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Using our LinkedIn Integration

Post your Pinpoint vacancies directly to your company's listed jobs in LinkedIn

Edd Slaney avatar
Written by Edd Slaney
Updated over 2 weeks ago

LinkedIn has always been a great source of applicants, and it's now easier than ever to link Pinpoint to your company LinkedIn job list so your live vacancies are always visible.

We have divided this guide into a few main sections:


Setup

How do we get set up to make organic (free) job postings on LinkedIn from Pinpoint?

Step 1: Navigate to the Integrations menu under the Settings heading in Pinpoint's left hand navigation bar.

Step 2: You'll be taken to the Integrations page. At the top of that page, select the Apps button to view all the integrations currently available to you in Pinpoint. Search for, or scroll down to the LinkedIn integration, and press the Add button.

Step 3: Click on Add Company.

Step 4: A form will appear asking you for a Name and Company ID. Enter the company name exactly as it appears in LinkedIn into the Name field. Enter your LinkedIn Company ID number into the Company ID field.

Not sure what your LinkedIn Company ID number is? LinkedIn have a guide on how to find this - please go to What is a LinkedIn Company ID, and where do I find it? to learn about how to find this number.

Once you have entered in both the Name and Company ID., click 'Save'.

Step 5: Click on the toggle that says 'Disabled' once, this will change to 'Enabled'.

Step 6: You're now all set with the basic set up needed to make free job postings from Pinpoint on LinkedIn. Follow the steps in How can I post a organic (free) job on LinkedIn from Pinpoint? to learn how to publish your first free (organic) posting on LinkedIn from Pinpoint.

The feed can take up to 24 hours to start working correctly, but after this, your jobs will display on your company page in LinkedIn. Jobs posted to LinkedIn from Pinpoint will show under the "Jobs" section of your company page - see the screenshot below for an example of this.


How can I get set up to publish my job to a Premium (paid/sponsored) LinkedIn job slot?

The steps here are dependant on you having premium postings included in your LinkedIn contract. Please stop here if you do not have premium postings included in your LinkedIn contract.

Step 1: Go to Integrations > My Apps > LinkedIn.

Step 2: Your LinkedIn integration screen will be shown. Click on 'Connect Contract'

Step 3: Click on Sign in.

Step 4: Sign in to your LinkedIn Recruiter account.

Step 5: Select the appropriate LinkedIn Recruiter contract for your organisation by clicking Continue.

Step 6: Select a default job poster by typing in their name into the Job Poster field, selecting them from the drop down list and clicking 'Save'. This is a LinkedIn user who will be shown as the job poster in LinkedIn by default for your organisation.

Note that only an active LinkedIn contract user with either a "Dashboard Manager Admin" or a "Recruiter Admin" role in LinkedIn can be selected here.

Step 7: If successful, you'll see a screen which looks like this, where you can review your Premium Job Posting settings.

Step 8: You can now click on Back to integration, and you'll see that Premium job postings are now enabled. You have completed the Premium job posting set up!


How can I get LinkedIn Recruiter connected to Pinpoint?

Step 1: Follow the steps from "How do we get set up to make organic (free) job postings on LinkedIn from Pinpoint?" to enable your LinkedIn integration.

Step 2: Enable the "Recruiter System Connect" by clicking on the "Edit RSC" button

Step 3: Follow the prompt to sign in to LinkedIn and approve the integration.

Step 4: Use the section "How do I add LinkedIn candidates to Pinpoint?" to start adding candidates into Pinpoint.

Please note that Recruiter Lite customers are not eligible to use Recruiter System Connect - you can read more about this from LinkedIn here.


Posting jobs

How can I post a organic (free) job on LinkedIn from Pinpoint?

Step 1: Either click on Jobs > New Job if you want to create a new Job, or click on Manage Jobs > select the Job you want to manage > Click Edit > Click Edit Job if you want to edit an existing Job's postings.

Step 2: Scroll down to the Organic postings section of the new/edit Job page, this will look like this:

Step 3: Click the toggle next to LinkedIn once so it shows as 'On'.

Step 4: Select the LinkedIn Company that this job will be associated with. Most organisations using Pinpoint will only link one LinkedIn company, so choose the one company shown in this drop-down box.

Step 5: Select the Seniority Level for this Job. This helps LinkedIn display the job with an appropriate Seniority Level. If you don't provide a value for seniority, LinkedIn will try to infer the seniority from the job description which is not always reliable.

Step 6: Once you've configured your posting options, save your changes by either clicking on 'Save Draft' or 'Publish Job'. If you click on Publish Job, your job will post to LinkedIn.

Posting to external job boards relies on your company being live on Pinpoint. If your company is not live on Pinpoint, you'll see this warning when configuring your organic posting options. Please contact your Customer Success representative or Implementation Specialist if you'd like your company made live.


Recruiter

How do I add LinkedIn candidates to Pinpoint?

Step 1: Once you've set up your LinkedIn Recruiter integration, you are ready to start adding candidates from LinkedIn to Pinpoint. Begin by navigating to a candidate in LinkedIn Recruiter.

Step 2: Click on the candidate to open up their summary page.

Step 3: Use the three dots and select "Export to ATS"

Step 4: Select which jobs you would like to add the candidate to.

Please note that we do not support exporting candidates from LinkedIn Recruiter to Private jobs in Pinpoint. We do support exporting candidates to jobs with Public, Confidential and Internal visibilities. Learn more about job visibility in our guide What are my different visibility options when creating a job?

Step 5: Please wait while the candidate information, inMail messages, and any stub data are added to Pinpoint. You can check on the status of the import by going to the ATS tab on the candidate's page on LinkedIn.

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