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At the end of September, LinkedIn unveiled Hiring Assistant 2 at Talent Connect. The headline that sticks: the new version comes at no extra charge from November. ERE reports that it will roll out free to English-language customers. An AI sourcing agent as standard equipment sounds like a gift to every TA team. On a second look, the fine print holds two caveats. Behind them sits a strategic question that matters more than the price: what remains a competitive advantage when e

In times of crisis, two problems become visible simultaneously — problems that share the same solution, yet are rarely connected. On one side: employees whose roles are being eliminated. Headcount reductions, restructurings, shifting priorities. Positions that existed yesterday are gone today. On the other side: business units desperately seeking resources — but without budget for external hires. Projects stalling. Skills gaps widening. Recruiting teams idling because hiring

There's a sentence that comes up regularly in recruiting teams when the topic of sourcing arises: "We do that through LinkedIn." What's usually meant is some combination of LinkedIn Recruiter, occasional InMails, and the belief that with a good profile and enough persistence, you'll eventually find the right candidates. In 2026, that sentence isn't wrong. But it's dangerously incomplete. LinkedIn has changed so fundamentally over the past twelve months that many sourcing appr