> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.spott.io/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.
# LinkedIn Job Board Posts
> Link a LinkedIn job board post to Spott and receive inbound applications from LinkedIn for review.
You can quickly navigate to the Jobs page with `G` then `J`. See all
[keyboard shortcuts](/docs/settings/keyboard-shortcuts).
## 1. Make sure you have a connected email account on Spott where you can receive LinkedIn applications
Before creating a job board posting, make sure you have a connected email account that is synced with Spott:
In Spott, go to **Settings → Accounts**.
* Find the **Outlook** or **Google** integration
* Make sure it is connected
* If it is not connected, click **Connect** and follow the login prompts
## 2. Create a Job Board post on LinkedIn
* When choosing the email on which you will receive applications, make sure to enter the email account that you connected to Spott in step 1.
* In your **LinkedIn settings**, make sure notifications for applications are turned
**on**. Spott reads the application from the mail LinkedIn sends you, so if that
notification never goes out, nothing reaches Spott.
## 3. Link your Job Board post to Spott
To link your job board advert to a Spott job:
1. Go to the **Jobs** tab
2. Open the relevant job
3. Navigate to the **Advertising** tab
4. Click **+ Connect to LinkedIn Job**
Before publishing, you must have created a **LinkedIn Recruiter Project** within LinkedIn Recruiter.
Once you start creating the posting in Spott, the LinkedIn job board settings will open.
Here you can configure:
* **Application stage**, the stage where inbound applications should be added
* **LinkedIn Project URL**, paste the URL of your LinkedIn Recruiter project
* **LinkedIn Application URL** (optional). If the job was already public, fill in the LinkedIn application URL
The project URL is the address bar of your LinkedIn Recruiter project. Open the project in
LinkedIn Recruiter and copy the URL up to and including the number:
In the example above, the URL to paste into Spott is
`https://www.linkedin.com/talent/hire/2057073842`.
The project URL has to end with the project's **number**. Copying it out of LinkedIn
Recruiter usually adds something after it, most often `/overview`, and the link will
not work until you delete that part. This is the single most common reason a LinkedIn
posting does not connect.
Once the job board posting is published, any [inbound application](/docs/jobs/inbound-applications) from the LinkedIn job posting will be automatically added to your Spott candidate database. These details are parsed from the email sent by LinkedIn. This is why we need the email you receive applications on to be synced with Spott.
Spott can only read an application that arrives **with a CV attached**, and the file
has to carry a file type. An application without a CV, or with an attachment that has
no extension, cannot be parsed into a candidate.
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