The other three freedoms are movement of capital, goods and services.Ī lawyer for a European anti-discrimination agency, who wished to remain anonymous (she is not allowed to talk about cases the agency has not officially investigated), told me that European law makes very clear that EU citizens must be treated equally when seeking a job. The free movement of people and the freedom to work in any Member State is one of the four basic freedoms of the European Union since the bloc was created in the early 1990s (the EU replaced the European Economic Community, which did not provide freedom of movement). To de-activate it, they need to go to their “settings” page and disable it manually.Ĭandidates who have been automatically rated as not a fit and rejected are not informed that their rejection was due to the place of residence they listed on their LinkedIn profile.

Their applications are sent to the equivalent of an email spam folder.Īt no time are recruiters informed about the feature. It allows users to publish job openings and lets candidates apply directly on the platform.īy default, candidates who are “out-of-country”, meaning that the country selected on their LinkedIn profile does not match the country of the job offer, are automatically rated as “not a fit”. LinkedIn, a social network for professionals with over 700 million users, sells a subscription service called “Recruiter”.

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