Hiring Assistant is an AI agent built into LinkedIn Recruiter and is available as an add-on to your existing Recruiter contract. It supports your hiring workflow by helping you create projects, source qualified candidates, send personalized outreach messages, prescreen interested candidates, and review applicants in one place.
This article outlines the core features of Hiring Assistant and how it integrates into your Recruiter experience to improve efficiency and decision-making so you can meet your hiring goals.
| Hiring task | How Hiring Assistant works |
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| Access Hiring Assistant in Recruiter | The Hiring Assistant dashboard is your central hub for managing AI-assisted hiring projects in LinkedIn Recruiter. It helps you stay organized and take timely action on sourcing and candidate review. Click the Sparkle icon in the upper-right corner of your Recruiter homepage to open the Hiring Assistant dashboard. From there, you can: - Create new projects - View all projects that have Hiring Assistant enabled - Add Hiring Assistant to existing projects - See actions that require your attention To use Hiring Assistant, you’ll need a Hiring Assistant license and your Recruiter language setting must be set to English. If you don’t have access, contact your LinkedIn Recruiter admin to request a license. Visit Assign a Hiring Assistant license in Recruiter to learn more. |
| Create a project with Hiring Assistant | Hiring Assistant simplifies project setup so you can start sourcing qualified candidates quickly and efficiently. From your Hiring Assistant dashboard, you can start a new hiring project by clicking Start hiring for a new role to launch the guided project creation flow through chat. Alternatively, you can move your cursor over Projects at the top of your homepage and select Create new Project from the dropdown, or create a project from the global search bar. Hiring Assistant is enabled by default for all new projects but can be disabled before project creation and re-enabled later, if needed. To create your project, you can provide a job description, ideal candidate name, LinkedIn job post URL, or a file. Based on this input, Hiring Assistant will draft the role, suggest required and nice-to-have qualifications for you to review, and begin sourcing candidates. You’ll receive a notification on the Hiring Assistant icon in the upper-right corner of your Recruiter homepage when candidates are ready for review or outreach. Visit Create a project with Hiring Assistant to learn more. |
| Enable Hiring Assistant for manually posted jobs | Hiring Assistant helps you turn job posts into actionable hiring projects, streamlining candidate sourcing and evaluation. When you manually post a job, Hiring Assistant is automatically enabled and uses the job details to create a project. This allows you to immediately begin sourcing and assessing candidates with Hiring Assistant. Visit Post a job with Hiring Assistant to learn more. |
| Add Hiring Assistant to an existing project | Hiring Assistant helps with sourcing, messaging, and evaluation tasks, making your hiring process faster and more efficient. Hiring Assistant is automatically enabled when you manually create a project or job post. Hiring Assistant will only recommend assistance for projects you own and that include enough information to begin sourcing. When you enable Hiring Assistant in an existing project in your project settings, it guides you through setup based on the details you provide. You can remove or re-enable Hiring Assistant anytime from your project settings if you’re the project owner. Admins on your contract can manage Hiring Assistant access across all projects. Visit Enable or disable Hiring Assistant in a project to learn more. |
| Manage your project hiring plan | A hiring plan helps Hiring Assistant tailor candidate sourcing and outreach to meet your project goals. When you create a project using Hiring Assistant, it automatically defines a hiring plan. This includes the number of candidates to review at a time and the expected number of InMail accepts. The plan guides how Hiring Assistant sources and prioritizes candidates for your role. You can adjust the hiring plan and level of AI support during project setup or anytime from the project’s Overview page. |
