How to use Naukri ? - FAQ

If you would like to see jobs that match a specific set of criteria such as industry, functional area, role, salary, experience and skills you can set a custom job alert for it. Custom job alerts are designed to show you jobs that you want to see and they are not based on your profile details. Custom job alerts are helpful when–

There are different ways to create custom job alerts:

Read more about How to use custom job alerts here

There are three ways to find a job on Naukri –

The Recruiter Messages section in Naukri shows all the communication you receive from recruiters. This would include the jobs and chat messages sent by recruiters directly to you. Note that recruiter has shared these jobs and chat messages privately and they are not known to all jobseekers.

In the Profile Performance section, you will get information about how your profile is performing on Naukri. You can see how many times recruiters viewed your profile and who these recruiters were. You can see which recruiters downloaded your resume. We also display which recruiters viewed your contact details.

• Desktop
• Android and Mobile

To access profile performance,

1. Login to your Naukri.com account
2. Go to My Naukri in the top right corner of the screen
3. Click on Profile Performance
4. You can see a list of recruiters with actions taken against your profile, such as -
   • Naukri Profile Viewed: Recruiter searched & viewed your complete Naukri profile
   • Resume Downloaded: Your Resume was downloaded by recruiter
   • Contacted by Email: Recruiter sent you an email
   • Resume Viewed: Recruiter downloaded & viewed your Resume
   • Contact Viewed: Recruiter viewed your contact details
5. On the right, you can also see the search terms for which recruiters found your profile on Naukri database. This would give you an idea about which of your skills are in demand and whether you need to make changes in your profile accordingly. For example, you can update your key skills section with the latest skills that you have acquired which would be more appropriate for the jobs to which you are applying.

On Android and Mobile Web Browser

1. Login to your account
   
2. In your dashboard, you can see a widget above Recommended Jobs that shows number of profile views. Tap this widget to see your profile performance.
   

Benefit: More than 50% of hiring on Naukri happens through the database. If a candidate's profile is part of it, he/she may get contacted by employers even without applying to any job. It is important to update your profile regularly, as recruiters are more likely to view recently updated profiles

Your profile will be displayed like this in the search result when a recruiter search for candidates -

If the recruiter clicks on your profile, they will see a more detailed profile like this –

Viewing your profile in Naukri database and viewing your application against a job are two different things.

Profile views reported in your ‘Profile Performance’ section represent the number of times your profile was viewed by recruiters while searching through Naukri Database. This does not include the number of times your application was viewed for the jobs you applied to.

Recruiters tend to search for recently updated profiles as this indicates to them that the person is active on the platform and is most likely to respond to an interview call. If you are getting less number of views on your profile, make sure to update your profile with all the details including your latest work experience, key skills, education, certifications, etc. This will increase the chances of your profile being viewed by recruiters.

As far as job applications are concerned, you can track their progress via Application Status feature on desktop or Applied Jobs on mobile.

If your education details show that you have studied in a top tier institute in the country, your Naukri profile will be shown as a Naukri Premium profile to the recruiters. These top tier institutes are not limited to only IITs and IIMs

Job Preferences help you to get more relevant job recommendations. By specifying your desired locations, desired industries and expected salary, you will receive only those jobs as recommendations that meet the specified criteria. You can access this section from the Settings page.