Get started with AI in Recruiter
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LinkedIn Recruiter offers a variety of powerful AI-assisted tools designed to support your hiring processes to help you meet your hiring goals.
Recruiter's AI features support key hiring tasks such as creating projects, posting jobs, sourcing candidates, and sending personalized InMails. These tools are designed to reduce manual effort so you can focus on finding the right candidate for your role.
The table below outlines each AI feature, its purpose, and how it supports your recruiting workflow.
| Hiring task | AI feature | How it supports your hiring |
|---|---|---|
| Create a project | AI-Assisted Projects | From your Recruiter homepage or the global search bar, create a new project. In the chat box, describe the role you’re hiring for to get time-saving, AI-assisted recommendations. AI-Assisted Projects will recommend enhancements and suggestions to refine your project so you can uncover even more qualified talent. Visit Create a project with AI-Assisted Projects in Recruiter to learn more. |
| Post a job | AI-Assisted Job Posts | AI-Assisted Job Posts helps you create job posts faster from your project or the Jobs page. You can select an existing job draft or post to quickly generate a new job post with AI assistance. You can also reformat a job description to make it easier to read. Visit Post a job in Recruiter and Reformat job descriptions with AI to learn more. |
| Search for candidates | AI-Assisted Search | Start your search from your Recruiter homepage or the Talent pool page. In the chat box, describe the type of candidate you’re looking for, or paste a job description to further refine your search results. AI-Assisted Search analyzes and interprets what you enter, instantly applying the right search filters based on your input, context, and intent. Visit Search with AI-Assisted Search in Recruiter to learn more. |
| Send personalized InMails | AI-Assisted Messages | When you draft a message to a candidate, AI-Assisted Messages helps you craft unique, personalized messages based on the candidate’s profile and your job requirements. Visit Draft a message with AI-Assisted Messages in Recruiter to learn more. |
| Review applicants | AI-Assisted Applicant Management | Use the AI-Assisted Applicant Management tool on your Talent pool page, in Applicants or Apply Starters, to quickly find top applicants. Enter your criteria, such as job title, location, years of experience, skills, etc., in the chat box, and AI-Assisted Applicant Management will narrow down large applicant pools based on your input. Visit AI-Assisted Applicant Management in Recruiter to learn more. |
| Track performance | AI insights in the InMail Report | Track the performance of AI-assisted outreach with visual insights in the Recruiter InMail Report. Visit Recruiter InMail Report terms and definitions to learn more. |
Take AI recruitment to the next level with Hiring Assistant
Certain AI features are built into LinkedIn Recruiter, offering features like candidate suggestions and AI-assisted message drafting support. For a more advanced solution, Hiring Assistant is a more complete, AI-powered add-on that streamlines and connects every step of the hiring process. Together, these tools create a comprehensive, scalable, and AI-driven sourcing and hiring workflow, designed to amplify your team’s impact without compromising on quality or control. Hiring Assistant brings project creation, candidate sourcing, personalized outreach, prescreening, and application review into one seamless experience. It helps uncover candidates you might not otherwise find and reduces manual effort across the funnel.
Hiring Assistant is available as an add-on for LinkedIn Recruiter and LinkedIn Recruiter Professional Services Plus (RPS+) customers. To use Hiring Assistant, you’ll need the Hiring Assistant Permission and your language settings must be set to English. We’re gradually making this experience available, and you might not have access at this time. Visit Hiring Assistant in Recruiter to learn more.
Transform your hiring process with AI
By integrating AI into every stage of the hiring process, Recruiter helps you work more efficiently, personalize candidate engagement, and make more informed hiring decisions. Whether you're creating projects, sourcing talent, or managing applicants, these AI-assisted tools are designed to save time and improve results so you can focus on finding the right candidate for the role.
To learn more about how AI in Recruiter can help you reach your hiring goals, visit the LinkedIn Talent Community or the LinkedIn Learning Center for additional resources. You can also explore our AI Academy for Talent Professionals, tailored to support key roles:
- For decision makers: Learn how to overcome barriers and drive AI adoption across your organization.
- For recruiters: Enhance your LinkedIn Recruiter AI skills with a focused one-week learning path.
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Visit Follow a recruiter's AI-assisted hiring journey to learn about how Sam, a recruiter at a fast-growing healthcare organization, uses LinkedIn Recruiter's AI features to hire for her company.