How are my skills kept private from employers by default?
Short answer
Your records are private by default. You choose what becomes visible when you look for work; nothing about your skills or history is shown to employers unless you decide to share it.
Privacy is the starting state, not an afterthought. By default your detailed records — what you log, your full history — stay closed. This matters especially if you are exploring options while still employed and do not want your current employer to see activity.
When you are ready, you decide what to open: you can make your profile discoverable and choose what employers see. The control stays with you throughout, and making yourself visible is an explicit choice you can reverse, not something that happens automatically.
Practical steps
- Know that detailed records are private by default.
- Decide what to make visible when you are actively looking.
- Change or withdraw visibility at any time.
Good to know
Once you choose to share specific information with an employer, they can see what you shared; you control what that is.