Same role. Three ways it goes.
One hire, three tools. Taken from each company's own website, September 2026.
Starting the role
What the hiring manager does before anyone is contacted.
Say who you need. Sam writes the role, you check it, choose where it goes and how people are assessed, then approve.
Write a search in plain words, read the profiles and set up email outreach. Built for recruiters.
Needs LinkedIn Recruiter with the Hiring Assistant add-on. The assistant asks questions and plans the search.
People respond
Who reads them, and what the manager sees.
Nia triages every applicant, Ada assesses them, and Theo runs a first voice interview if you switch it on. You see a ranked shortlist and why each person is there.
Profiles and replies land in your pipeline or your ATS. Its site lists no screening, assessments or interviews: those happen elsewhere, or by you.
The assistant helps evaluate applicants, drafts messages and pre-screens interested people. Interviews are yours.
Who do I meet?
How the manager decides, and what it costs.
Pick from a ranked shortlist. Finalists book their own interview time. The first 50 candidates are free, then $0.99 each.
You choose from whoever replied. Scheduling and offers are yours. Its automatic agents cost extra.
Sold per licence, never more than your Recruiter licences. Scheduling and offers are yours.
Both help a recruiter find and message people. Picked gives a hiring manager a team that finds, assesses and shortlists, and only asks for a yes or no.