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LinkedIn Integration - Step by Step

Connect LinkedIn with Factorial

Before you start

  • New Multi-Portal activated in Recruitment 
  • Admin access to your LinkedIn company page
  • Your LinkedIn Company ID

 

Step 1: Activate LinkedIn in Factorial

  1. Go to Settings
  2. Navigate to Recruitment
  3. Open the Integrations tab
  4. Find LinkedIn under External profiles
  5. Click Edit
     

 

Step 2: Get your LinkedIn Company ID

  1. Go to your LinkedIn company page
  2. Click on the employees count under the company name
  3. In the URL, look for:
    • currentCompany=%5B"1234567"%5D
  4. The number (1234567) is your LinkedIn Company ID

 

Step 3: Add the Company ID in Factorial

  1. Paste the LinkedIn Company ID
  2. Click Verify your LinkedIn ID
  3. Click Save
     

 

What happens after activation

  • The old Limited Listings integration will be automatically deactivated
  • Jobs from the old integration will be unpublished
  • New jobs will be published via the Multi-Portal
  • This process may take up to 24 hours
  • Previous LinkedIn data (e.g. applicant counts) will not be preserved

 

Step 4: Enable Basic Job Posting (Required for corporate contracts)

  1. Go to your LinkedIn company page
  2. Click Settings (left menu)
  3. Go to Job Posting
  4. Enable Basic Job Posting

 

Step 5: Disable Easy Apply

To ensure candidates are received in Factorial:

  • Disable Easy Apply in LinkedIn
  • This will redirect candidates to your company career page

If you don’t do this step only basic jobs will send candidates in Factorial, for the other post candidates will stay in Linkedin only.

 

 

Step 6: Assign promoted slots manually (Only for clients with limited LinkedIn slots)

If you have limited slots in your LinkedIn contract:

  1. Publish the job from Factorial
  2. Go to LinkedIn
  3. Find the job post
  4. Assign it to one of your paid / promoted slots

If you have unlimited slots in linkedin, this step is not required.

 

 

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