shared personal details with Persona last year to get access back to my LinkedIn account, how cooked am I and how to proceed?

[FranklyFlawless (Frank Lý)]

I understand, this is a recurring issue with other Privacy Guide Community members:

How to apply to jobs without social media (LinkedIn included)? Is this possible anymore?

Title says it all. I’m currently in the job market in tech. It’s brutal to say the least. The biggest issue I’m facing is the LinkedIn requirement. I consider LinkedIn social media and I have gotten off of social media. I did create a LinkedIn last year but I haven’t put any personal info on it. The privacy settings or just settings in general is unbelievable. Took me like 40 minutes to read through all of their toggles and disable them, no joke. I get jobs want to block bots and AI applicants …

A user-empowered solution I see is successfully and persistently going through the account deletion process, then self-hosting a resume using open-source software such as Reactive Resume:

Reactive Resume — A free and open-source resume builder

Sharing your resume publicly - Reactive Resume

Then, when anyone inquires about why you do not use LinkedIn (anymore), you can prove your DevOps experience as a supporting reason, further cementing your credibility.