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Advanced recruiting tactics

Optimize your recruiting and stay on top of trends.

How to use LinkedIn Recruiter to search for candidates

Discover how to use LinkedIn Recruiter tool features to find the right candidates, faster.

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10 creative hiring strategies for any budget

Discover new ideas and fresh takes on traditional hiring strategies — regardless of budget.

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How to improve your quality of hire

The success of your employees drives the success of your company. Here are a few tips on improving your quality of hire.

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Hiring hacks to improve your recruitment process.

Improve the hiring process by implementing our recruiting experts’ top hiring hacks designed to optimize your recruitment workflow and reduce your workload.

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Reducing time to hire with LinkedIn

LinkedIn offers you a powerful set of hiring tools to optimize your recruitment workflow. You can save up to 130 hours in hiring time for each role.

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Solve 8 Common Hiring Challenges

It might seem difficult to find and attract quality candidates when you’re still growing your business. Start by sharing your company's story online.

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Stay competitive in the hiring market with real-time dat

As the talent landscape changes, learn how LinkedIn Talent Insights can help you hire those hard-to-fill roles, support workforce planning, and more.

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Hire more efficiently with LinkedIn.

Check out this new guide comparing LinkedIn to other hiring tools so you can discover the best way to grow your team faster.

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How to successfully hire in a tight talent market

Learn how to set your company apart with a strong employer brand that highlights your culture, benefits, and growth opportunities.

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Improve your LinkedIn profile to attract more candidates

Here's how to write a LinkedIn Profile summary that will get you noticed. Learn from 14 great examples to get inspired and find out what makes a LinkedIn Profile summary standout.

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50 Productivity hacks essential for hiring

Hire faster—and smarter—with these time-saving tips, tools, and templates designed to make every stage of the hiring process more efficient and effective.

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How to successfully close candidates

Brendan Browne, VP of Talent Acquisition at LinkedIn, discusses how to remove the guesswork and increase your success rate when closing candidates.

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Salary negotiation tips for recruiters

Amy Miller, Senior Tech Recruiter at Microsoft, debunks myths about salary negotiations, and offers key tips for how to have this important discussion with candidates.

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How to hire faster in a fast-moving world

The top 10% of candidates often leave the talent marketplace within 10 days. These tips can help you streamline your hiring process, cut your time to hire—and keep pace.

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The keys to leading a big hiring ramp-up

John Vlastelica, founder and managing director of Recruiting Toolbox, shares the key to scaling your business—while avoiding misalignment and protecting company culture.

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3 Steps to becoming a talent advisor

Recruiter-hiring managers relationships aren't always productive. Learn how to develop more strategic partnerships—and be viewed as a talent advisor to the business.

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7 Expert tips for sourcing high-quality candidate

Sourcing guru Glen Gathey shares his tips for improving your LinkedIn searches and identifying great candidates faster.

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Inside the mind of today's candidate

Take a candidate-centric approach to attract and hire great candidates. Find insights to improve your strategy, based on survey data from 14,000+ global professionals.

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How to hire like a big business

LinkedIn's Brendan Browne and Live Intent's Abby Hamilton share tips on how SMBs can use tactics to compete with big names for talent.

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5 Unexpected ways to find your next hire

Learn how to attract great candidates on any budget with this 45-minute crash course from global HR influencer Tim Sackett.

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The next generation workforce with Jeff Weiner

Jeff Weiner talks about the next generation workforce, talent trends, and how LinkedIn is at the forefront of this change.

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LinkedIn’s secrets to speedy, high-quality hiring

Fast track your search for great talent. A top LinkedIn recruiter shares their tips for sourcing, engaging, and hiring the right candidates for every role.

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The competitive advantage of strong values at Levi

James Hudson, head of recruiting at Levi Strauss, discusses how the strong values at the legendary apparel company give it an edge in a fiercely competitive talent market.

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Tapping into the talent of tomorrow

Learn how to build an internship program that unlocks the greatest potential in your interns—and benefits them and your company.

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How to recruit qualified candidates in a time crunch

Whether you have 1, 3, or 5 hours in the day, these tips can help you make the most of your time.

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Creative hiring tactics for any budget

Finding and hiring the right candidate doesn’t have to be expensive. Discover 15 innovative, budget-friendly ways to attract your next great hire.

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8 Easy ways to automate hiring

Save time, eliminate tedious manual tasks, and make your budget go further with a little help from automation. These 8 simple tactics can help you get started.

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8 Easy ways to automate hiring

Save time, eliminate tedious manual tasks, and make your budget go further with a little help from automation. These 8 simple tactics can help you get started.

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3 Tools to reduce your recruiting time

Recruiting is time-consuming. Whether you’re looking to attract more quality applicants or speed up your search, LinkedIn offers the hiring tools you need.

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5 Tools to boost your recruiters’ performance

What’s the #1 way to boost recruiter performance? Better recruiting tools and technology.

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The rise of talent analytics—and how to use it

As HR evolves, talent analytics is becoming more important. Find out how to build a data-driven HR function to solve critical business problems.

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High volume hiring and attracting talent at scale

High volume hiring takes a strategic mind, a streamlined team, and a nose for quality. Learn how to hire at scale without compromising quality.

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All topics in the Resource Library

Talent Sourcing

Recruiting basics
Best practices for products, messaging, and more

Advanced recruiting tactics
Optimize your recruiting and stay on top of trends

Passive recruitment
Identify and recruit passive candidates effectively

Hiring with LinkedIn
Use LinkedIn to attract, engage, and acquire top talent

Hiring tools and templates

Job descriptions
Get job description templates for 380+ roles

Interview questions
Know what to ask — and how to analyze answers

Assessment tools
Assess talent to make the best hiring decisions

Attracting and engaging talent

Job posts
Write effective job posts and descriptions

Recruiting with social media
Ways to attract and engage candidates online

Employer branding
Resonate with candidates and inspire employees

Candidate experience
Create a positive experience through the journey

Onboarding
Retain employees and create better engagement