You can create online job posts on LinkedIn to advertise open positions at your company. Job seekers can search for these opportunities throughout the LinkedIn network. You can post a free job or you can promote your job to broaden your reach to more qualified candidates. After 21 days, the job is paused and posters can choose to either promote or close it before the job post reaches 30 days and completely closes if it is not promoted. Members can post a maximum of 1 free job at a time and a limited number of free jobs in a 30-day window.
Important to know
Free job posts become less visible in search results over time to give newer job posts the opportunity to be seen by job seekers. When your job post receives a certain number of applications, it'll be paused and removed from search results. If you have shared a direct URL, through LinkedIn or through other channels, your job post will appear closed until you take action to unpause it. To unpause your job, you must promote it.
Note: If you’ve purchased job slots through a corporate contract, please learn more about posting jobs in LinkedIn Recruiter or LinkedIn Talent Hub in the links below.
Ready to post a job now?
You can post your job on LinkedIn for free and get matched with qualified candidates.
Before getting started, check out our best practices for posting jobs on LinkedIn in the link below.
To post a job on LinkedIn:
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Click the
Jobs icon at the top of your LinkedIn homepage. -
Click the
Post a free job button. - If you're a Recruiter customer, you may be routed to a page with different contract options you're affiliated with. If so, click Continue next to (Your Name)'s LinkedIn Job Posting.
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Start job post. On this page, add the job title, company, workplace type, job location, and job type. Click Get started for free.
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On the Job Details page, complete the following fields:
- Description: Enter a job description (required) in the text box.
- Add skills (optional): Click the Add skill + button to specify the skills needed for the job.
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Click Continue.
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On the Applicant Options page, complete the following fields:
- How would you like to receive your applicants?: Select how you’ll be notified of applicants.
Note: By selecting to receive applicants via the Email option, you can access the applicant management tool for additional features like filters, reviewing options, and rating applicants. - Add screening questions: We recommend adding at least three screening questions to help you easily identify top applicants who meet your required or preferred qualifications.
- How would you like to receive your applicants?: Select how you’ll be notified of applicants.
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Click Post job for free.
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On the Promote your job page, you can set your daily or total budget for your post or you can choose to post for free.
- You’ll see an estimated number of applicants populated on the page.
- If you’d like to adjust the budget for your job, click the
Edit icon. - You can set your budget for your post from this page. Your job post will be paused once your budget is met.
- If this is your first promoted job and you are using a free trial or promotional credit, this will be reflected in checkout.
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If you choose to promote your job, click Promote job and you’ll be prompted to check out.
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Fill in your credit card details.
- If you already have a payment method on file, your default payment method will appear. Select Add payment method if you'd like to add a new payment method for this purchase.
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Review the order details before posting your job. You can see your daily budget, total budget, and other details.
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Click Promote job.
To post a job:
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Tap the
Jobs icon. -
Tap Post a Job.
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Tap the name of the company for whom you’d like to post the job.
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Tap the job post from the list of previously posted jobs or tap Create new job.
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If you already have a link to your job post tap Go back to paste your job link and enter it in the What do you want to talk about? field. If you’re creating a new job post, enter the Job title, Company, Workplace type, Job Location, Job type, Description, and any screening questions (optional).
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Tap Post job for free.
To post a job:
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Tap the
Jobs icon. -
Tap Post job for free.
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Tap the name of the company for whom you’d like to post the job.
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Tap the job post from the list of previously posted jobs or tap Create new job.
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If you already have a link to your job post tap Go back to paste your job link and enter it in the What do you want to talk about? field. If you’re creating a new job post, enter the Job title, Company, Workplace type, Job Location, Job type, Description, and any screening questions (optional).
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Tap Post job for free.