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Advice on best way to show consulting experience in Careers profile

I've been a consultant for over 7 years and operate as a company (albeit a one-man-band at this stage). In the Experience section of my Careers Profile, I want to list myself as being a consultant (as ...
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No matter how many times I go into a Careers message it does not get marked as read

No matter how many times I go into a Careers message it does not get marked as read. I have tried going into the message and leaving. Clicking on the checkbox and then the button to mark as read, ...
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Careers site links me to deleted Stack Overflow account

I had an unused Google OpenID Stack Overflow account, which I wanted to link with the account I was using (Facebook login). I couldn't do it, so I deleted it, and linked it later. But now careers ...
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Does Careers 2.0 consider other StackExchange accounts to open a profile?

Just curious as if Careers 2.0 checks information about other StackExchange accounts to evaluate if someone can open a profile or not. I wouldn't think that the Chess site would count, but other sites ...
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Unable to view Careers page

I am currently unable to view my own Careers 2.0 page at http://careers.stackoverflow.com/austynmahoney. It just redirects to an error page.
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Import from linkedin: are there any problem?

I already checked other questions and even tried to set my profile as an active candidate but nothing. The problem is the same reported here but being that question closed I wanted to re-open the ...
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More job results behind proxy in England

I noticed it several times that there are more results for certain searches on careers when I do the search from behind a proxy (England) than from home (Hungary) Eg I searched python + remote only ...
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Can't edit my Careers profile

I just signed up on Careers but don't appear to have a profile, or at least I can't edit anything. When I click my profile, I see the about your profile view, so this is similar to Can't see or ...
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Why does Careers think UK = London

Given that my profile says Manchester, UK and our netblock is registered with Ripe NCC in Rochdale - which last time I checked was comfortably within Greater Manchester - why is it that Stack Overflow ...
Martin Steel's user avatar
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Why don't some sample candidate profiles have a default gravatar in them?

I was playing around in Careers and found the employers search page for candidates. Clicking around on sample profiles, I noticed most have the default gravatar picture, but some don't have that ...
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How do I best list multiple positions at a single company?

Right now a Careers Profile only gives you one line for a Job Title, however I am wanting to list both my previous and current titles for that position. For example, my previous title was "Senior Web ...
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What can stackexchange do for me professionally [duplicate]

Am on askubuntu and love to contribute there, and other stackexchange sites. I was wondering on how can I use stackexchange(askubuntu) for my professional reputation. How plausible is it for me to ...
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Where should I ask questions about Careers 2.0?

Career 2.0 page is hosted under stackoverflow.com, that's why I am asking this question here. Where can I ask non-technical questions about Careers 2.0? Stack Overflow is not a good choice. I am ...
Afshin Moazami's user avatar
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What does it mean when a job offer description or title are being changed?

I have applied for a job through Careers Stack Overflow. Occasionally the same job offer changes description and title. How should I consider this? Did they find a person for this vacancy and they are ...
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careers profile views timezone

A couple of days ago I created a career stackoverflow profile. I'm looking daily to see if anyone has visited my profile. It says this week 7 visits, today 3 How is this counting? If I'm not ...
giannis christofakis's user avatar
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Is there a way to tell the career banner to not only show jobs in my area? [closed]

I would like to see all interesting jobs in the banner and not only the ones in my area.
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Is it possible to pause a job listing on Stack Overflow Careers? [duplicate]

I've got a job listing running with the standard 30-day term. I'd like to pause the listing for now because we are about to conduct some interviews and are not interested in any further applicants ...
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Republishing Intentionally Expired Job Listings

I want to expire a job listing I have on Careers because we are very close to hiring a particular candidate. But if I do expire the job listing, can I republish it without cost should the candidate ...
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Not all jobs available for zip code

In the job search pages, not all jobs show for a zip code search. I am in the UK, searching for jobs in the US (I am a US citizen). When I search using my VPN, I can see 13 jobs for a particular zip ...
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Is there a locally limited subscription option for profile search on Careers?

We are looking to hire in Shanghai, China. $1000 USD for a month of access to the resume database may be a good deal if you are hiring globally or in the US or Europe, but Careers has just 350 ...
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Delete my careers account

I have an existing Careers 2.0 account that I created years ago with a myOpenID login. In the process of trying to move that to a StackExchange login, I accidentally created a new Careers account with ...
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What does the highlighted vs. non-highlighted posts on Careers mean?

On the Careers page, there are highlighted and non-highlighted job listings. What do these mean? At first I thought it was a showing what I had in my profile, but I have jquery, so I'd expect A to ...
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Is there a way to mark inbox messages on careers 2.0 as "spam"?

I don't want to just hide or delete this particular message. I want to flag it, and the domain it purports to be from, for stackoverflow's staff or some bot to review and block. I've received an ...
Greg Gauthier's user avatar
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Careers 2.0 - Revoke Invitations

How do I revoke the 3 Careers invitations I wasted on some former co-workers who are not interested in having a Careers 2.0 profile?
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Is it possible to search for users of stack exchange network within certain country [duplicate]

Looking for people to hire, I was wondering if is there any way to search for person of one particular country and maybe contact them. Is there a place for that ? Thanks, and sorry if this question ...
Bart Calixto's user avatar
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Questions about sharing my identity in Careers 2.0

So, I need a job. I saw a link for Careers 2.0 and was about to create my profile. The screen confirming my information had my username and my email, which is my real name. Of course I have no ...
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On my Careers 2.0 profile, how should I add skills I've learned from a propriety hobby project I'm working on?

