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LinkedIn Recruiter Lite is a great option for small businesses who want to use LinkedIn to find new employees, but don’t have the resources to invest in the full LinkedIn Recruiter package.

LinkedIn is a great tool for finding potential employees, but it can be a little intimidating if you’re not familiar with all of the features.

How does this particular LinkedIn plan work? Who is it for? And what are the benefits of Recruiter Lite for businesses?

In this blog post, we’ll explain how to use LinkedIn Recruiter Lite to find the best candidates for your business. We’ll also show you how to create and customize job descriptions, filter candidates, and send out invitations to interviews. Let’s get started!

What is LinkedIn Recruiter Lite?

4 blocks showing the different LinkedIn Premium features, Recruiter Lite is selected
LinkedIn Premium Plan: Recruiter Lite

LinkedIn Recruiter Lite is basically the counterpart to the LinkedIn Career Subscription, in that it is a comprehensive platform that provides employers and recruiters with a wide range of tools to aid them in their recruiting efforts.

It is a cost-effective way for small businesses to use LinkedIn’s powerful recruiting tools. With this plan, you’ll have access to the most important features of the full LinkedIn Recruiter package, but at a fraction of the price.

With its extensive database and network information, the tool provides instant access to a large number of potential candidates. Plus, the Recruiter Lite filters allow you to quickly identify the most qualified candidates for your open positions.

It, of course, comes in the form of a monthly subscription that gives access to advanced features related to hiring on the platform and is part of the LinkedIn Premium product line.

In essence, Recruiter Lite is a pared-down, more affordable version of LinkedIn Recruiter that still offers access to the same powerful recruiting features.

The tool is therefore aimed at Human Resources (HR) professionals and recruiters working in companies of all sizes.

However, it is particularly useful for small businesses that want to use LinkedIn to find new talent, but don’t have the resources to invest in the full LinkedIn Recruiter package.

We also have a full guide on how to automate your recruitment strategy using LaGrowthMachine in tandem with other tools, so make sure you check it out!

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What are the benefits of LinkedIn Recruiter Lite?

LinkedIn Recruiter Lite features

LinkedIn Recruiter Lite is a feature-rich solution that can help organizations save time and money in their candidate sourcing or recruitment processes.

Here are some of its key features and benefits:

  • Access to LinkedIn’s extensive database of candidates: You’ll have instant access to the platform’s vast network of professionals. This means you’ll be able to quickly find candidates that match your specific hiring needs.
  • Powerful filtering options: The Recruiter Lite filters allow you to quickly identify the most qualified candidates for your open positions. You can filter candidates by location, industry, experience, and more.
  • Customizable job descriptions: You can create and customize job descriptions to attract the best candidates.
  • Send invitations to interviews: This makes it easier to connect with candidates and invite them to interviews

It’s an extensive solution that will help you save time and quickly find the best candidates for your open positions.

In addition to these features, it also provides privileged access to some of the best online recruiting resources, including:

  • A personal profile that allows you to showcase your company
  • LinkedIn guides and training (via LinkedIn Learning)
  • Webinars, LinkedIn Live, and special events for recruiters (also available through LinkedIn Basic subject to validation)
  • Tips and tricks from recruiting experts

If you are a recruiter or headhunter, it may be worth considering using LinkedIn Recruiter in addition to LaGrowthMachine.

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You can import the profiles and leads you have identified.

LaGrowthMachine will take care of enriching your data, and will allow you to do multi-channel prospecting (LinkedIn + Email for example).

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Thanks to our drag & drop system, you can devise, for instance, a campaign with an audience of applicant profiles, and a second audience of business accounts (your leads) to whom you can introduce these applicants.

Our results on this type of campaign are quite impressive: as you will see on the screenshot below, almost 60% of people showed interest and responded to at least one of our LinkedIn automated messages!

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Disclaimer ⚠️

Be careful not to add too many connections at once, especially if you’ve been previously inactive or have a new account!

LinkedIn will have your account restricted if you don’t follow the connection limits set by the platform!

Many people will claim that LinkedIn disregards these limitations when it comes to premium accounts, but it’s a myth!

Make sure to read the article we linked for the full story on how the connection limits work and how to stay in LinkedIn’s good graces.

How much does it cost?

We mentioned that LinkedIn Recruiter Lite is cost-effective more than once so far, but how much does it actually cost?

Though its price varies depending on the country you’re in, the starting one is $119 per month.

Nevertheless, like all LinkedIn plans, it can be billed annually at a discount, bringing the monthly price down to $109.

To get an idea of how this compares to LinkedIn Recruiter’s pricing, the starting price for LinkedIn Recruiter is $7,500 per year.

For this price, you’ll get access to all of the features we’ve listed above, as well as any new features that LinkedIn adds to the Recruiter Lite package in the future.

Quick Tip 💡

Is it worth it?

The answer is more complex than a simple yes or no -as it tends to be the case for most of the questions we ask around here. Sure, Recruiter Lite is an excellent tool for recruiters. However, it’s important to keep in mind that the “Lite” part means that some features are scaled down or not included at all when compared to the full LinkedIn Recruiter package.

So, if you’re looking for the absolute best recruiting tool that LinkedIn has to offer, you may want to consider upgrading to LinkedIn Recruiter.

Otherwise, Recruiter Lite is still an excellent choice that can help if you’re looking for a cost-effective solution that can help you save time and money in your recruitment processes.

How do I use LinkedIn Recruiter Lite?

Now that you understand what Recruiter Lite is and what it can do for you, let’s take a look at how you can actually use the tool to find candidates. These steps are all contingent on you having a LinkedIn Recruiter account, of course.

Here’s an overview of the process:

1. Start by creating a list of keywords that describe the type of candidate you’re looking for. For example, if you’re looking for a web developer, some of the keywords you might use “web development,” “HTML,” “CSS,” etc.

2. Use LinkedIn’s advanced search by entering these keywords into the search bar and press enter.

3. Recruiter Lite will return a list of candidates that match your search criteria. From here, you can further filter the results by location, industry, experience, and more.

4. Once you’ve found a candidate you’re interested in, simply click on their profile to view more information about them. From here, you can reach out to the candidate and invite them to an interview.

5. You can also save candidates to your Talent Pool for future reference.

6. All that remains is for you to reach out to them! We recommend you don’t treat this as a LinkedIn cold message, but rather as a way to build a genuine connection.

This is just a basic overview of how to use LinkedIn Recruiter Lite – if you want to learn more, we recommend checking out LinkedIn’s official guide.

Quick Tip 💡

Don’t forget to follow your campaigns’ progress by periodically checking the “Campaign Insights” tab on the LinkedIn Recruiter Lite platform. This will give you valuable insights into which campaigns are performing well and which ones could use some improvement.

Conclusion

And that’s all there is to it! With LinkedIn Recruiter Lite, finding candidates is simple and easy. So why not give it a try today?

We hope this article has given you a better understanding of what LinkedIn Recruiter Lite is and how you can use it to find great candidates for your open positions.

If you have any questions about LinkedIn Recruiter Lite or recruiting in general, feel free to post them in the comments below and we’ll do our best to answer them.

Happy recruiting!