LinkedIn Hiring Assistant
LinkedIn · LinkedIn Hiring Assistant: AI Recruiting Agent Built into LinkedIn Recruiter
Hiring Assistant is LinkedIn's AI recruiting agent inside LinkedIn Recruiter: it turns a job description into qualifications, sources candidates across LinkedIn, evaluates applicants from LinkedIn and connected ATSs against those qualifications, drafts and sends InMail outreach, and pre-screens interested candidates by chat. It is a contact-sales add-on for in-house recruiting teams and staffing firms that already run LinkedIn Recruiter.
Best for
In-house talent acquisition teams and staffing firms already on LinkedIn Recruiter or RPS+ that source heavily on LinkedIn, handle high applicant volume, and want an agent that sources, evaluates, messages and pre-screens inside Recruiter with their ATS connected
Not ideal for
Teams without a LinkedIn Recruiter or RPS+ contract (Hiring Assistant is documented only as an add-on to those), occasional hirers, buyers who need published per-seat pricing, teams that need pre-screening in languages other than English, and teams whose ATS does not support LinkedIn's RSC+ integration
Who it's for
Recruiters, sourcers and talent acquisition leaders at companies and staffing firms with a LinkedIn Recruiter or RPS+ contract
Capabilities
- Chat-based project intake from a job description, an ideal candidate's name, a LinkedIn job post URL or an uploaded file, producing a role draft and up to 35 required and nice-to-have qualifications for the recruiter to approve
- Background sourcing across LinkedIn that keeps adding candidates to the pipeline until the project's sourcing goal is met, with a summary of matched qualifications and evidence (profile or resume) for each one
- Learns from recruiter feedback (written reasons when rejecting or archiving, thumbs up or down on highlighted profile text, manual searches, saves and InMails) and proposes qualification changes the recruiter can accept or discard
- Applicant evaluation that scores LinkedIn applicants against the approved qualifications and surfaces top matches, plus ATS applicants through Connected Projects for ATSs that support RSC+
- Match levels combined with fit signals (rated Strong, Moderate and so on) that reflect industry background, company type and career trajectory beyond the stated qualifications
- AI-drafted initial and follow-up InMails to up to 25 candidates at a time, or instant outreach where the agent drafts, sends and follows up on the recruiter's behalf
- Chat pre-screening after a candidate accepts an InMail: asks permission, adapts approved questions to the candidate, answers role questions from the job post, company page and recruiter-supplied documents, and scores answers as Full match, Partial match or Not a match against up to five criteria per question
- Activity log showing every action the agent took, with options to edit or revert its changes, pause or stop applicant evaluation, and cap the number of applicants evaluated per project
- Hiring Assistant for Microsoft Teams: recruiters send shortlists to hiring managers, who give feedback in Teams by signing in with their LinkedIn account and without a Hiring Assistant licence, and the agent suggests requirement updates from that feedback
- Pre-screening answers, evaluations and summaries written back to select partner ATSs through RSC+
- Hiring Assistant Report covering sourcing, applicant evaluation, messaging and pre-screening activity, with per-licence credit usage visible to admins in Admin Center and the Usage report
- Hiring Assistant 2 (LinkedIn says it begins rolling out in early November 2026): persistent recruiter memory, fit signals and a candidate interest indicator, LinkedIn verification and ATS insights in one view, ATS-connected talent pools with stage changes synced back to the ATS, and voice pre-screening
Limitations
- Only available as an add-on to a LinkedIn Recruiter or Recruiter Professional Services Plus (RPS+) contract; the number of Hiring Assistant licences cannot exceed the contract's Recruiter Searcher licences
- No public pricing: Hiring Assistant is sold through LinkedIn sales or your account team
- Each licence has monthly caps on sourced candidates and evaluated applicants (for Recruiter, from 200 and 3,500 on Tier 1 up to 1,500 and 25,000 on Tier 3); credits are per licence, not pooled, and unused credits do not roll over
- When a licence hits its monthly limit, the agent stops sourcing or evaluating until the next month unless the contract is upgraded to a higher tier
- Chat pre-screening is available in English only; Hiring Assistant 2 feature availability by language varies, and the free Hiring Assistant 2 update is announced for customers using it in English
- Interview scheduling is listed as coming soon, and iCIMS and Workday are listed as coming soon for ATS-connected talent pools
- Connected Projects and ATS applicant evaluation need an ATS that supports RSC+; LinkedIn says Connected Projects is available to a subset of Recruiter customers whose language setting is English, and availability varies by ATS partner and is being rolled out gradually
