The location-validation feature's purpose is to ensure that a user's location aligns with the geographical requirements of a job, based on self-reported locations and preferences on their profile.

The data for this factor is provided by the candidates themselves. Candidates can input and update their preferred work locations during the onboarding process of the platform, in the edit section while viewing their profiles, or through interactions with the recruiter bot. Additionally, we automatically determine a user’s likely location based on their IP address if they don’t specify a location preference.

Talent seekers can specify their location requirements in the job post during onboarding or while editing the job.

We validate the location data that candidates provide in several ways.

For every job, we compare the user’s preferred location with the job’s location requirements. If a user's preferred location does not align with the job's location requirements, we filter the user from the suggestions, and the user will score 0 for this factor.