How do I connect a direct LinkedIn post to Workable?

 

Creating a new post

If you are now creating your LinkedIn post (for online or recruiter jobs), you can have candidates that apply routed into Workable.

1. Create your job on LinkedIn (online job or recruiter job)
2. Locate the "How would you like to receive your applicants?" menu and choose the second option "Direct applicants to an external site to apply" where you'll be prompted to supply a URL
3. Use the Workable job shortlink as the URL, found in the job editor under the Find Candidates tab

 

Editing an existing post

If you've already created a direct LinkedIn post, follow the below steps depending on the job type:

Online jobs (free or Pay-Per-Click jobs)

For online jobs, the applicant collection method cannot be changed once the job is posted. You will have to close the job and create a new one to redirect candidates to Workable.

Premium jobs (via a Recruiter account)

If you have a LinkedIn Recruiter account:

1. Edit the post on LinkedIn Recruiter
2. Go to the second step of the process and locate the "Applicant collection" section
3. Change the "Receive applicants" setting to "At an external website" and add the job shortlink under the Website address field

As soon as this setup is ready, candidates who click to apply on LinkedIn will be redirected to the Workable job page to submit their application or will be prompted to apply on LinkedIn via Easy Apply. The applications will appear in Workable as normal with source tracking for LinkedIn.

You can download all existing candidates from LinkedIn and bulk upload them into Workable. The system will parse their profiles, extract their name, headline, and email, and find links to their social media profiles.