- Only evaluates candidates it sourced itself or who apply to the job; candidates a recruiter added manually are not evaluated unless they apply
- Microsoft Teams feedback requires a Microsoft 365 Business or Enterprise plan on a managed tenant and admin approval of the app
- No public API, self-hosted option or use outside LinkedIn Recruiter is documented
- LinkedIn states that Hiring Assistant does not make hiring decisions; recruiters must review and verify its evaluations and AI-generated content, and AI use in hiring can carry notice or audit rules in some jurisdictions
Use cases
- Turning a new requisition's job description into approved qualifications and a daily shortlist of sourced LinkedIn candidates
- Evaluating hundreds of LinkedIn and ATS applicants against a role's qualifications so a recruiter starts with the top matches
- Sending personalised InMail outreach and follow-ups to a batch of sourced candidates, or letting instant outreach handle it
- Pre-screening candidates who accepted an InMail on availability, salary expectations and role-specific questions, then reviewing a scorecard before booking calls
- Collecting hiring-manager feedback on a shortlist in Microsoft Teams and feeding it back into sourcing criteria
- Staffing firms on RPS+ running sourcing for several client roles in parallel
Our take
Hiring Assistant's advantage is position, not novelty: it runs on LinkedIn's member data and InMail inside the Recruiter seat many sourcing teams already pay for, so there is no data feed to set up and no new tool to learn. The help documentation shows a careful human-in-the-loop design, with approved qualifications, a revertible activity log, evaluation caps and take-over in pre-screening threads. The constraints are commercial and operational. You need a Recruiter contract first, pricing is negotiated, each licence's monthly sourcing and evaluation caps shape how many roles one recruiter can run, and the most useful Hiring Assistant 2 pieces (ATS talent pools, voice pre-screening, scheduling) depend on your language, your ATS and a rollout that LinkedIn scheduled to begin in early November 2026. Teams already on Recruiter should pilot it on a few high-volume roles and compare shortlist quality and credit use with their current sourcing before buying more licences.
Who should use it
Talent acquisition teams and staffing firms already on LinkedIn Recruiter or RPS+ that source mostly on LinkedIn, receive many applicants per role, use an ATS with RSC+ support, and want to hand sourcing, first-pass applicant evaluation, outreach and English pre-screening to an agent while recruiters keep the decisions.
Who should skip it
Small businesses and occasional hirers without a Recruiter contract, teams that need non-English pre-screening today, buyers who need transparent list pricing or an API, and teams whose candidates mostly come from outside LinkedIn and whose ATS lacks RSC+ support.
Strengths
- Works directly on LinkedIn's member data and InMail inside the Recruiter workflow recruiters already use
- Covers intake, sourcing, applicant evaluation, outreach and pre-screening in one agent
- Clear recruiter controls: approved qualifications, an Activity log with revert, evaluation caps, take-over in pre-screening threads and a personalization toggle
- Connects ATS applicants and writes evaluations and pre-screening summaries back to supported ATSs
- Hiring managers can give feedback in Microsoft Teams without a Hiring Assistant licence
- Hiring Assistant 2 is a free automatic update for existing English-language customers
Weaknesses
- Requires a LinkedIn Recruiter or RPS+ contract, with no published price
- Monthly per-licence caps on sourcing and applicant evaluation, with no rollover
- Chat pre-screening is English-only, and some Hiring Assistant 2 features are still coming soon
- ATS features depend on RSC+ support from your ATS vendor
- No public API or use outside LinkedIn Recruiter
LinkedIn Hiring Assistant pricing
Tier 1 (Recruiter add-on)
Contact sales
- 200 sourced candidates a month per licence
- 3,500 evaluated applicants a month per licence
- RPS+ Tier 1: 150 sourced candidates and 4,500 evaluated applicants
Tier 2 (Recruiter add-on)
Contact sales
- 800 sourced candidates a month per licence
- 9,000 evaluated applicants a month per licence
- RPS+ Tier 2: 600 sourced candidates and 15,000 evaluated applicants
Tier 3 (Recruiter add-on)
Contact sales
- 1,500 sourced candidates a month per licence
- 25,000 evaluated applicants a month per licence
- RPS+ Tier 3: 1,500 sourced candidates and 50,000 evaluated applicants
Note: LinkedIn does not publish Hiring Assistant prices. It is purchased as an add-on to a LinkedIn Recruiter or Recruiter Professional Services Plus (RPS+) contract through LinkedIn sales or an account representative, and the number of Hiring Assistant licences cannot exceed the contract's Recruiter Searcher licences. Credits are per licence and not pooled, refresh at the start of each month and do not roll over; a sourcing credit is used only when the agent saves a qualified candidate to the pipeline. Pre-screening does not use extra InMail credits. Hiring Assistant 2 is a free automatic update for existing customers who use Hiring Assistant in English.
