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The 2025 LinkedIn Hiring Release Wave 2 covers all new features launching April 2025 through October 2025. Discover innovations →
2025 LinkedIn Hiring Release | Wave 2
We're bringing more power to the products you use every day.
The next wave of the 2025 Hiring Release is here.
Discover what's possible when cutting-edge tech meets the most dynamic pool of talent data.
Connect with highly qualified talent faster
It takes less than 5 minutes on average to find and engage with a qualified candidate on LinkedIn Recruiter.
Source: LinkedIn data, sourcing time per InMail sent (2024)
Compared with other sources, hires made with LinkedIn are 37% less likely to leave before the end of their first year.
Source: LinkedIn data (2024)
With trusted, real-time data you can’t find anywhere else
Over 66M job seekers visit LinkedIn Jobs weekly with 11k members applying for jobs every minute — giving you access to the largest pool of actively engaged talent.
Source: LinkedIn data (2025)
Members have added 787M skills to their profiles, up 56% year-over-year, enabling more precise matching based on capabilities, not just experience.
Source: LinkedIn data (2024)
And the power of AI in the tools you’re already using
AI-Assisted Messages have a 44% higher acceptance rate and are accepted over 11% faster by job seekers compared to non-AI messages, helping you boost engagement.
Source: LinkedIn data (2024)
AI-Assisted Search sessions saw an overall 18% higher InMail acceptance rate when compared to search sessions with manual filters.
Source: LinkedIn data (2024)
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We’re investing in three key areas of innovation.
The 2025 LinkedIn Hiring Release covers new features and functionalities designed to help recruiters increase their impact — without increasing their workloads. Explore innovations that help talent teams:
Find candidates based on deeper insights.
Discover highly qualified talent with an AI-assisted recruiting experience that surfaces dynamic market data and real-time candidate insights inside your recruiting workflow.
Connect with top talent faster.
Move at the speed you need to connect with the right people for your role. Quickly personalize outreach at scale with AI-assisted messaging and save time with seamless integrations.
Effortlessly attract in-demand talent.
Keep your organization top of mind and boost candidate engagement with your brand using AI-assisted content creation. Plus, increase your company’s reach with expanded ad placements.
Explore what’s on the horizon.
Search, as it should be.
We’re taking AI-Assisted Search to the next level.
The new AI-Assisted Search goes beyond standard filters or keywords listed on profiles, matching based on qualifications that are unique to the candidate you're looking for — even those critical, hard-to-define skills not explicitly listed on resumes.
*Rolling out in English through September.
Maximize candidate engagement.
Leverage AI-Assisted Touch-Ups to enhance your existing templates and further personalize your candidate outreach at scale. AI-Assisted Messages have a 44% higher acceptance rate and are accepted by jobseekers 11% faster vs. non-AI messages, helping you boost candidate engagement.
*Rolling out in English first.
Create compelling content for your Career Page in minutes.
Members who engage with your Life Tab are 3.4X more likely to become a hire — so having high-impact content can make all the difference. AI-Assisted Content Creation automatically drafts content for your Life Tab using your existing employer brand materials and audience insights.
*Rolling out in English first.
Step into the future of hiring.
Preview Hiring Assistant for Recruiter & Jobs.
Take an inside look at Hiring Assistant, our first AI agent for Recruiter & Jobs that helps take on time-consuming tasks so recruiters can focus on the most impactful, people-centric parts of their job.
*Rolling out in English first.
Learn how it’s already making an impact with charter customers.
Increased recruiter's capacity by 2X.
A Senior Strategic Sourcing Lead at Equinix doubled the number of roles he could support with Hiring Assistant. By using the tool to source for roles with fluctuating staffing needs, his team could focus more energy on complex, senior-level hires.
Read Equinix's story →
More qualified candidates. 50% less time.
A Talent Acquisition Partner at Siemens used Hiring Assistant to uncover qualified candidates that traditional Boolean searches missed. Plus, it cut their time spent sourcing by 50%.
Read Siemens story →
Efficiency in action
Discover how early charter customers are transforming their hiring process with Hiring Assistant — finding qualified candidates faster, saving time shortlisting applicants, streamlining their workflows, and shifting focus to more strategic work.
Explore early impact →
The AI Briefings
Want to make informed decisions in this new age of AI? Curious how to tackle change management? Explore resources designed to help talent leaders build a foundational knowledge of AI and overcome key barriers to realizing the value of AI in your organization.
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