I've been working on a hobby project after work and I've been learning a lot of new skills from it. But the "likes" text field has run out of space and this project is (temporarily?) closed source so ...
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Meaning of following statement in careers in stackoverflow [duplicate]

My profile in Stack Overflow Careers shows the following: I want to know what is the meaning of this?
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What does the top % mean on careers? [duplicate]

Is there a meta for careers? If so, sorry this question should be migrated. I'd love to know what this truly means. top 10% out of... 4 million users? top 10% out of the 100 that have asked or ...
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Email Verification Page returned Page not found

How can I verify my account to ensure that hiring managers can reach me via email? I have got my profile on careers 2.0, They have sent me an email verification link , but it redirects me to Page not ...
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LinkedIn import requests excessive privileges [duplicate]

When importing a LinkedIn profile, I'm asked to approve access to YOUR PROFILE OVERVIEW (fine) YOUR FULL PROFILE (makes sense) YOUR CONNECTIONS (hang on a minute...) INVITATIONS AND MESSAGES (whoa ...
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Careers: Email is already registered

Yet another question for the "email address is already registered" issue. I was using a MyOpenID account when it happened. I've just added my Google account (with which the email address is ...
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SO's access to linkedIn when importing to Careers 2.0

When importing linkedIn to my Careers profile I get asked whether I accept the access to my profile requested by SO. These include: Your profile overviewName, photo, headline, and current positions ...
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Old, old old application [closed]

Sometime back in March I applied to a job with careers.stackoverflow.com - suddenly today I got an email saying I had successfully applied. I hope this was some kind of mistake in terms of the ...
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Careers profile lists incorrect reputation points with linked Stack Overflow account

I (foolishly) have a Careers account with a MyOpenID login and a Stack Overflow account with a Stack Exchange login. They both have the same user name and e-mail, but something has gone wrong ...
can_i_help's user avatar
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Recruiters on Stack Overflow Careers

I wanted to send an email, but Careers seems to keep sending me here. I was just contacted by a recruiter on Stack Overflow Careers about a job that was with another company. I have already talked ...
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Careers 2.0 - Employer View and Privacy Settings

In my Careers 2.0 job seeker profile there are two options: Employer View and Privacy Settings. These are my questions: When the Employer View is "searcheable", does it mean that an employer can see ...
Pedro Lopes's user avatar
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Careers job application feedback

After applying for a job on careers.stackoverflow, I got an automatic email and that's it. Is there a transparent known process that follows this action or is it just an ad-hoc one that depends on the ...
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How can I merge my Careers2.0 and StackOverflow email address?

I updated my Stackoverflow login by creating a new stackexchange account using a certain email. Now I want to use the same email for Careers2.0 but I cannot do that. When I tried to edit the email ...
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Do employers look at the resume or the site profile when you apply through Careers?

When you apply to a job on careers does your careers profile automatically get linked to your application, and if so do you think that the employer looks more at that or at the resume given?
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How did I get a message from an employer when I'm blocking all messages and searches?

I got a message from an employer today on Careers. I believe I had "Block all messages and searches" checked in my contact settings. How was I able to receive this message? Does marking not ...
Daniel A. White's user avatar
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How to specify places I'd be willing to relocate to on careers?

I saw on some other profiles that people have specified relocation preferences and I can't for the life of me find where to specify my own preferences on my profile.
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Add additional managers to Company Page

Is it possible to add additional SO users as managers or admins for a company page? I created our company page myself on a weekend, but I'd like to let someone else at the company polish it up a bit ...
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Moving job listing to another Careers account

Our HR person create a job listing in Careers under her account. I then realized that we can't have more than one user associated with our company, so we probably want to link our OpenIDs to the same ...
Matthew Gertner's user avatar
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Merge accounts to use OpenID

Would it be possible to merge my accounts on Careers? This is my main account I would like to keep, http://careers.stackoverflow.com/users/info/221432, but I would like to associate the OpenID used ...
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Where can I post IT jobs as an internal recruiter?

I'm new to Stack Overflow. I'm an internal recruiter. Can I post IT jobs here? If so, how and where?
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Careers 2.0 Banner: editor settings?

From which editor is this screenshot and what are the settings used? I quite like this font and color scheme looks interesting.
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Add a link to RSS feeds on Careers

So I guess careers.stackoverflow.com has an RSS feed but there's no link to it on the search page. Maybe such a link could be added?
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My careers.stackoverflow.com profile disappeared [closed]

(As also seen here and here.) I recently went to log in because I received a notification that I had an email from a company. The email link from careers.stackoverflow.com was a 404 error after I ...
David Robins's user avatar
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Missing new invites at Careers

The FAQ at Careers states: Are the people that you invite awesome? Well, then we’ll give you new invites for each person who creates a profile with a completeness score of at least 100. Well, I ...
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