Quick summary
You can save job search preferences and qualifications on your profile preferences page. In this article, we'll explain how to add or edit your preferences and qualifications. You'll also learn how 'preferred' and 'hidden' details affect the jobs you see. We'll explain where to change your settings and how these settings appear in job posts.
Types of preferences in your profile
Qualifications
These tell us what you can do. We use them to match your skills and experience to jobs.
Qualifications include:
- Languages
- Recent work experience
- Education
- Skills
- Licences
- Certifications
Job preferences
These tell us what kind of job you want. They help us show jobs that fit your needs.
Job preferences include:
- Job titles
- Work areas
- Job types
- Work schedule
- Pay
- Commute time
- Relocation
- Remote
Hide jobs with these details
These are details you do not want in a job. When you add items here, we try to filter out jobs that include them.
Preferences you'll find in job posts
Profile insights
Profile insights show how your qualifications match what the employer wants.
Employers may include:
- Skills
- Education
- Certifications
- Languages
Job details
Job details show how your preferences match the job.
Employers might include:
- Pay
- Job type
- Shift and schedule
- Work setting
How to add or edit preferences
In your profile
- Create an account or sign in.
- Click or tap Profile in the navigation or tap the profile icon.
- Scroll down to the Improve your job matches section.
- For Qualifications and Job preferences, use the plus icon to add or the pencil icon to edit.
- For Hide jobs with these details, select Unhide next to anything you want to remove.
On your home page
- Go to the Indeed home page.
- Check under your welcome message for the pay and location buttons.
- Blue buttons mean that you have not added that preference yet. Grey buttons show what you've saved.
- Click or tap a button to add or edit that preference.
By hiding a job
- Select the thumbs-down icon on a job you don't like.
- Select Provide feedback.
- Click or tap Not interested next to details that don't apply to you.
- Select Done to update your profile.
In the job post
Profile insights
- Find Profile insights under the company name.
- Open the drop-downs to add or edit details.
- Select Save if needed.
- You can also choose Yes or No, or Skip.
Job details
- Find Job details under the company name.
- Open the drop-downs to add or edit details.
- Select Save if needed.
What to expect
- Changes are saved to your profile straight away.
- Colours show what matches and what doesn't.
- Your preferences won't change in the job search results.
How your preferences affect your search results
Jobs that match what you want
These are the details you said Yes to or added as preferences. They help you by:
- Showing more jobs on your home page that fit your interests
- Highlighting matching details in Profile insights and Job details
- Keeping some jobs that don’t match exactly so you don’t miss opportunities
Jobs you hide or aren't interested in
These are the details you said No to or marked as Not interested. They help you by:
- Hiding jobs on your home page and in email alerts that include these details
- Keeping jobs you’ve hidden out of your search results unless you choose to unhide them