LinkedIn Easy Apply and AI CV Detection in 2026 (What LinkedIn Actually Runs)

LinkedIn Easy Apply is the busiest CV submission funnel in the UK in 2026 — and the most opaque. Here is what LinkedIn actually does with your file once you click Submit, the AI detector named in its 2025 transparency report, and how to prepare a CV that survives the pipeline.

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What LinkedIn's Easy Apply pipeline does with a CV in 2026 — the Originality.ai integration named in LinkedIn's 2025 transparency report, the recruiter dashboard 'AI likelihood' score, the metadata stripping LinkedIn does NOT do, and the prep checklist for surviving the funnel.

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