profile.
To add your work experience with screen reader support:
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Open the LinkedIn mobile app. By default, the focus is on the Menu button in the upper-left corner of the screen, and you hear “Menu button, access my profile and other navigation links.” If you hear something else, swipe left until you hear “Menu button.”
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To open the menu, double-tap the screen. You hear “Menu, view my profile button.”
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To open your profile, double-tap the screen. You hear “LinkedIn, Back button.”
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To open your profile intro, swipe right until you hear “Edit basic profile information, button,” and then double-tap the screen. The Edit intro pop-up window opens, and you hear “Dismiss, button."
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To add a position to your profile, swipe right until you hear “Add new position,” and then double-tap the screen. The Add experience pop-up window opens.
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To choose whether your network gets notified of your key profile changes, swipe right until you hear “On switch” or “Off switch,” depending on your current setting, and then double-tap the screen to toggle the setting on or off.
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To start adding the details of the position, swipe right until you hear “Title,” and then double-tap the screen. Type your job title with the on-screen keyboard. LinkedIn offers you suggestions matching what you typed. Swipe down-then-left to close the keyboard, and then swipe right and left to browse the suggestions. Double-tap the screen to select a title.
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If you want to indicate whether the position is full-time, part-time, self-employed, or something else, swipe right until you hear “Employment type,” and then double-tap the screen. Swipe right and left to browse the options, and then double-tap the screen to select the option you want. This field is optional.
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To add the company where you work, swipe right until you hear “Company name,” and then double-tap the screen. Type the company name with the on-screen keyboard. LinkedIn offers you suggestions matching what you typed. Swipe down-then-left to close the keyboard, and then swipe right and left to browse the suggestions. Double-tap the screen to select a company.
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If you want to add the location of the job, swipe right until you hear “Location,” and then double-tap the screen. Type the location with the on-screen keyboard, for example, “London.” LinkedIn offers you suggestions matching what you typed. Swipe down-then-left to close the keyboard, and then swipe right and left to browse the suggestions. Double-tap the screen to select a location. This field is optional.
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To choose this job as your current position, swipe right until you hear “I am currently working in this role,” and then, if your screen reader says the checkbox is not selected, double-tap the screen to select it. If you want to add the job as a former position, leave the checkbox empty.
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To set the start date, swipe right until you hear “Start date asterisk button,” and then double-tap the screen. Swipe up and down to browse the months until you find the right month. Swipe right until you hear a year, and then swipe up and down to browse the years until you find the right year.
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To finish editing the start date, swipe left until you hear “Set button,” and then double-tap the screen.
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To set the end date, swipe right until you hear “Button, End date asterisk,” and then double-tap the screen. Swipe up and down to browse the months until you find the right month. Swipe right once to move the focus to the year, and then swipe up and down to browse the years until you find the right year.
Note: You can set the end date only if you did not select the position as your current role in step 11.
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To finish editing the end date, swipe left until you hear “Set button,” and then double-tap the screen.
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If you want to enter a freeform description of the position, swipe right until you hear “Description,” and then double-tap the screen. Type the description with the on-screen keyboard. When you’re ready, swipe down-then-left to close the keyboard. This field is optional.
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To finish editing your work experience, perform one of the following:
- To save your changes, swipe right until you hear “Save button,” and then double-tap the screen. To dismiss the save notification, swipe right until you hear “Dismiss button,” and then double-tap the screen.
- To exit without saving, swipe left until you hear “Dismiss button,” and then double-tap the screen.
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To exit the Edit intro pop-up window, swipe right until you hear “Save button,” and then double-tap the screen.
The Edit intro pop-up window closes and the focus returns to your profile,
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