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by metadat 1508 days ago
Why not a simple LinkedIn linking flow? Resumé parsing is an NP-complete problem, whereas parsing a LinkedIn profile is comparatively trivial.

Many of us have already put in the effort to keep our LI profiles up to date.

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Based on my research the data available through the Linked API is very limited [1]. Basically `r_liteprofile` (name and photo), `r_emailaddress` (email) and `w_member_social` (post on a user's behalf). You can't get the users "vanity" url, profile information or posts. I'd love to be proven wrong though!

1. https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/linkedin/shared/authenticat...

I'll definitely look into this, thanks!