| Track and refine progress with the Activity log | The Activity log helps you monitor Hiring Assistant’s actions, stay informed about project updates, and take timely action to improve your hiring outcomes. Click the Hiring Assistant icon on the left pane of your project page to access the Activity log. The Activity log shows: - Actions taken by Hiring Assistant - Notifications about candidates and applicants ready for review - Suggestions to improve your hiring criteria - Options to edit or revert changes made by Hiring Assistant You can click the ... More icon to update qualifications, the hiring plan, or project details. Hiring Assistant will notify you in the Activity log when: - Hiring Assistant notices ways to improve your hiring requirements. When you give feedback on candidates, Hiring Assistant may suggest improvements to your qualifications. You can choose to apply or discard Hiring Assistant’s suggestions. - Candidates are ready for your review or have been reevaluated. Click the candidate or evaluation summary to see the candidates that are ready for your review. - Applicants have been reevaluated. Click the evaluation summary to see the evaluated applicants that are ready for your review. You can use the chat in your project’s Activity log to ask Hiring Assistant to evaluate candidates or applicants, source new talent, or update project qualifications. |
| Review candidates sourced by Hiring Assistant | Hiring Assistant helps you quickly identify and evaluate qualified candidates so you can make informed decisions and keep your hiring process moving. Once Hiring Assistant finishes sourcing, you’ll receive a dashboard notification when candidates are ready for review. Each candidate appears in your project’s Pipeline with a summary of qualifications and sourcing details. The Saved by section indicates which candidates were sourced by Hiring Assistant. You can sort candidates by Last modified (default), Alphabetical, or use Spotlights to filter by: - Added by your Hiring Assistant – Candidates sourced by Hiring Assistant rather than by a recruiter. - Applicants – Applicants who have applied to the job post in your project. - Active talent – Candidates who are more active on LinkedIn and more likely to respond to recruiter outreach based on their profile activity, such as sharing a profile update, sharing a public resume on LinkedIn, or working at a company that may be experiencing layoffs. - Missed candidates – Candidates who have been uncontacted for longer than a week. Hiring Assistant learns from your actions. When you archive or message candidates and provide feedback, it refines future sourcing. If you update project qualifications, it reevaluates remaining candidates to better match your needs. Visit Review candidates sourced by Hiring Assistant to learn more. |
| Message candidates with Hiring Assistant | Hiring Assistant streamlines candidate outreach so you can connect with top talent quickly and efficiently. You can send initial and follow-up messages to up to 25 candidates at once from your Hiring Assistant dashboard or Pipeline page. Hiring Assistant provides AI-generated message drafts that you can customize and send individually or in bulk. This helps you maintain consistent communication while saving time during the outreach process. Visit Message candidates with Hiring Assistant to learn more. |
| Prescreen candidates with Hiring Assistant | Automated prescreening helps you gather key candidate information early, so you can focus on the most promising talent. With automated prescreening, Hiring Assistant can automatically collect responses from candidates who accept your InMail message. Once you enable prescreening from your message draft or message thread in your Inbox, Hiring Assistant manages the prescreening process and provides a summary of candidate responses for your review. Visit Prescreen candidates with Hiring Assistant to learn more. |
| Review applicants with Hiring Assistant | Hiring Assistant helps you quickly identify top applicants so you can focus on those most aligned with your hiring criteria. When applicants are ready for review, Hiring Assistant will notify you through your dashboard and direct you to the Applicants page within your project. To prioritize your review, you can sort applicants by: - Relevance – Top candidates identified by Hiring Assistant - Screening Requirements – Applicants who meet your job post’s screening question criteria - Newest first – Most recent applicants - Alphabetical – Sorted by name When you reject an applicant or highlight and comment on text in their profile, Hiring Assistant uses that input to refine future sourcing. It adapts to your preferences and updates candidate recommendations to better match your hiring needs. Visit Review applicants with Hiring Assistant to learn more. |
| View Hiring Assistant usage and reporting | The Hiring Assistant Report helps you and your team track how Hiring Assistant is contributing to your hiring outcomes, so you can make informed decisions and optimize your strategy. The report provides insights into Hiring Assistant’s performance across: - Candidate sourcing - Applicant evaluation - Messaging - Automated prescreening You can use this data to assess Hiring Assistant’s impact on your contract and hiring goals. Additional usage data is also available in the InMail and Usage reports, offering a broader view of Hiring Assistant activity across your team. Visit Hiring Assistant Report terms and definitions to learn more. |