The out-of-network search unlock feature in LinkedIn Recruiter Professional Services (RPS) allows you to unlock profiles of candidates who are outside your network to view their profile details and contact them with InMail. RPS comes with an allotment of 30 monthly unlock credits per seat. You only need to unlock an out-of-network profile once, and your account will have access to it from that point forward.

The following applies to unlock credits:

• The number of out-of-network profile unlock credits on your RPS contract will be reset to the maximum amount on the first of each month. 
• Unlock credits are pooled across users. 
• Unused unlock credits do not carry over to the following month.
• You can't buy more out-of-network unlock credits. To be able to access out-of-network profiles without restrictions, you can contact your Relationship Manager to consider upgrading your Recruiter Corporate license.

As described in Section 3.1 of our Privacy Policy, member profiles on LinkedIn.com are visible to all LinkedIn customers and members, though you are still limited to only being able to contact members who are in your network. Profile search unlocks enable you to view and contact out-of-network members in RPS. Learn more about member profile visibility on LinkedIn.