Comment by physicsguy
Comment by physicsguy 10 months ago
LinkedIn counts of applicants aren’t real.
When you click “Apply” to see the job advert on the companies website and don’t actually apply, it still counts on LinkedIn. When I’ve done hiring in the past it’s said 100 applicants on my advert and then we’ve only had a few candidates.
With that said, Easy Apply jobs are pointless applying through. We got spammed so much we turned that off.
There is also under count, as people who apply outside of LinkedIn won't be counted.
I'd assume they've found showing a number improves a metric like sales of LinkedIn Premium.