Technical specs
Modalities
Text, Voice
Where LinkedIn Hiring Assistant excels
High-volume requisitions on LinkedIn Recruiter
The agent keeps sourcing until the project's goal is met and evaluates applicants against the approved qualifications, so a recruiter reviews top matches with evidence instead of scanning every profile and application.
Faster first response to interested candidates
Once a candidate accepts an InMail, Hiring Assistant can ask the approved pre-screening questions in the same thread and return a scorecard, and the recruiter can take over at any point.
One applicant view across LinkedIn and the ATS
With RSC+ and Connected Projects, LinkedIn Easy Apply and ATS applicants sit in one project with ATS stages, and evaluations and pre-screening summaries flow back to supported ATSs.
How LinkedIn Hiring Assistant fits alongside other tools
LinkedIn Hiring Assistant and HackerRank Chakra
HackerRank Chakra runs AI-led technical interviews, including hands-on coding and follow-up questions, and produces scored reports. Hiring Assistant works earlier in the funnel: sourcing on LinkedIn, evaluating applicants, sending InMail outreach and pre-screening interested candidates. A team could use Hiring Assistant to build and screen the pipeline and Chakra for the first technical interview.
Frequently asked questions
What is LinkedIn Hiring Assistant?
Hiring Assistant is an AI agent built into LinkedIn Recruiter. It creates hiring projects from a job description or job post, proposes qualifications, sources candidates on LinkedIn, evaluates applicants, drafts and sends InMail outreach, and pre-screens interested candidates, while learning from the recruiter's feedback.
How much does LinkedIn Hiring Assistant cost?
LinkedIn does not publish a price. Hiring Assistant is sold as an add-on to LinkedIn Recruiter and Recruiter Professional Services Plus (RPS+) through LinkedIn sales or your account team. Licences come in three tiers with monthly limits: for Recruiter customers, Tier 1 includes 200 sourced candidates and 3,500 evaluated applicants a month, Tier 2 800 and 9,000, and Tier 3 1,500 and 25,000. RPS+ tiers include 150 and 4,500, 600 and 15,000, and 1,500 and 50,000.
What is new in Hiring Assistant 2?
LinkedIn says Hiring Assistant 2 adds persistent memory and personalization based on how each recruiter has hired, fit signals and a candidate interest indicator, verification and ATS insights in one view, ATS-connected talent pools (Greenhouse, Lever, SmartRecruiters, Zoho Recruit and Tracker today, iCIMS and Workday coming soon) with stage changes synced back to the ATS, and voice pre-screening. The product page also lists interview scheduling as coming soon. LinkedIn says it begins rolling out in early November 2026 as a free automatic update for customers who use Hiring Assistant in English.
Can I use Hiring Assistant without LinkedIn Recruiter?
No. LinkedIn's help center says Hiring Assistant is available as an add-on for LinkedIn Recruiter and RPS+ customers, and an admin must assign the licence to a Recruiter User, a Recruiter Admin, or a custom role with a Hiring Project Creator licence and the Recruiter Searcher permission.
Which languages does Hiring Assistant support?
Hiring Assistant supports English, French, German, Dutch, Spanish, Portuguese and Italian. Chat pre-screening is available in English only, and LinkedIn says Hiring Assistant 2 language availability varies by feature.
Does Hiring Assistant work with my ATS?
