5 Reasons Why Reccopilot Is Better Than LinkedIn Hiring Assistant
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10 Minutes
Updated On
December 11, 2025
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Last month, I talked to a recruiting team that spent three weeks testing LinkedIn Hiring Assistant. They were excited at first. LinkedIn's brand, AI automation, millions of profiles. Sounded perfect.
Then reality hit. The LinkedIn AI recruiting assistant only worked inside LinkedIn. It couldn't help with candidates from their careers page or Indeed. It handled screening but stopped there. And the cost? Their CFO wasn't happy about additional charges on top of their already expensive LinkedIn Recruiter subscription.
"We thought we were getting a complete solution," the manager told us. "Turns out we got an expensive screening tool that only works in one place."
Here's what we've learned at Reccopilot: LinkedIn Hiring Assistant is good at what it does. But what it does is limited. It's built to keep you inside LinkedIn's world, spending more on LinkedIn's services.
We built Reccopilot differently. A complete AI recruiting solution that works everywhere, handles the entire hiring process, and costs a fraction of what you'd pay LinkedIn.
If you're comparing options or already using LinkedIn Hiring Assistant and feeling limited, here are five reasons why Reccopilot is better.
Let's start with the biggest limitation. The LinkedIn Hiring Assistant is essentially a fancy screening tool. It helps you create job descriptions, search for candidates on LinkedIn, and do initial outreach. That's valuable, sure. But then what?
After the AI screens candidates and you pick who to move forward, you're back to doing everything manually. Scheduling interviews. Sending follow-up emails. Tracking where each candidate is in your process. Coordinating with your hiring team. All of that still falls on you.
The LinkedIn AI recruiting assistant stops at the screening stage. It doesn't conduct interviews. It doesn't assess technical skills beyond what's on a profile. It doesn't manage your entire hiring pipeline. It's one piece of the puzzle, not the complete picture.
Reccopilot handles the full hiring cycle. We screen candidates, conduct AI interviews, run technical assessments, schedule automatically, keep candidates engaged, and manage your entire pipeline from application to offer. You're getting a complete AI recruiter, not just a screening tool.
When the LinkedIn Hiring Assistant reaches its limit, that's where Reccopilot is just getting started.
Here's what LinkedIn doesn't advertise prominently: Hiring Assistant isn't a standalone product. It's an add-on to LinkedIn Recruiter, which already costs anywhere from $8,000 to $10,000+ per year for a single seat depending on the plan.
So you're paying thousands for LinkedIn Recruiter access. Then you're paying additional fees on top of that for Hiring Assistant. LinkedIn hasn't published exact pricing publicly, but early reports suggest it's not cheap. And if you need multiple team members to have access? Multiply those costs.
You're also still paying for InMail credits to message candidates. You're paying for job post promotions if you want visibility. The costs add up fast. What looks like a single solution becomes a stack of subscriptions and add-ons that can easily run $15,000 to $20,000+ annually for a small recruiting team.
Reccopilot's pricing is straightforward and significantly lower. You get the complete platform including AI screening, interviews, assessments, and pipeline management without needing to buy access to an expensive social network first. No hidden add-on fees. No per-seat multipliers that punish you for growing your team. Just one clear price for everything.
For many companies, switching from LinkedIn Recruiter plus Hiring Assistant to Reccopilot cuts their recruiting software costs by 60 to 70 percent while actually getting more functionality. That's real money that can go toward other business priorities.
This is the constraint that frustrates teams the most. The LinkedIn Hiring Assistant only works with candidates who are on LinkedIn. But here's the reality: not everyone is on LinkedIn.
If you're hiring for blue collar jobs, warehouse workers, retail positions, hospitality roles, or skilled trades, most of your best candidates probably aren't active on LinkedIn. They're on Indeed, local job boards, or finding jobs through referrals. The LinkedIn AI recruiting assistant is useless for reaching them.
Even for white collar roles, plenty of qualified people don't maintain LinkedIn profiles or check them regularly. If someone applies through your careers page, Indeed, a job board, or gets referred by an employee, the AI can't help you with them.
You end up managing two separate workflows. LinkedIn candidates go through the AI assistant. Everyone else gets handled manually. It's inefficient and creates inconsistent experiences.
Reccopilot works everywhere and for every industry. Candidates can come from LinkedIn, Indeed, your careers page, referrals, anywhere. Our AI treats them all the same. You're not locked into one ecosystem that only serves certain industries and job types
You're not locked into one ecosystem. You're free to find talent wherever it exists and give all candidates the same excellent experience regardless of where they came from.
LinkedIn Hiring Assistant helps you send that first message. But keeping candidates engaged throughout your hiring process? That's still on you.
The AI doesn't nurture relationships. It doesn't send personalized updates. It doesn't answer candidate questions. It doesn't maintain momentum when there are delays.
Candidates ghost companies because they feel ignored between stages. The best candidates have options. If your process feels cold or slow, they'll take another offer.
Reccopilot keeps candidates engaged throughout your entire process. Our AI sends personalized updates, answers questions instantly, maintains communication during gaps, and makes people feel valued. We've seen companies reduce candidate drop-off by 40 percent.
Good experience isn't just about the first message. It's the entire journey. LinkedIn Hiring Assistant handles the beginning. Reccopilot handles everything.
Here's something that doesn't get talked about enough: how fair is the AI making hiring decisions?
LinkedIn Hiring Assistant searches and ranks candidates based on LinkedIn's algorithms and data. But how does it decide who's a good match? What biases exist in the training data? Can you audit the AI's decisions to ensure they're fair?
These aren't just philosophical questions. They're legal and ethical requirements. Many states now require transparency in AI hiring tools. Companies need to prove their AI doesn't discriminate based on protected characteristics.
The LinkedIn AI recruiting assistant doesn't provide clear transparency into how it evaluates candidates or makes recommendations. You're trusting LinkedIn's black box algorithm without visibility into potential biases or the ability to adjust for fairness.
Reccopilot is built with ethical AI at the core. Our algorithms are transparent and explainable. You can see exactly why candidates are ranked the way they are. We regularly audit for bias and provide tools to ensure fair evaluation across all demographic groups. You're not just getting efficient hiring, you're getting compliant, ethical hiring that you can defend if questioned.
When your hiring decisions are audited or challenged, you need to explain your process. "LinkedIn's AI told me to" isn't good enough. Reccopilot gives you the transparency and fairness documentation you actually need.
At the end of the day, choosing recruiting software comes down to a few simple questions. Does it do everything you need? Does it work with your existing process and tools? Is the cost reasonable for the value you get?
For teams using LinkedIn Hiring Assistant, the answers are often no, no, and no. It does part of what they need. It only works inside LinkedIn. And it costs significantly more than alternatives that do more.
We built Reccopilot specifically for modern recruiting teams who want a complete solution, not a partial one. Teams who hire from multiple sources, not just LinkedIn. Teams who need their AI to handle the entire process, not just screening. And teams who want powerful technology without enterprise pricing.
The best part? You can try Reccopilot free for 14 days and see the difference yourself. No credit card required. Test it with your actual open roles and real candidates. Compare it directly to what you're currently using, whether that's LinkedIn Hiring Assistant or manual recruiting processes.
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Most teams realize within the first week that Reccopilot is doing more while costing less. That's not marketing speak. That's just what happens when you build a complete recruiting platform instead of a limited add-on feature.
Ready to see what full-cycle AI recruiting actually looks like? Start your free trial at Reccopilot and experience the difference between a screening tool and a complete hiring solution.
