Used For

• +**You're posting jobs and getting 200 applications from people who clearly didn't read the description** → Search 900+ million profiles with specific filters, reach out to people who actually match what you need
• +**Your recruiters are spending hours copying candidate info between LinkedIn and your hiring system** → Everything syncs automatically with your ATS, no more manual data entry
• +**You're hiring for niche roles and nobody's applying** → AI Hiring Assistant finds candidates you wouldn't have thought to search for and explains why they're a good fit
• +InMail messaging gets around the connection requirement - message anyone directly with context about why you're reaching out
• +Team collaboration features let multiple recruiters share notes and tag each other without losing track of who talked to whom

Best For

• >Your hiring managers keep rejecting candidates from job boards because "they're not qualified enough"
• >You're tired of waiting for good people to apply - you want to go find them directly
• >Your recruiting team spends half their time on LinkedIn anyway, might as well make it official

Not For

• -Solo founders or teams under 20 people — you're paying enterprise prices to hunt talent when posting a job would work fine
• -Companies without an ATS system — half the value is in the integrations you won't use
• -Anyone wanting simple job posting — LinkedIn's free job posts do that, this is for active candidate hunting

Pairs With

• *Greenhouse (where all the candidate data and interview feedback actually lives after you find them on LinkedIn)
• *Calendly (to book the screening calls once people respond to your InMails)
• *Slack (where your team coordinates on which candidates to pursue and complains about low response rates)
• *BambooHR (for the actual HR management after you successfully poach someone)
• *Workday (the enterprise ATS that syncs with LinkedIn if you're big enough to afford both)
• *HubSpot (for nurturing candidates who aren't ready to jump ship yet but might be in 6 months)

The Catch

• !The pricing isn't public because it's expensive - expect enterprise-level costs even for mid-size teams
• !Your recruiters will become LinkedIn addicts, spending hours perfecting search queries instead of actually talking to candidates
• !The AI Hiring Assistant won't be available until January 2026, so the coolest feature is still in beta

Bottom Line

LinkedIn's hiring suite that turns the world's largest professional network into your personal talent hunting ground.