It works through LinkedIn's hiring integrations. With Recruiter System Connect Plus (RSC+), Connected Projects bring ATS applicants into Recruiter for evaluation and send evaluations and pre-screening summaries back to select ATSs. LinkedIn names Greenhouse, Lever, SmartRecruiters, Zoho Recruit and Tracker for Hiring Assistant 2 talent pools, with iCIMS and Workday coming soon, and says availability varies by ATS partner. LinkedIn also says LinkedIn verification will show in partner ATSs such as iCIMS, JazzHR, Jobvite, Lever, SmartRecruiters and Workable.
Does Hiring Assistant make hiring decisions?
No. LinkedIn's help center says Hiring Assistant doesn't make hiring decisions and that recruiters are responsible for reviewing and verifying responses and AI-generated content. Recruiters choose which projects it works on, approve its qualifications and pre-screening questions, can revert its changes and can take over pre-screening conversations at any time. Candidates see messages labelled as coming from the recruiter's Hiring Assistant.
Integrations & fit
About LinkedIn Hiring Assistant
Hiring Assistant is not a standalone product: it is an add-on licence for LinkedIn Recruiter and Recruiter Professional Services Plus (RPS+) contracts, opened from a Sparkle icon on the Recruiter homepage. A recruiter starts a project by giving it a job description, an ideal candidate's name, a LinkedIn job post URL or a file. The agent drafts the role, proposes required and nice-to-have qualifications (up to 35) for the recruiter to approve, sets a hiring plan (how many sourced candidates to review a day and how many InMail accepts to aim for), and starts running searches across LinkedIn's member data. Each sourced candidate arrives with a summary of which qualifications they meet and why, and when a recruiter rejects or archives someone with written feedback, highlights parts of a profile with a thumbs up or down, or saves and messages candidates, the agent proposes updated qualifications that the recruiter can accept or discard. For job posts it evaluates applicants against the approved qualifications and flags top matches, and with Connected Projects (which needs an ATS that supports LinkedIn's RSC+ integration) it evaluates ATS applicants alongside LinkedIn applicants and sourced candidates. Outreach works in two modes: AI drafts to up to 25 candidates at once that the recruiter reviews, or instant outreach, where the agent drafts, sends and follows up on the recruiter's behalf. After a candidate accepts an InMail, the agent can ask permission to pre-screen them in a chat thread, ask approved questions, answer questions about the role from the job post and company page, and score each answer as a full, partial or no match against criteria the recruiter set; the recruiter can take over the thread at any time. Hiring managers can give feedback on shortlists in Microsoft Teams without their own Hiring Assistant licence. Hiring Assistant 2, announced on September 29, 2026, is scheduled to begin rolling out in early November 2026 as a free automatic update for customers who use Hiring Assistant in English. It adds persistent memory of how each recruiter hires, fit signals and a candidate interest indicator, LinkedIn verification and ATS insights in one view, ATS-connected talent pools that LinkedIn says work today with Greenhouse, Lever, SmartRecruiters, Zoho Recruit and Tracker (iCIMS and Workday are listed as coming soon), and voice pre-screening, with interview scheduling marked as coming soon on the product page. The main advantage is access to LinkedIn's own member graph and InMail inside the tool recruiters already use. The tradeoffs: you must buy LinkedIn Recruiter first, prices are not published, each licence has monthly caps on sourced candidates and evaluated applicants that do not roll over, chat pre-screening is English-only, ATS features depend on your ATS partner, and LinkedIn states that the agent does not make hiring decisions, so recruiters remain responsible for reviewing its output.
Updates from LinkedIn Hiring Assistant
LinkedIn announced Hiring Assistant 2 on September 29, 2026, adding persistent memory and personalization, fit signals and a candidate interest indicator, LinkedIn verification and ATS insights in one view, ATS-connected talent pools (Greenhouse, Lever, SmartRecruiters, Zoho Recruit and Tracker, with iCIMS and Workday coming soon) and voice pre-screening. LinkedIn said existing customers who use Hiring Assistant in English would get these updates free and automatically, starting in November, and that more than 20,000 companies were using its agentic hiring solutions.
LinkedIn announced that Hiring Assistant, first launched to charter customers in October 2024, would be globally available in English by the end of September 2025.
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