How to Create Job Alerts in LinkedIn

Learn how to set your job alert preferences on LinkedIn

Adam Ross Nelson
3 min readApr 13, 2023

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We have all been there during a job search, that position where you always feel behind the ball. By the time you see the job opening there are already 75 data science applicants. If you have been out of the job search arena for some time, then you might not be used to the changes associated with applying on an open position. I believe that LinkedIn is among the most comprehensive sites to use for a data science career search. In this blog post, I am going to help you learn how to set your job alert preferences on LinkedIn so that you do not miss the job you’ve been looking for.

Linked In Job Alert Preferences

According to the Linked In help page to set a job alert you begin by entering the search data for your desired position. Hit search and at the top left of the search page there will be a toggle button that will turn on notifications for your current search criteria. Subsequently, every time a position is posted that matches your job search you will receive a notification from LinkedIn.

To set your job search criteria you want to add what is nonnegotiable to you. For example, if you want a remote data science position then location needs to be specified in your job search criteria. I also…

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