How do I control whether companies can find me in the Talent Database?

Last updated 5 days ago

On Get on Board, if you are a professional, you control how visible your
profile is to companies and whether they can invite you to apply.

The three visibility controls

Two of them are independent. The third — job alerts — also switches your Talent
Database visibility off, so read that one carefully.

Public profile page
Turn this on only if you want a public profile URL that anyone can view. If you
turn it off, your public profile page stays hidden.
Visible to companies (Talent Database)
When this is on, your profile can appear in Talent Database searches and
companies can invite you to apply. If you turn it off, your profile will not
show in Talent Database, but companies you already applied to can still see your
application in their process.
Notify me of new jobs
This setting does two things at once. It controls job and blog emails based on
your preferences, and it also controls whether you appear in Talent Database
searches and in invitation suggestions. Turning it off stops the emails and
removes you from those searches, even if “Visible to companies” is still on.
The Unsubscribe link at the bottom of a job email — including the one-click
unsubscribe some mail programs offer — flips this same setting.

Public profile controls whether anyone can view your public profile URL.
“Visible to companies” controls whether you appear in Talent Database and how
much of your profile a company sees there. Your contact details are not part of
it: they stay hidden until you apply, or until the company spends a credit to
unlock your profile.
“Notify me of new jobs” controls the emails and Talent Database visibility.
To stay discoverable while getting fewer emails, keep it on and adjust your job
preferences instead.
Whatever those settings say, a company you have applied to still sees you in
its own applicant list.