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Welcome to the Recruiter Onboarding Hub

Jumpstart Your Success: Whether you’re an admin or a user, explore the step-by-step checklists below to get set up and start hiring with confidence.

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ADMIN CHECKLIST

Admin Onboarding

ADMIN

Your 4-step setup

Follow these steps to get Recruiter ready for your team.

  1. Invite users to Recruiter

    As an admin, you’re responsible for inviting users to Recruiter. You can also add backup admins to secure your account. Learn more

    Add users

  2. Jumpstart your team’s Recruiter training

    Invite your team to Jumpstart - a live training program that sets them up for success with Recruiter and Jobs.

    Schedule training

  3. Explore hiring integrations

    Save your users up to 3.5 hours a week by connecting Recruiter to your ATS, CRM, and more. Recruiter integrations help your team work efficiently through every stage of the hiring process.

    Explore integrations

  4. Unlock expert guidance for admins

    Sign up for a live webinar and learn about license management, settings, and reports from a LinkedIn expert.

    Sign up

Set up Reporting & Tracking

Review data from all aspects of recruiting with reports. Create and schedule customizable reports to view performance and conversion rates across the entire hiring funnel.

Reporting Overview Schedule Reports
USER CHECKLIST

User Onboarding

Welcome Recruiter users! Use this checklist to get value from your license right away so you can find and hire quality talent faster.

Prep (recommended): Build your LinkedIn profile. Professional photo, current company, and a clear summary—AI guidance helps you move fast.
Profile improvement guidance
USER

Your 6-step quick start

Create structure, refine results, and take action with candidates.

Create a project

Start in a project to resume searches, post a job, manage applicants, and collaborate—everything in one place.
Create a project in LinkedIn Recruiter
About projects

Review your Talent pool

Recruiter auto-runs an AI-assisted search in your project’s Talent pool based on criteria you provide.
Talent pool tab showing AI-assisted results
See overview

Refine your search with filters

Add/remove filters—suggestions update in real time. Tip: hide/unhide manual filters to use AI-Assisted Search conversationally.
Refining search with filters
Learn more about filters

Use Spotlights to focus on warm leads

Prioritize past applicants and brand-engaged talent—more likely to respond than cold prospects.
Spotlights filters and warm leads
About Spotlights

Send an InMail message

Reach passive and in-between candidates directly—no email needed—and track outcomes. Use AI-Assisted Messaging for quick personalization.
Compose InMail with AI-Assisted Messaging
Draft an AI-Assisted Message

Collaborate with your team

Share projects/templates, add tags and statuses, and keep everyone aligned—activity is visible on profiles.
Collaboration features inside Recruiter
Share a project

Keep learning

Explore localized how-tos and best practices to get even more from Recruiter.

Customer Learning Center Help Center Community Discussions

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