For workers

Your work history and references

List where you worked in the last three years, and add older jobs if you want. References are optional and private.

Open Profile, then Last three years of work history. The first screen asks: have you worked in the last three years? Pick Yes, I have jobs to list, No work in the last three years, or No work history yet. Each one is a full answer.

If you pick Yes, the next screen is your jobs. Tap Add a job. Type the employer, your job title, the day you started, and the day you ended. If you still work there, tick I still work here.

Tap More about this job to add a short summary of the work. You can also choose to share that job with your accepted connections. Both are optional.

You need at least one job from the last three years to go on. You can also add older jobs, up to ten years back. Older jobs never stop you from applying.

Under More about this job, What I have hauled or carried is a list you pick from: students, refrigerated food, a fuel tanker, parcels and more. Pick all that apply, up to 12 for a job. If yours is not there, type it and tap Not listed? Add yours. A box above your jobs lists everything you have hauled or carried, each word once. Vehicles I have driven works the same way, with the kinds of vehicle you drove. Both show on your card and page, and a word you add shows to others once it is approved.

Tap Edit to change a job, or Remove to take it off. Nothing is saved until you tap Save and continue on the last screen.

If there is a stretch of two months or more in the last three years with no job, a last screen asks for a reason. Pick Looking for work, School or training, Family reasons, Time off, or Something else. Only you see it.

Employers see your full history only after you apply. You tell us all of it.

Make your profile stronger can offer Add older work history. It opens your jobs so you can add jobs from before the last three years. It stops asking once you have listed one.

References are optional. They are people who can speak for your work, like a past boss. After your first one, a Your references button on the profile top keeps them one tap away.

For each reference, type a name. Add how you know them, their business, an email and a phone if you want. You can add up to five.

Their contact details are shared only when you choose them for an application. Naming someone does not make them a member. Their details are never public and never seen by your connections. Nothing is sent to them from here.