Export Resumes From LinkedIn Job Posts: Step by Step Guide

Love recruiting on LinkedIn? While LinkedIN is a go-to choice among recruiters hunting for the top talents (and it sure delivers) in any industry, there is one particular issue with the platform that we seek to solve with this blog. Learn how to export candidate applications from LinkedIn directly to Skima AI and save multiple manual hours in searching, opening and reading individual candidate application emails.

Why Export Resumes From LinkedIn Job Posts?

Posting a job opening at your organisation to LinkedIN is a standard practice. With millions of active job seekers on the platforms, there is no denying the grand influx of candidates you can find on the platform. So, even if you are a small business, a strong and detailed job description on LinkedIn can fetch you applicants in the hundreds. Job posting on LinkedIn is fairly straightforward, but what comes next is quite troublesome. 

• With tens of applicants on your job post, LinkedIN sends in individual mails holding candidate details and resumes. This clutters your inbox with candidate applications, raising your chances of missing out on other important emails. It also forces you to go through each applicant email one-by-one, a laborious process that is absolutely unnecessary. 
• LinkedIn applications are quantity not quality driven. Even though you spend hours screening each candidate there is a high probability that a majority of them are irrelevant to your job requisite.

Use Skima AI to export LinkedIn job applicants

• Step 1: Visit Skima AI to create your free account

  To export LinkedIn candidates you must have a Skima account. You can several Skima features with a free forever account.

• Step 2: Go to Settings on the dashboard to open the Integrate option and select LinkedIn

  Once on the dashboard, you can click on settings to find the Integrate option. Here, you can find several ATS options to integrate Skima with, and the LinkedIn option as well.

• Step 3: Generate Email

  Once you choose LinkedIn, you will be promoted to Generate Email. This is a customised email provided to you by Skima. You will enable email forwarding for LinkedIn emails of candidate applications from LinkedIn to this customised Skima email. Once forwarding is set, everytime an applicant applies on your LinkedIn job post it’s information will land with Skima. We will screen, analyse and match the candidate to the job and provide a streamlined view of the most relevant applications for the job on your Skima dashboard.

  Best Practice: We urge you to use your original email clients like Google to forward emails instead of third party providers like Outlook.

Email forwarding automation on Gmail (new emails)

You can customise incoming email forwards either for all mails or for specific predefined criterias set by you in Gmail.

Follow these steps to configure automatic email forwarding in Gmail:

1. Visit the Gmail account you want to forward mails from.
2. In the upper right corner, click on Settings.
3. Navigate to the Settings option.
4. Click on the Forwarding and POP/IMAP tab.
5. In the Forwarding section, select Add a forwarding address.
6. Enter the desired email address for mail forwarding.
7. Proceed by clicking Next, then Proceed, and finally OK.
8. A verification mail will be dispatched to the specified address. Validate by clicking the provided verification link.

Note: If you've configured your mailbox to exclusively process attachments and skip emails, temporarily disable this option under Settings > Processing > Email processing to receive the verification email.

Next, choose between forwarding all incoming emails or specific ones: For forwarding all new incoming emails:

1. Return to the Gmail account settings page and refresh your browser.
2. Choose Forward a copy of incoming mail to.
3. Specify the action for the Gmail copy of your emails.
4. Save changes at the bottom of the page.

For forwarding specific new emails:

1. In the Gmail search box, click the Down arrow.
2. Enter the search criteria matching the emails you intend to forward. Verify the search results.
3. At the bottom of the search window, click Create filter with this search.
4. Select the Forward it to box and pick the forwarding email address.
5. Create the filter by clicking Create filter.

Please note that the automatic forward rule applies solely to new incoming emails, not those already present in your mailbox.

The daily sending limit for Gmail accounts:

• Personal Gmail accounts are restricted to sending 500 emails per day.
• Professional Gmail G Suite accounts enjoy a higher limit, allowing 2,000 emails per day (500 for trial accounts) and 10,000 auto-forwards per day. It's important to note that using the Multi forward extension counts towards decreasing the sending limit, not the auto-forward limit.

These limits may be further constrained for newly created accounts, reflecting Gmail's efforts to prevent spam from recently established email addresses.

Email forwarding automation on Outlook Desktop

1. Create a new folder in Outlook, e.g., "To Forward."
2. Move or copy desired messages to the "To Forward" folder.
3. Open the "To Forward" folder.
4. Ensure the Home ribbon is open.
5. Click Rules in the Move section.
6. Select Create Rule… from the menu.
7. Click Advanced Options.
8. Click Next > (leave all conditions unchecked).
9. To forward all messages, click Yes under "This rule will apply to every message you receive."
10. Under Step 1, select action(s): Check "forward it to people or public group" (or "forward it to people or distribution list").
11. Under Step 2, Edit the rule description: Click "people or public group" (or "people or distribution list").
12. Type the email address to which you want to forward under To -> and click OK.
13. Click Next > and Next > again.
14. Ensure "Turn on this rule" is NOT checked under Step 2: Setup rule options.
15. Select "Run this rule now on messages already in 'To Forward'" (or your folder name).
16. Click Finish.