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Use this tag for requests for assistance with tools and other features on the Stack Exchange Network. This includes understanding how features work and why they work that way, or how to better use them.

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Does StackOverflow investigate employers before allowing them to post to careers?

Employers are free to sign up on Careers to buy job listings or search subscriptions without any pre-qualifications. However there is a filter when our sales team proactively reaches out to customers …
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Careers site spamming - not sure what I opted out of

First, you have not opted out of receiving emails from recruiters that find your profile on Careers. The only way to do that is to make your profile unsearchable in the privacy settings on Careers. …
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No response to applications after a month?

I wouldn't say it's common, but it's possible. I see three possible explanations related to your application: All three of the jobs you applied to were extremely popular. 300+ applications for all …
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Careers ad asking if I want to work where I already work?

See, I look at this and think: "Aren't we so smart? We found you the company you already work for, and you're clearly qualified for that position!". But really, we're not adding 2+2 because the ads …
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How do I best list multiple positions at a single company?

The best way to do this is to create two separate Experience entries, or a single one and explain the promotion(s) in the Responsibilities field. If I had to choose one, I would do two entries.
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Company is cheating in its Joel Test

We can reach out to the company if you flag the job and we agree that something looks fishy. In general it's difficult for us to police claims a company makes in their listings. Most companies are …
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StackOverflow Careers: Country Limitation?

The disclaimer you saw saying where it was valid refers only to the insertion of the job on the job board. Basically, when a candidate comes to careers.stackoverflow.com and runs a search, your job w …
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Qualifying for Careers 2.0

It depends. There are two options on the request an invite page. If you're choosing to auto qualify with your StackOverflow account, we'll only be looking at your history from StackOverflow. If you …
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On my careers profile why are all the "customize public view" checkboxes greyed out?

Thanks for pointing this out. It's always fun when you ask users to do something, but that something turns up buggy at exactly the wrong time (part of the reason we're phasing this out). We've jus …
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Is there a way to tell the career banner to not only show jobs in my area?

Currently, no. But we're working on it. The best we can do for most people is tell them a job is near them. But for some, like you, there are many places you'd be willing to work or consider if t …
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Can employers see who views a listing?

Currently employers only see counting stats as you mentioned in point one with some additional stats on impressions at StackOverflow, Joel on Software etc... Search terms and tags people are intereste …
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What tags are available to employers on Careers?

Tags used by employers are meant to be technologies they use at the company. When you do a search on Careers, we do have a selection for "Permanent" OR "Contract". We don't see a lot of demand from …
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Unaffiliated Recruiters Messaging SO members on SO Careers?

We do not want recruiters contacting you without letting you know the specific position/company they are representing. We haven't seen wide spread abuse of this so far, but are working on ways to bri …
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SO's access to linkedIn when importing to Careers 2.0

We have never and will not ever send out a message to your LinkedIn connections on your behalf. We ask for this permission solely so you can invite your connections to join Careers 2.0. Without you …
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Inconsistent careers ad behavior

We do serve some ads ourselves (mostly remnant ads, or in some cases company page ads) which you pointed out. We should have consistency on point #1, and we'll get that fixed. Only Adzerk ads will …
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