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LinkedIn Recruiter Reviews

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Cloud-based recruiting solution designed to help businesses hire candidates and generate insights into LinkedIn’s active community.

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Pros:

If you are able to invest the money for and time to use the full Recruiter license, it does enable you to connect with passive candidates that you would otherwise not be likely to reach.

Cons:

At the same time, the price is up quite a bit and if you response rate gets below a threshold, they suspend your bulk emailing.

LinkedIn Recruiter ratings

Average score

Ease of Use
4.6
Customer Service
4.1
Features
4.6
Value for Money
4.1

Likelihood to recommend

8.6/ 10

LinkedIn Recruiter has an overall rating of <span class="">4.5</span> out 5 stars based on <span class="">111</span> user reviews on Capterra.

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Luis Antonio
Luis Antonio
HR Manager in Ecuador
Verified LinkedIn User
Education Management, 201–500 Employees
Used the Software for: 6-12 months
Reviewer Source

LinkedIn Recuiter

4.0 2 years ago

Comments: My overall impression of LinkedIn Recruiter is positive. If you want to connect with elite talent, this recruiting software is unquestionably essential.

Pros:

This software has a lot of features that I appreciate! Using the "projects" option, I can quickly organize applicant profiles.

Cons:

Groups are a little difficult to manage in my opinion.

Vall
Recruiter in UK
Translation & Localization, 1,001–5,000 Employees
Used the Software for: 2+ years
Reviewer Source

LinkedIn Recruiter Review

5.0 4 months ago

Comments: LinkedIn Recruiter is one of those essential tools that, as a recruiter, I simply can’t do without.

Pros:

It's the ultimate tool for candidate sourcing—no other platform even comes close. I especially love the filters, InMail feature, and the candidate pipeline alerts.

Cons:

It’s quite pricey, almost out of reach for startups and scaleups. Their customer service is also terrible.

Nathaniel
Owner in US
Construction, 2–10 Employees
Used the Software for: 1-5 months
Reviewer Source

Hiring made simple!

4.0 2 months ago New

Pros:

Its easy to find candidates and schedule interveiws. Really it just simplifies the whole process.

Cons:

Everything worked well in my opinion. No complaints

Mitch
Director in UK
Banking, 2–10 Employees
Used the Software for: 6-12 months
Reviewer Source

Save tour money pointless tool

1.0 3 months ago

Comments: Six months of time and budget completely wasted, with zero results to show for it. I’ll never purchase anything from or trust LinkedIn’s sales team again.

Pros:

Honestly, there's not much to like. While it offers more search features than a standard search, you can achieve the same results using a Boolean search on Google for free.

Cons:

The cost is outrageous. They provide a search base that's only slightly different from the standard, yet their fees are exorbitant. Pricing and deals vary for each customer, entirely at their discretion. They were dishonest to secure the sale—don’t trust the benefits they promote, as they're often misleading at best. Moreover, over 70% of those marked as "open to work" were unaware that this status was even active on their profiles.

Jake
Sr. Recruiter in US
Staffing & Recruiting, 10,000+ Employees
Used the Software for: 2+ years
Reviewer Source

Good tool but with poor customer service and response rate policies.

4.0 10 months ago

Pros:

I like the number of candidates that the tool gives access to.

Cons:

I received a message saying I was no longer allowed to send mass inmails for 2 weeks because my response rate for a certain period was "12.8%" which is under their 13% threshold. When I checked my response rate for that period, it was 17.2%. I reached out to customer service but customer service hasn't done anything to remedy this.

Liam
HR Onboarding Advisor in UK
Marketing & Advertising, 201–500 Employees
Used the Software for: 1+ year
Reviewer Source

LinkedIn Recruiter Review

3.0 4 months ago

Pros:

It gives us a different pool of candidates from our other job boards

Cons:

A lot of the candidates that come through aren't qualified or want remote work so we don't tend to pull a lot of good quality candidates

Todd
Clinical Researcher in US
Hospital & Health Care, 5,001–10,000 Employees
Used the Software for: 6-12 months
Reviewer Source

Having a great time with LinkedIn Recruiter.

4.0 5 months ago

Comments: I find this software to be very helpful in managing multiple profiles for different jobs that I work.

Pros:

I liked the ease of use to find each job application and organizing my profile.

Cons:

The software seemed to freeze up from time to time.

