LinkedIn Jobs (Hiring Pro) review

LinkedIn ranks second because it reaches professionals in a way general boards do not, and its self-serve pricing is easy to cap. Through Hiring Pro you can keep one free job post open, visible in search and to your connections. Promoting a post makes it eligible for the top position, adds advanced targeting by location and industry, and turns on AI help that drafts the post, presorts applicants, summarizes them and suggests 25 new candidates a day to invite. You pay per click in the country of the job, with either a daily budget or a total budget that pauses the post once spent. LinkedIn's own example puts a $10 daily budget over 30 days at $300 or less. The weak points are cost and limits: clicks are priced by an algorithm based on location and competing posts, so you only learn the real cost after posting, and a second free post means closing the first. For hourly roles, Indeed usually draws more applicants per dollar.

Who it is for

Employers hiring salaried professional, office and management roles who want to reach people by industry and job title.

Price

One free job post open at a time; promoted posts are pay per click with a daily or total budget you choose.

If you set a $10 daily budget and run a job post for 30 days, your total cost will be $300 or less, depending on reach.
Quoted from the vendor pricing page on November 7, 2026.

Key features

• One free job post visible in search and among your connections
• Promoted posts eligible for the top position with advanced targeting
• AI help to draft the job post, presort applicants and summarize candidates
• 25 new candidate recommendations per day to invite to apply
• Daily or total budget, with no charge for repeat views or signed-out visitors

Strengths and weaknesses

• Strength: A free post works for an occasional single opening
• Strength: Total budgets pause the post automatically when spent
• Strength: Targeting by location, industry and more on promoted posts
• Weakness: Only one free job post can be open at a time
• Weakness: Cost per click cannot be known until the post runs and varies by market
• Weakness: Contract Job Slots for steady hiring go through sales

Key facts

• Free job posts: One open at a time
• Budget types: Daily or total
• Card charged: Within 48 hours of closing, after 30 days, or at a $500 balance
• Contract option: LinkedIn Job Slots via sales

Where it ranks

LinkedIn Jobs (Hiring Pro) is No. 2 in our Best Job Posting Sites for Employers verdict.