Purpose

This article describes the profile upload functionality in Chrome Extension and its workflow.

Audience

Recruiters, sourcers, customer admins

Overview

Eightfold provides a profile-upload-based workflow to load profiles on the Eightfold Chrome Extension. In this workflow of using uploaded files for information retrieval, users can upload the following sample files:

1. Resume of the candidate
2. LinkedIn profile PDF of the candidate
3. Any other profile PDF of the candidate

Steps to get the LinkedIn profile PDF

Follow these steps to download a profile from LinkedIn normally:

1. Go to a profile and click More.
2. Click Save to PDF.
   
3. The PDF document is downloaded with the profile information.
4. Upload this file to the extension to create/update the profile.

Note: For complete data parsing of skills, ensure the Skills section on the LinkedIn profile page is expanded before saving the PDF.

Recruiter Profile

1. Go to a candidate's profile and click the three-dot menu icon.
2. Click Save to PDF.
3. The PDF document gets downloaded with the profile information.
4. Upload this file to the extension to create/update the profile.

Steps for file upload

1. Once the profile resume is downloaded, upload it to the Chrome extension and click Create profile.
2. Confirm the candidate's details like first name, last name, email address, phone number, and LinkedIn URL, and click Save.
3. Once saved, the data appears in the Chrome extension.

Note:

• A “This profile is up to date” message appears if the Eightfold profile was updated within the last nine months.
• A “This profile appears dated” message appears if the Eightfold profile wasn't updated within the last nine months.
• Profile creation and data handling:
  • A profile is created within Eightfold even if the uploaded resume doesn't match the LinkedIn profile. However, the created Eightfold profile shouldn't be linked to the profile shown on LinkedIn.
  • If a candidate changes their name, a new profile is created in Eightfold. If a candidate profile was added previously within Eightfold, then the same profile is updated if the candidate changes their name.
  • When a candidate modifies existing information in their LinkedIn profile (For example, changes in experience type such as "Full time employee" to "Full time"), Eightfold considers it as a new experience and adds an additional entry. This is done to avoid losing existing historical data for a profile.
• Recruiter mode visibility: While the profile isn't automatically fetched based on the live recruiter mode profile (due to different URLs), if the resume is uploaded from the recruiter mode, the profile is expected to be visible in both recruiter mode and public mode (recommended). If the resume is uploaded from the public mode, it won't be visible in the recruiter mode.