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What is
Hiring Assistant?

As a recruiter, you love to build talent and connection— but too much of your time is spent on repetitive, administrative tasks.

Introducing Hiring Assistant: the only AI agent for recruiters powered by the world’s most dynamic talent network.

Built on trusted, real-time data from 1+ billion members, Hiring Assistant delivers high-quality shortlists and helps you discover candidates you might otherwise miss.

Better matches. More responses. In less time.

62% fewer profiles viewed

Get to qualified candidates, quicker: Recruiters using Hiring Assistant review 62% fewer profiles to find a qualified match.*

69% higher InMail acceptance

Make outreach more successful: Recruiters see 69% higher InMail acceptance rates with Hiring Assistant vs. traditional sourcing methods.*

*Based on LinkedIn data from early customers

Learn How to Use Hiring Assistant

Choose the learning path that best describes you. If both apply to you, start with the Admin path first.

Start with the quick links below:

🎬 Watch: Hiring Assistant Intro Video 📘 Download: Admin Quick Start Guide 🎥 Register: Admin Essentials Webinar

Dive Deeper into the Role of a Hiring Assistant Admin:

Assign Seats to Your Team 👥

Start by assigning seats to your team members so they can access Hiring Assistant. This ensures everyone can get started right away and lets you track adoption centrally.

Note: Users must have a Recruiter user seat to be able to use Hiring Assistant.
Recruiter administrators can assign and manage Hiring Assistant licenses via the Admin Center
You can add users individually or in small groups using their email addresses.

Tip: Hiring Assistant is most useful for recruiters handing 3 or more roles that have clearly defined skills.

📘 View Seat Assignment Guide ❓ Help Article

Equip Your Team 🧰

Provide onboarding resources and toolkits to build confidence and accelerate productivity. Supporting different learning styles helps ensure consistent adoption across your organization.

Boost recruiter confidence and productivity
Support different learning styles
Ensure consistent adoption across the team

📦 Send Users the Quick Start Guide

📗 Send Users to the Recruiter Learning Path

Optimize with Data & Insights 📊

Leverage the Hiring Assistant report to understand usage and adoption data to drive engagement. Share wins with stakeholders and use insights to continuously refine your approach.

Identify enablement opportunities quickly
Share wins with stakeholders
Continuously work to improve adoption- Remember that Hiring Assistant is only as good as the input it's receiving by your team!

📺 Learn How to Interpret the Hiring Assistant Report ❓ Help Article

Hiring Assistant Integrations

Connect Hiring Assistant seamlessly with other LinkedIn Talent Solutions tools to maximize efficiency.

Recruiter System Connect (RSC)

Streamline workflows between LinkedIn Recruiter and your Applicant Tracking System (ATS). With RSC, you can view LinkedIn candidate activity directly in your ATS, keep candidate data up to date, and reduce duplicate work.

Watch On-Demand Video Read Help Center Article

Job Wrapping

Automatically publish jobs from your ATS to LinkedIn with Job Wrapping. Save time, ensure accuracy, and increase visibility of your open roles without needing manual postings.

Watch On-Demand Video Read Help Center Article

Apply Connect

With Apply Connect, candidate applications from LinkedIn go directly into your ATS, enriched with LinkedIn profile data. This helps recruiters review applications faster and with more context.

Watch On-Demand Video Read Help Center Article

Do you have a question about Hiring Assistant Integrations? Post your question in the Community.

Feeling Stuck?

Below are answers to frequently asked questions about Hiring Assistant

Can I add Hiring Assistant to an existing project?

Absolutely! Adding Hiring Assistant to an existing project is easy – and we highly recommend it.

Here’s how:

Go to your project
Open Project Settings
Under Workflow Settings, select Add Hiring Assistant
If you don’t see the option, make sure you’re the project owner first.

And don't worry about Hiring Assistant disrupting your existing work. Hiring Assistant is built to enhance your projects, not interfere.

Why are no candidates appearing after I added Hiring Assistant to my project?

If you add Hiring Assistant to an existing project, you then need to define your qualifications. Without your qualifications, Hiring Assistant does not know who to look for. View our Qualifications Tip Sheet for best practices.

After you set your qualifications, Hiring Assistant works behind the scenes – running multiple sourcing strategies at once. Within about 20 minutes, you’ll see qualified candidates in your first pipeline stage.

Will Hiring Assistant source people who have been recently InMailed or applied to my job?

Hiring Assistant automatically excludes candidates who have InMail history from the last 3 months. Want to adjust that? Add a qualification like: “Exclude candidates who have message history from the last 6 months.”

Also, if your Hiring Assistant project is linked to a job post, it will automatically exclude anyone who’s already applied or started an application when sourcing new candidates.

Do I need to provide feedback on every candidate that Hiring Assistant sources?

No. While archiving candidates and providing feedback on why a candidate is unqualified is good practice, you don’t have to repeat the same feedback for every candidate. Remember, providing high-quality feedback is more impactful than focusing on giving feedback in large quantities.

For answers to additional Hiring Assistant questions, visit our Help Center or ask a question in the Community.