Integrating with LinkedIn Recruiter

Workable can integrate directly with your LinkedIn Recruiter account. After setting up the integration, you’ll be able to:

• Sponsor your jobs through Workable using your LinkedIn Recruiter job slots (if you have a full Recruiter account) OR as pay-per-click job posts
• Connect those jobs to your company page on LinkedIn
• Manage your jobs directly in your LinkedIn Recruiter account 

Integrate accounts by adding your LinkedIn Company ID and Contract ID to Workable. 

Setting up the integration

In your Workable account as an Admin user:

1. Click your user icon in the upper right and go to Settings > Integrations > Apps.
2. Locate the LinkedIn section and click to expand the settings.
3. Enter your Company ID (if you haven't already). Refer to our help article with instructions on how to locate your Company ID.
4. Next, click Enter contract ID and follow the steps in the onboarding widget that opens.
   
   
5. Click Sign in (if not already logged in) and enter your LinkedIn credentials.
   
   Note: Only contract seatholders that have Dashboard Manager Admin or Recruiter Admin privileges can log in to the job posting widget.
6. If you have a recruiter seat on multiple LinkedIn contracts, select which one you would like to connect to Workable and click Continue. If you only have a seat on one LinkedIn contract, you will just skip this page.
   
7. Next, select the default job poster to display with your jobs; only active seat holders will be available for selection. Once ready, click Save.
   

That's it! Premium job posting via your LinkedIn Recruiter account is now enabled! If you need to change the contract or job poster, click Edit next to the Contract ID field and complete the steps again.

Settings

Under the 'Settings' section, you can choose to:

• Allow LinkedIn Apply (formerly Easy Apply). Toggle this on to enable job seekers to apply to your jobs (free or premium postings) directly through LinkedIn.
• Show Job poster details next to the job ad on LinkedIn. If you switch on this option, we will use the default poster's details unless you specify another job poster when posting the job (under LinkedIn additional settings - see next section). 

Using the integration

You will now be able to sponsor any of your Workable jobs by using your LinkedIn Recruiter job slots. Follow these steps:

1. On the main dashboard in Workable, click the Find Candidates button for the job/s of your choice. If you wish to promote multiple jobs, you will have to run these steps for each one separately. 
2. Click on Premium Job Boards.
3. Locate LinkedIn and click 'Use Recruiter account'. After a couple of minutes, the LinkedIn panel will turn green, and the job will remain sponsored for 30 days. The expiration date will be mentioned in the panel and Super admins in the hiring team will be notified via email when it expires.

To ensure your job slots are fully utilized, you can use LinkedIn's Job Wrapping Rules and Backfill settings in Recruiter. To avoid duplication issues with job wrapping, make sure to unpublish all free and premium LinkedIn postings in Workable, ensuring that job wrapping rules are the sole source of postings.

To view the posting, click the arrow icon next to the candidate count. To edit additional settings (employment status, poster details) of your LinkedIn posting, click the cog icon that will be shown at the top right corner of the LinkedIn tile.

Here, you can also decide whether or not to show Poster Details for this post. If you switch on this option, we will display the default poster's details unless you enter another poster email. Please enter an email address associated with a valid contract seat holder. Note that this setting works on a job basis and won't impact other jobs you sponsor in the future. 

To unpublish your job earlier, click 'Unpublish', and the specific LinkedIn job slot will be released.

Editing posts via LinkedIn Recruiter

Almost any field Workable can sync to LinkedIn can be adjusted in Recruiter if you have the right permissions to the job (or are an admin). The only exception here is the application questions synced if you have Easy Apply enabled for your job. Some examples of fields that can be modified are:

• Company

• Job Title

• Job function

• Employment type

• Company industry

• Seniority level

• Job description

• Required skills

• How would you like to receive your applicants

• Show your profile on the job post

To edit the job with LinkedIn Recruiter, follow the below steps

1. Navigate to Jobs at the top of the Recruiter homepage and click View all jobs

2. Click the action button to the right of the job title

3. Click Edit Job 

Optional features

With LinkedIn's Job Wrapping service, you can use the auto-tag feature to classify your LinkedIn jobs as either remote, hybrid, or onsite based on the job title text, job description text, job location text, company information, industry, etc.

This setting is turned ON by default. To prevent this from happening, Recruiter admins can turn off the feature from the Product Settings page > Job Posting > Auto-tag jobs path.

Troubleshooting & FAQs

I am facing issues setting up/sponsoring a job via my Recruiter account.

Check our troubleshooting guide for resolutions to the most common issues. 

Is it possible to use the same contract ID for multiple Workable accounts?

Yes! The same contract ID can be used for multiple Workable accounts.

Will the integration setup be different if we use pay-per-click job posts?

In case the contract you add in Workable falls under the recommended budget type, as an extra step in the integration process, you will be prompted to activate the posting of promoted jobs with a budget recommended by LinkedIn.

 

For more information, you may also check the related LinkedIn support article.