Search by location in Recruiter and Recruiter Lite

Last updated: 1 year ago

You can narrow your search results by specifying your current or preferred location while running a search on LinkedIn Recruiter and LinkedIn Recruiter Lite. You also have the option to search for candidates who are willing to relocate. You can filter for a single location or for multiple locations.

Important to know

Please note that we currently don't support city-level search for all countries. We're continually working on improving our available locations for search.

To search by location in Recruiter:

  1. Run a search in Recruiter.

  2. Click Show filters on the left to expand the search filters.

    • Click the Advanced search button to view all filters.
  3. Click the  Add icon under the Locations filter on the left rail of your search results page and enter a location. You can filter for the following location types in Recruiter:

    • Country
    • Metro Area
    • City

    Here's a tip

    There is an implied 100-mile radius to any Location selection you make. If you’d like to narrow that range further, try using the advanced search Postal code / Zip code filter to specify a smaller radius.

  4. Click the  More icon on the location to select your preferences, such as:

    • Must have
    • Can have
    • Doesn't have
    • Current only includes candidates who have listed their current location as, or work for a company listed as operating in, the same the location you are searching in.
    • Open to relocate only only includes candidates who have indicated that they are open to relocate to your location.
    • Current or open to relocate includes both candidates who have listed their current location as the same the location you are searching in and those who have indicated that they are open to relocating to your location.

If you use the Workplace types filter with the following selections at the same time you use the Location filter, it can impact the way you search in a few ways:

  • Onsite: Search results will return profiles of candidates currently residing, or who are open to relocating to, within 100 miles of the selected location. To narrow your search, select Advanced search and use the Postal code / Zip code filter to narrow that radius.
  • Remote: Location is not used to return search results, so results may be global.
  • Hybrid: Search results will include members open to relocating to the general state/country of the selected location, or to any point within a 100-mile radius. To narrow your search, select Advanced search and use the Postal code / Zip code filter to narrow that radius.

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