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can I set my location for careers advert

The careers advert in the sidebar, you know the one - more jobs near (your location) I understand that it is detecting my location somehow, however it seems to think I'm based in London when I'm in ...
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careers.stackoverflow.com linked to the wrong github account

I recently signed up for careers.stackoverflow.com and it linked to my work github.com account and not my personal one. Problem is that I can't relink it back to my personal github.com account. I ...
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In Careers 2.0 how many repos needed to create a profile

how many repos are needed in git hub to be able to create a profile, I have 5 2 repos in github, but is not enough, I get We had a look at your GitHub activity but it didn’t quite meet our ...
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Stack Overflow Careers RSS Developer's Terms of Use

A couple months ago I looked for a Stack Overflow Careers Android app. I found one but ultimately found it to be lacking features and abandoned, so I created my own app from scratch to fill the void: ...
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Careers 2.0 invitation to email address I'm not using with SO - where from?

I just got an email titled "Expanding your Reputation" to my work email address - which, IIRC, I never used on any Stack Exchange site. The email body starts with In recognition of your contributions ...
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What is the sort order of tags in a CV for Careers2.0?

You can select tags you want to be displayed in your CV in to "Top [10-20-30]%" section. But the order seems to follow the the global SO popularity of a tag (i.e. the number of questions on a tag), ...
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Can we remove old Jobs message notifications from the inbox?

Since Stack Overflow Jobs has been shut down, can we remove the old notifications from the inbox? Clicking on them just goes to the Jobs page saying that it has been shut down and has no other action.
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How do I set up a job alert to be specific to a company?

Say that I am interested in a specific company that I know advertises on Careers. How do I set up a job alert to get emails when this specific company posts a job. I've tried to put the company name ...
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When I try to "link Stack Exchange account" in Stack Overflow Careers 2.0, I get an error

When I try to "link stack exchange account" in Stack Overflow Careers 2.0, I get an error in Chrome on Mac OSX 10.7.5. The error reads "website has a redirect loop" and the website doesn't show up. ...
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Official name of the new Jobs site?

I was taking a look at the trademark guidance where it says what the proper use of the Stack Exchange name involves. However, it's not addressing the new jobs site. I believe on careers.stackoverflow....
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My job application is not showing anywhere

I applied to a position in StackExchange careers some months ago, and it didn't go anywhere. There were apparently some problems with the process, and it was reopened recently (last week). An email ...
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careers.stackoverflow.com seems to be down

It's not coming up for me in Utah, and downforeveryoneorjustme seems to see that it's down as well. Here is the traceroute for me from utah.
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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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Unable to login to Careers.StackOverflow with OpenID

Whenever I access careers.stackoverflow.com, I get prompted to log in. I choose the StackExchange Open ID, but it comes up with unexpected error encountered. Tried different browsers, and different ...
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Careers not able to update personal details?

I am not able to update personal details in Careers, it is showing some irrelevant error message! What I tried: I tried to update my mailing address. With all other details the same, I got this error. ...
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Multilanguage resume import from LinkedIn in Careers 2.0

I've just been given an invite to Careers 2.0 and it looks awesome! I tried to import my LinkedIn resume (which is in two languages) but I could not find a way to import the English version: the ...
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Careers - profile views counter reset to 0?

I just took a look at the my profile page on careers and the number of views is 0 for all breakdowns (views, today, week and month). It wasn't like that yesterday...
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What's the typical ration of "employer views" / "search hits"?

I wrote my resume and made it searchable 1 week ago. So far I got: 22 search hits 1 employer view I have a few questions: Is this a typical ration? It seems fairly low.. It means that 21 people ...
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What am I missing out on by linking instead of adding a project?

As I'm not allowed to add projects that use non-standard HTTP ports in their URLs, I've figured the best work around would be to simply link to them in the personal statement section. Aside from the ...
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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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I can't see my Bitbucket projects on Careers

I can't see my Bitbucket projects through Careers after a successful authorization. I can see the StackOverflow Careers on my Integrated applications list on Bitbucket, but the list is empty on ...
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Can't link my Stack Overflow account in my Careers profile

I cannot add the Stack Exchange network sites I'd like to display on my profile Why? If it's possible I would like to have only one account, please be careful, please don't erase my profile.
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can't access stack exchange sites via careers "top answers"

I tried tagging along with the same issue over on Missing stack exchange profiles on careers profile but haven't gotten a response. Basically nothing shows up underneath "Stack Exchange - Top ...
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"Make searchable" and "Hide from searches" works on Status tab, but not File CV tab

I'm using IE8 on Windows 7 64 bit. I logged in to http://careers.stackoverflow.com to hide my CV from searches. When I went to the file cv tab and tried clicking Hide From Searches, nothing happened. ...
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Careers Invitation and reminder "Expanding your reputation - a reminder" while I already have an account

I already had a Careers account, however I got a new invitation. I assumed it's error, but in order to not lose it I clicked yes. Then I recently got an email reminder that I didn't use invitation ...
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Can no longer find 'Export to PDF' feature in Careers page

The Export to PDF link that was moved is not visible when going to "Profile Settings" as described in a related question about this feature.
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Stack Overflow Careers profile is not showing up on Stack Overflow settings

I can't set my Stack Overflow Careers profile on my Stack Overflow settings. It's still asking me to create a Careers profile. I think this is a bug in Stack Overflow, but if not, what can I do?
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Two Careers Accounts

I have a problem with Stack Overflow Careers. I somehow have two accounts created. Both are linked to my regular SO account via two different gmail email addresses (both emails are on my SO account, ...
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Undo sent application or resend option

I already applied and sent my resume and realized it is a incorrect one and also cover letter required some edits. Is there a way to revert the application or at least edit the application once sent?
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Unable to create Career.Stackoverflow profile

I have requested a invitation for Careers.Stackoverflow.com and I did receive one but when I used it (within the 14 day period) it says that "it has been used already or has expired". I was login to ...
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When I try to log in with Google or Facebook, it tries to create a new account

I have a StackExchange account (obviously) that Google Chrome automatically logs me into when I go to stackoverflow.com. When I search my log in accounts in my settings, it says I have my Facebook and ...
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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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Careers profile timeout

A while ago I used to let my careers profile opened for hours in edit mode. When I refreshed the page, it was still refreshing correctly. Recently, after logging in (using my gmail account), if I ...
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Can't set up my town at careers.stackoverflow.com

I can't set up my town at careers.stackoverflow.com. I've used it for a while back in the time just after lauch of the first version, and as far as I remember, I could write my town there correctly. ...
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Why does the careers site not list anyone in New Zealand?

I've set my profile to actively looking. But I seem to be invisible. I feel very lonely over here :-) Edit: Got my invite - thanks.
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