Alukut
IT Support Specialist in Uganda
Education Management, 11–50 Employees
Used the Software for: 1-5 months
Reviewer Source

Good tool for recruiting

5.0 4 months ago

Pros:

They do have fair pricing for advertising the posted job

Cons:

Nothing to dislike about the solution, works better for me

Ariel
HR Manager in US
Automotive, 51–200 Employees
Used the Software for: 1-5 months
Reviewer Source

Change the way you acquire talent!

5.0 3 months ago

Comments: Hiring the right people for your team is tough. It was time for us to venture outside of the ordinary job boards and start to actually recruit talent. LinkedIn has helped guide us in the right direction.

Pros:

The high number of search filters, the network access that tells you who is open to work. You also receive a large number of InMail message to communicate with potential job candidates.

Cons:

I have yet to have any issues with LinkedIn

Madison
Business development manager in US
Construction, 51–200 Employees
Used the Software for: Free Trial
Reviewer Source

Good Recruiting software!

5.0 4 months ago

Comments: Overall I have had a good experience with them

Pros:

It is easy to use and I already have used LinkedIn so very easy to navigate

Cons:

There was nothing I did not like about LinkedIn Recruiter

Jamie
Managing Consultant in UK
Human Resources, 2–10 Employees
Used the Software for: 2+ years
Reviewer Source

Essential Recruitment Consulting Tool

5.0 2 years ago

Comments: It's my #1 resourcing tool, I used to to build both personal branding as well as meaningful connections from the perspective of candidates, clients and others industry wide. It's just fantastic.

Pros:

It's both building a social presence and connection with candidates whilst also covering off business objectives and hiring. For me this is THE essential tool to have as a recruiter.

Cons:

Additional Services are very expensive.

Wendel
Autonomo in Brazil
Financial Services, Self Employed
Used the Software for: 1+ year
Reviewer Source

Useful and practical

5.0 2 years ago

Comments: I created my account more than 1 year ago, since then I've had great satisfaction using the platform, it's like a social network, but with new job opportunities. The platform is fed daily with information and new vacancies, making it a very high possibility of success in the search for a new job.

Pros:

I had a good experience using the platform, I was able to successfully register my resume, I am satisfied using the platform, it helps me a lot when looking for a new job and to find out about news from my favorite companies.

Cons:

Depending on the vacancies, some information is restricted. But other than that the app is perfect.

Daniel
Associate Team Lead in India
Staffing & Recruiting, 201–500 Employees
Used the Software for: 2+ years
Reviewer Source

links you with professionals

5.0 2 years ago

Comments: I was using linkedin recruiter for almost 4 years its a wonder full software for recruitment.

Pros:

Its quite easy to find active candidates

Cons:

Its little expensive for all to accommodate

Alphin
Senior Recruiter in India
Outsourcing/Offshoring, 51–200 Employees
Used the Software for: 2+ years
Reviewer Source

Easy to Use

5.0 2 years ago

Comments: Easy to use

Pros:

LinkedIn is very much used tool for recruitment life cycle. we can able to find candidates in different locations as well

Cons:

Some of the candidates we are not able sent connection request

Eubie
Senior Recruiter in Philippines
Staffing & Recruiting, 2–10 Employees
Used the Software for: 1+ year
Reviewer Source

Top-tier Recruiting Tool!

5.0 2 years ago

Comments: Overall, my experience with LinkedIn Recruiter is great! This is definitely a must-have recruiting software if you want to reach out to top talents!

Pros:

There are a lot of things I like about this software! I can easily organize candidate profiles using the "projects" feature. I can also share those projects with my team! Messaging using the software is also fast and easy because you can create and save templates.

Cons:

There are times when the location feature is not accurate. As a user/recruiter, I would be pleased if they could improve that aspect. Adding "location range" would be more helpful so that recruiters will no longer input the cities manually.

selva
Techical recuiter in India
Information Technology & Services, 5,001–10,000 Employees
Used the Software for: 2+ years
Reviewer Source

LinkedIn

5.0 2 years ago

Comments: very excellent

Pros:

Its really helpful to recuiter to find out the right ful candidate

Cons:

we needed more contact tools for the candidate.

Abhishek
Abhishek
Associate Consultant in India
Verified LinkedIn User
Market Research, 51–200 Employees
Used the Software for: 1+ year
Reviewer Source

Best platform for lead generation & market research!

5.0 2 years ago

Comments: It is a great tool for market research and recruitment. It has helped me a lot in getting a fair understanding of talent from multiple domains in different regions.

Pros:

Its unique selling proposition is their experience split filter where one can easily set the required/customized experience split while searching for leads. It is really one of a kind tool.

