A project is an organizational workspace within LinkedIn Recruiter for tracking and managing candidates. You can also share projects with other recruiters or hiring managers on your dashboard. When you create a project, you can click Copy data from existing project to reuse project details.
Important to know
When creating a project, you must assign a name before you can add a description or choose if you wish to share the project with other members of your company's Recruiter contract.
To create a project from your Recruiter or Recruiter Lite homepage:
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Move your cursor over Projects at the top of the Recruiter or Recruiter Lite homepage.
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Click Create new.
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In the Project name field, enter a project name.
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Optional: In the Seniority level field, select an option from the dropdown. The seniority level refers to the position level you expect a candidate to hold at your company.
- Internship
- Entry level
- Associate
- Mid-Senior level
- Director
- Executive
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Under Project visibility, select Private or Public.
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Click the Create project button.
To create a project from the Projects page:
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Click Projects at the top of the Recruiter or Recruiter Lite homepage.
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Click
Create new in the upper right corner of the page. -
Optional: In the Seniority level field, select an option from the dropdown. The seniority level refers to the position level you expect a candidate to hold at your company.
- Internship
- Entry level
- Associate
- Mid-Senior level
- Director
- Executive
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In the Project name field, enter a project name.
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Under Project visibility, select Private or Public.
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Click the Create project button.
To create a project from a search, saved search, or your clipboard:
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Run a search.
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Click Save to project on the right of the candidate’s name.
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Click Create new project, and enter a name under Project name.
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Click Save.
After saving a profile to a project, Recruiter automatically redirects you to that project page. You can then start sourcing within the context of that project.
A project in LinkedIn Talent Hub is an organizational workspace for managing the entire hiring process for a requisition. You must have a Hiring Project Creator license to create projects. When you create a project, you can click Copy data from existing project to reuse project details.
To create a project in Talent Hub:
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Sign in to Talent Hub.
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Move your cursor over Projects at the top of the page and select Create new.
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Complete the following fields under Project details:
- Project name: Name your project (required).
- Project description: Add a project description.
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Complete the following fields under Who are you trying to hire?:
- Job title: As you type in the job title, you’ll see a list of standard title suggestions. Choose the appropriate title from the dropdown that appears. LinkedIn’s recommendation technology will surface suggestions throughout the job posting flow based on the job title you provide.
- Location: As you type in the location, you’ll see a dropdown list appear where you can select the appropriate location.
- Seniority level: Select a seniority level from the dropdown.
- Company hiring for: This field is auto-populated with your company associated with your Talent Hub contract. If you’re hiring on behalf of a different company, enter the name of the company to improve the relevance of your search results and Recommended Matches. This information is confidential and isn’t shared with LinkedIn members.
- Headcount: Add your headcount.
- Cost center: Select your Cost center from the dropdown.
- Ideal hire date: Select your ideal hire date.
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Complete the following fields under Add hiring team members:
- Hiring Manager (optional)
- Recruiter (optional)
- Approver (this will only show if requisition approvals are enabled in admin settings)
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Under Project visibility settings, select Private (only members of the project can access the project) or Public (anyone on your dashboard can access the project).
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Click Next.
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Select a hiring process template from the dropdown.
- Deselect the checkbox to turn off Automated Actions.
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Click Add a job post to post a job associated to your project. You can also click Create project to complete the creation of your project without posting a job.
Here's a tip
You can set your project visibility to Public or Private in the upper right-hand corner of your project, where Public or Private appears next to a Lock icon. Click the Edit icon to modify the setting.