The available license types in LinkedIn Recruiter are Hiring Project Creator and Hiring Collaborator. The available permission types are divided between Search (paid) and Unlimited (free). Recruiter Professional Services (RPS) also has two license types: LTI Searcher and LTI Core User.
Click on each section below to learn more about the access and features that are granted when users are assigned a license or permission type.
This license can be combined with paid (limited) and unlimited permissions and allows users to:
Note: This license is formerly known as the Dashboard Manager seat or Recruiter seat (when paired with the Recruiter Searcher permission). It's also formerly known as the Talent Pipeline seat when paired with the Candidate Pipeline Searcher permission.
This license can't be combined with paid (limited) permissions. It allows users to:
Note: This license is formerly known as the Hiring Manager seat. Recruiters with this license can't add or edit tags in the Recruiting Tools section of a candidate's profile.
The number of available paid permissions are tied to the number of Hiring Project Creator licenses on your contract.
Unlimited permissions can be combined with any license type.
This chart provides details on the license and permissions types and project-level permissions. Access to features that depend on the project-level access or require a specific add-on role are also noted.
| ACCESS TO FEATURES | LICENSE TYPE | |
| Hiring Project Creator | Hiring Project Collaborator | |
| Access homepage | Yes | Yes |
| View candidate profiles | Yes - dependent on project-level permissions | Yes - dependent on project-level permissions |
| Be scheduled for interviews | Yes | Yes |
| Provide candidate interview feedback or profile feedback | Yes | Yes |
| Move candidates through the pipeline | Yes - dependent on project-level permissions | Yes - dependent on project-level permissions |
| Schedule and edit interviews for candidates | Yes - dependent on project-level permissions | Yes - dependent on project-level permissions |
| Reject applicants | Yes - dependent on project-level permissions | Yes - dependent on project-level permissions |
| Add tags to candidate profiles | Yes | Yes - in Talent Hub only |
| View attachments and contact information on candidate profiles | Yes | Yes |
| View interview and feedback on candidate profile | Yes - dependent on project-level permissions | Yes - dependent on project-level permissions |
| View notes on candidate profile | Yes - only if user has Public Notes Viewer permission assigned | Yes - only if user has Public Notes Viewer permission assigned |
| Create new hiring projects | Yes | No |
| Post jobs | Yes | No |
| Send InMail messages to LinkedIn network | Yes - only if user has a Recruiter Searcher permission assigned | No |
| Send InMail messages in bulk | Yes - only if user has a Recruiter Searcher permission assigned | No |
| Use Recruiter search | Yes - only if user has a Recruiter Searcher permission assigned | No |
Recruiter Professional Services (RPS) contract types:
• LTI Searcher: Grants access to both Talent Insights and RPS features only if user has a Recruiter Searcher permission assigned.
• LTI Core User: Grants access to Talent Insights features only