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Posting Jobs to LinkedIn as a Staffing Agency

What staffing agencies need to know about LinkedIn's paid job slot requirement, and how to keep posting jobs through Recruiterflow.

Written by Kushagra Dwivedi

Since August 2024, LinkedIn requires all staffing and recruiting agencies to use paid job slots to post or promote jobs — whether you're posting directly on LinkedIn or through an ATS like Recruiterflow. The previous free "Limited Listing" option is no longer available for agencies.

This applies to every staffing agency, regardless of your Recruiterflow plan.

What you need to post on LinkedIn

To post jobs to LinkedIn through Recruiterflow, your agency needs an active LinkedIn paid job slot subscription. Without one, job postings won't go live on LinkedIn — they'll appear to submit successfully in Recruiterflow but won't be visible to candidates on LinkedIn.

LinkedIn enforces this at the account level, so there's no workaround through the Recruiterflow integration.

How to get set up

  1. Log in to your LinkedIn Recruiter or Campaign Manager account and check whether your plan includes paid job slots.

  2. If you don't have them, contact LinkedIn directly or visit their Help Center to purchase — LinkedIn's guide on job slot requirements.

  3. Once your LinkedIn account has active paid slots, job postings from Recruiterflow will flow through as normal.

Things to know

  • This requirement is specific to staffing and recruiting agencies — it's separate from the free posting options available to direct employers.

  • The Recruiterflow ↔ LinkedIn integration itself is unchanged. The paid slot requirement comes entirely from LinkedIn's side.

  • If your jobs stop appearing on LinkedIn after posting, the most likely cause is expired or exhausted paid job slots on your LinkedIn plan.

  • Promoting jobs on LinkedIn (boosted listings) also requires paid job slots.

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