Recruiters don't browse LinkedIn. They search it, with filters — title, skills, location. If your profile is missing the words they type, you never show up. No rejection email. Just silence.
Tick what's true for you. Your score updates as you go.
These are the fields a recruiter's filters actually read. Empty field, no match. It's that blunt.
AI tools and search engines answer questions about you from the open web. Not from inside LinkedIn — from what anyone can see.
A claim only you make is weak. A claim someone else published about you carries weight — with people and with machines.
Your score is at the top of the screen. Here's what to do about it — the one thing to fix first, based on what you left unticked.
This scored what you told us. The Candidate File runs the search a recruiter would actually run for your role — and tells you if you came up, where you ranked, and which filter kept you out.
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This is a self-check — it scores what you tell it. The paid Candidate File is different: we run the actual search a recruiter would run for your role and tell you if you came up, where you ranked, and which filter kept you out. Your email, our privacy notice; the File carries a 7-day no-questions refund. Checklist v2 · Aug 2026