How do I add a candidate to Lever from LinkedIn Recruiter?

Lever's integration with LinkedIn Recruiter lets you export candidates directly from LinkedIn to Lever, so you can spend less time on data entry, and more time sourcing! Candidates are added with all of their historical InMails and Notes so you can see every interaction the candidate has had with your recruiting team.

In this help article, we'll cover the two ways you can export candidates directly from LinkedIn Recruiter to Lever.

If you're looking for help setting up the integration, you can find instructions here.

#1 - 1-Click Export

 When viewing a candidate in Recruiter, you'll see a text field where you can search for postings in Lever to associate with the candidate.

In this case, we're sourcing for Product Manager roles, so the entry looks like:

Once you've selected the relevant posting, click "Export” to send the candidate to Lever. The candidate will be created with an application for the selected posting, and will be in the "New Lead" stage with the following fields:

• First & last name
• Employer Name
• LinkedIn URL
• Headline
• Location
• ...and any Recruiter Notes or InMails

If you have already exported the candidate to another job (or the same job), or have linked the profile in Lever to the LinkedIn profile, the new application will be added to the existing profile.

 #2 - InMail Response

 When a candidate receives a new inMail from you, they'll see options to reply:

If they select 'Interested', they'll have the option to include their e-mail and phone number:

Once they select 'Yes, please share', a candidate profile will be automatically created in Lever with the following fields:

• First and last name
• Location
• E-mail Address + Phone number (if provided by the candidate)
• Position
• ...and any Recruiter Notes or InMails

 If the candidate already exists in Lever, we'll sync their new InMails to their existing profile.