Hi everyone,
I’m building an automation workflow in n8n for a recruitment process and ran into a confusing situation. When someone applies to a job on LinkedIn, we receive a notification email in Gmail (from [email protected]).
My goal was to automatically download applicant CVs from those emails using the Gmail node in n8n (with “Download Attachments” enabled) and then process them with OCR/AI.
However, after inspecting the raw Gmail API output, I noticed that these LinkedIn emails don’t actually contain any file attachments — they only include HTML content and a link to “View applicant” on LinkedIn Talent.
So now I’m trying to confirm:
• Does LinkedIn ever send CVs as actual email attachments for job applications?
• Is there any official way (API or integration) to automatically fetch applicant CV files into tools like n8n?
• Or is the only practical workflow to manually download CVs from LinkedIn and then automate processing from a storage location (like Google Drive)?
Would really appreciate insights from anyone who has automated LinkedIn recruiting workflows or integrated it with no-code tools.
Thanks!