LinkedIn Recruiter SCIM guide

Lever, the recruiting platform, does not offer native SCIM provisioning on any plan. While Lever provides SAML 2.0 SSO for authentication and supports an integration with Aquera for SCIM provisioning, this requires Enterprise pricing (~$36,778-$72,114/year for 500 employees) and adds complexity through a third-party integration. Even with SSO enabled, IT teams must manually provision user accounts in Lever or rely on the Aquera connector, which introduces another integration point to manage and troubleshoot. For recruiting teams that frequently onboard hiring managers, interviewers, and temporary contractors, the lack of native SCIM creates ongoing administrative overhead. Manual provisioning becomes particularly problematic when dealing with candidate data—a highly sensitive area where access needs to be tightly controlled and quickly revoked. SSO provides secure authentication, but without automated provisioning, IT teams face the dual burden of manual user management and potential compliance gaps when access isn't promptly removed.

Workable, the applicant tracking system used by hiring teams, does not support SCIM provisioning on any plan. While Workable offers SAML 2.0 SSO integration starting with the Standard plan (plus add-on fees) or Premier plan, this only handles authentication—not user lifecycle management. Users granted access through SSO can join the Workable account automatically via JIT provisioning, but they still require manual job assignment and role configuration within the platform. This creates a significant gap for IT teams managing hiring workflows across multiple departments. Without SCIM, administrators must manually provision recruiters and hiring managers, assign them to appropriate job requisitions, and remember to deprovision access when employees change roles or leave. For an ATS platform that handles sensitive candidate data and hiring decisions, this manual process introduces compliance risks and operational overhead that scales poorly as organizations grow.

Greenhouse supports SCIM provisioning, but only on Advanced or Expert tiers (starting around $6,000/year, quote-based). The bigger issue: Greenhouse's SCIM implementation only provisions users—not groups—meaning you lose the organizational structure and permission inheritance that makes identity management scalable. Additionally, you cannot fully delete users via SCIM (only deactivate), and Azure Entra users face a 40-minute sync delay. For recruiting teams managing hiring managers, interviewers, and HR staff across different departments and access levels, the lack of group provisioning creates a significant operational burden. You're forced to manually assign permissions and manage access changes for every user individually. With recruiting involving sensitive candidate data and frequent access changes during hiring cycles, this manual overhead increases both security risk and administrative workload.