Job-search visibility checklist (LinkedIn and Indeed)
Each platform documents its own settings and their limits. LinkedIn's help describes three Open to Work audiences (all members, recruiters only, visible only to you) and says it takes steps to hide the signal from recruiters at your current company but cannot guarantee complete privacy. Indeed's UK help says the default is 'Employers can't find you', that a searchable profile lets employers see your resume details and contact you, and that employers who already received your resume may still see it. This checklist turns those documented statements into a consequence table for your own situation, with the official pages linked; it changes no setting and promises no anonymity.
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What is inside
- Consequence table: platform, setting, who can see what (from the platform's own help page), what it does not protect, source URL and the date Luceria read it.
- Your situation: platform, country, who you want to reach, what you have already shared, your observed current setting (unknown allowed).
- Two fictional examples: a quietly job-hunting UK employee on LinkedIn, and a UK applicant whose Indeed profile had been searchable.
- A note on applications already submitted: changing a setting does not withdraw a resume an employer already received.
How to use it
- Open the official settings or help page for your platform first; the checklist links them.
- Record your observed current setting; if you are not sure, write unknown rather than guess.
- Decide the audience you want and tick the consequences you accept; the table shows what each documented option does and does not protect.
- Keep the completed checklist private; it is for your decision, not for sharing.
Why it is built this way
- Consequences are quoted or paraphrased from the platforms' own help pages with the date read, because the pages change and a stale instruction is worse than none.
- UK help renderings were used for Indeed; US-only features are not transplanted into UK instructions.
- No credentials are collected and no setting is changed by Luceria; the checklist is local and printable.
Accessibility
The Word file uses true heading styles, a single column and real text only: no tables, text boxes or images carry meaning, so screen readers and parsers follow the same structure a sighted reader sees. Guidance notes are plain text in grey italics and are meant to be deleted. This page summarises what the file contains.
Browser tools that work with it
Sources to check
- Let recruiters know you're Open to Work — LinkedIn Help, checked 6 November 2026 (International).
- Profile settings menu: managing your privacy (GB) — Indeed Help Centre, checked 6 November 2026 (UK).
- Profile and preferences: what do I share with employers? (GB) — Indeed Help Centre, checked 6 November 2026 (UK).
Common questions
Does completing the checklist protect my account?
No. It records what the platforms document and what you decided. Only the platform's own settings change anything, and LinkedIn itself says current-employer privacy is not guaranteed.
If I make my Indeed profile not searchable, is my submitted resume withdrawn?
No. Indeed's help says employers who received your resume before you changed settings may still see it; an application already sent is not recalled by a privacy setting.
Keep going
- Quietly job hunting while employed
- Opportunity verification checklist
- Tracker starter
- Also: Resume and CV final checklist
- Also: Job opportunity verification checklist: Word and text download
- Also: Job-search tool comparison checklist
Published 6 November 2026 · Files are generated from version-controlled source so every copy is identical. Drafted with AI assistance and checked against Luceria’s editorial standards.