Cons:

It is very expensive and there is room for addition of new features like average tenure.

Ramprakash
Ramprakash
User friendly and effective recruiting in India
Verified LinkedIn User
Information Technology & Services, 501–1,000 Employees
Used the Software for: 1+ year
Reviewer Source

Effective recruiting and user friendly

5.0 2 years ago

Pros:

This application allows me to access top quality skilled consultants, so that i can reach them an place them for our reputed clients.

Cons:

The least about this software is that sometimes i used to facean issue in job posting, no issue i have faced rather than this .

K Lakshmi
Director - HR in India
Information Technology & Services, 51–200 Employees
Used the Software for: 6-12 months
Reviewer Source

Good platform for Recruiters

5.0 2 years ago

Comments: Good training, setup of the product. ROI is easy.

Pros:

A Global reach of candidates for technology and non technology candidates. You can publish jobs for any location and the responses from candidates are instant. Some roles like QA, Sales among others will get a large set of resumes from potential candidates. The best part is you can reach to potential passive candidate's through the portal.

Cons:

Some the response are very poor for niche technology skills. Very limited applications. Sometime lot of responses are fake specially in USA.

Misty
Senior recruitment professional in India
Staffing & Recruiting, 201–500 Employees
Used the Software for: 1+ year
Reviewer Source

Review for LinkedIn recruiter

4.0 2 years ago

Comments: Good.

Pros:

LinkedIn Recruiter enables me to easily find and message candidates.

Cons:

The user interface and user experience could be improved.

Ramya Kaumudi
Talent Acquisition Manager in US
Oil & Energy, 51–200 Employees
Used the Software for: 2+ years
Reviewer Source

Alternatives Considered:

LinkedIn

5.0 3 years ago

Comments: I work using LI Recruiter everyday and is a tool that makes my life very easy as a Talent Acquisition Manager

Pros:

The features like saving templates, search by Ideal Candidates are by far the most handy functions on LI recruiter. I use them extensively and creating projects and saving them is a great way to build a pipeline of potential candidates

Cons:

There are too many steps sometimes and the automated recommendations for a project often return not so accurately matching profiles.

Tushar
IT Recruiter in India
Staffing & Recruiting, 51–200 Employees
Used the Software for: 6-12 months
Reviewer Source

LinkedIn Recruiter - Review

5.0 3 years ago

Comments: The overall experience with LinkedIn Recruiter is great. It help me close many job requirements. The number of candidates with whom I get connect are very polite and clear on the point if they are actively looking or not which help me save my time. The best part is it help us to identify the candidate with exact qualifications and experience. I would like to suggest every recruiter to use this tool. It will really help you save your time and cover many job requirements.

Pros:

It is allow us to reach out to active or passive candidates and help us up to date and hire the best talent quickly. It help us to reach out to the right candidates who are actively looking for the new opportunities and available in job market. It help me established a good number of connection which help me to fill the high level of requirements.

Cons:

There is not a thing I do not like about this tool. But if I find out anything in future and need improvement. I will share it with LinkedIn team

Verified Reviewer
Verified LinkedIn User
Health, Wellness & Fitness, 51–200 Employees
Used the Software for: 2+ years
Reviewer Source

Great tool to hire people

5.0 2 years ago

Pros:

I have been using LinkedIn Recruiter for over 5 years. I like that I no longer have to use boolean strings and can find people faster by applying filters that enable me to find the right person for the job.

Cons:

Customer support is slow. They have working hours and don't operate 24/7, which is a problem if you're looking to hire immediately. They also don't do any discounts if the system crashes. Instead, they still bill you based on your contract.

Misbah
Recruitment Professional in India
Staffing & Recruiting, 201–500 Employees
Used the Software for: 6-12 months
Reviewer Source

Review for LinkedIn Recruiter

4.0 2 years ago

Comments: Good

Pros:

I am able to find good fit candidates for my positions.

Cons:

The contact details are not mentioned for the candidates that makes it difficult to reach out to them.

Kimberly
Executive Recruiter in US
Staffing & Recruiting, 2–10 Employees
Used the Software for: 2+ years
Reviewer Source

Invaluable resource for recruiters

5.0 3 years ago

Comments: I use LinkedIn daily for my job and it is an invaluable resource for me.

Pros:

A world of potential candidates are at my fingertips Ease of use Upgraded features Good technical support Great tracking features Good interaction with ATS software

Cons:

Expensive I wish there were more options