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100% my experience. If it's too difficult or confusing I move on. The linkedin one click apply is pretty sweet, thats the way it should be, fill all the relevant info out once, not over and over. Also, this is what a resume is for.

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I agree on the benefits of the LinkedIn one-click, but it's all about who receives it on the other end. I did the LinkedIn one-click apply once and received a questionnaire with 10-15 questions, the answers to which were all on my resume. One of the questions: Please provide a link to you LinkedIn profile.

The furthest I'll go is filling in 2-3 form fields or write a short cover "letter" in a form if I'm particularly interested and the job ad provided sufficient detail that I know there are particular parts of my experience worth calling out to them and explain how it relates to the job in ways that might not be obvious to the first line recruiter.

But yeah, if there isn't an "easy apply" button on a LinkedIn job ad it takes a lot before I'll click through and even more before I'll consider filling in yet another form.

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