I just don’t like being rejected by some dumbass program before a human can look at my resume.

Right, it’s a tool companies use to automatically scan and reject resumes based on keywords.

I’ve been told ATS doesn’t work properly on PDFs and word is better for this reason. I used to uploads PDFs prior to this. Now I don’t know what to believe, my entire worldview has been upended!

To my knowledge, this opts you out of having your data sold for marketing purposes, under whichever nebulous definition they choose for marketing. LN will still have your data and collect it, but they would be unable to sell it for marketing purposes. I am just beginning my journey to opt out of everything I can, especially in light of recent news about automakers selling your driving habits to insurance companies.

I’ve been radicalized, it seems.

https://www.lexisnexis.com/privacy/directmarketingopt-out.aspx

Putting here for anyone who wants it