Apply Connect Announcements & Release Notes

September 2024

• Apply Connect Certification
  • Updated certification test cases.

August 2024

• Sync Jobs with Onsite Apply
  • Added support for applicant location question.
• Apply Connect Migration Guide
  • Added migration guide for existing Easy Apply partners.

May 2024

• Job Application Feedback Signals
  • Updated integrationContext as optional.

April 2024

• Required Fields
  • Added overview page of all required fields of APIs.
• Receive Applications
  • We've updated the count of skills that pass to the ATS for each candidate to 3.

February 2024

• Added detailed requirements to all Apply Connect modules.

December 2023

• Sync Jobs with Onsite Apply
  • Added disclaimer for usage of SimpleJobPosting API.
• Provisioning API
  • Removing support for "LinkedIn" to be used in name.
• DeveloperWebhooks API
  • Introduced new API to allow Apply Connect partners to look up and resolve webhook failures.

September 2023

• Job Posting API Schema
  • Updates to alternateLocations and workplaceTypes schema fields in XML Feed and Job Posting API schema
• Apply Connect Plugins
  • Added examples for non-LinkedIn applicant implementations.
  • Corrected required fields.

August 2023

• Job Posting API Schema
  • Added compensation field (optional) to support compensation in job posting.

July 2023

• Receive Applications - Added tables for error response schema and standardized error codes that partners can return for various application delivery failures

April 2023

• Apply Connect Job Posting Schema
  • Corrected required fields for NumericQuestionDetails, requiring either decimalQuestionDetails or integerQuestionDetails to be provided.
  • Removed support for fields patternRegex and patternErrorText.
• Apply Connect Certification
  • Provide requirements for Certification Environment Configuration

December 2022

• Job Posting Status API
  • Introducing the Job Posting Status API, providing the ability for partners to fetch up-to-date statuses and details of customer synced jobs.
• Job Resync Webhook
  • Introducing a new push event which allows LinkedIn to notify partners of out-of-sync customer jobs data and request a re-sync of the affected customer job(s).
• Job Posting API Schema
  • Added new field companyPageUrl to support better job to company mappings.
  • Updated requirements of fields: employmentStatus, experienceLevel, categories, workplaceTypes, description, location. companyJobCode, companyName, companyPageUrl, posterEmail.
• Apply Connect Certification
  • Updated requirements

March 2022

• Customer Configuration
  • Added Sync Customer Integration section
• Receive Applications
  • Added note regarding jobs converting to off-site apply if applications fail to deliver.
• Sync Job Application Notifications
  • Added screenshots for Application Notification Experience
• Apply Connect Plugins
  • Added screenshot for Applicant Highlights Experience.
  • Added screenshot for Apply Connect Full Profile Experience.
• Integration Requirements for Apply Connect
  • Updated certification requirements for Apply Connect
• Create Apply Connect Jobs
  • Updated jobApplicationCallbackUrl to jobApplicationWebhookUrl
• OnsiteApplyConfiguration Schema
  • Updated jobApplicationCallbackUrl to jobApplicationWebhookUrl

June 2021

• Sync Jobs
  • Corrected field value to displayValue.

April 2021

• Sync Jobs
  • Added support for date questions using DateQuestionDetails field.
• Receive Applications
  • Introduced new mediaUrl field in payload to download job applicant's uploaded media.

March 2021

• Receive Applications
  • Added support for push event payload to return jobApplicant field.
  • Corrected sample push event payload.
• Create and Manage Jobs
  • Added support for remote location jobs.
  • Added support for date range and prerequisite questions.
• Customer Configuration
  • Added details on providing a customer toggle to enable Apply Connect and required legal language.
  • Added requirement for partners to allow customers option to opt in/out of Apply Connect for individual jobs.
• Sync Job Application Feedback Signals
  • Added supported for job application signal enum APPLICATION_REJECTED.

January 2021

• Apply Connect Certification
  • Added Apply Connect certification test cases.

November 2020

• Apply Connect
  • Release of Apply Connect program.