§ The result
LinkedIn Recruiter leads Thomas International on all 7 criteria.
LinkedIn Recruiter scores 57 and Thomas International 48 under rubric v1.0, a 9-point gap across the Sourcing and Assessment cohorts. LinkedIn Recruiter is ahead of Thomas International on all 7 criteria but on none of them by as much as 20 raw points, the closest being FRIA Support at LinkedIn Recruiter 38 to Thomas International 33. Human Oversight Design is the widest raw gap (LinkedIn Recruiter 66, Thomas International 51) but not the heaviest weighted swing, which is Article 11 Technical Documentation at 20% (LinkedIn Recruiter 67, Thomas International 54), 29% of the weighted advantage LinkedIn Recruiter builds across the 7 criteria it leads.
Vendor profile
LinkedIn Recruiter
LinkedIn Recruiter is LinkedIn's enterprise sourcing and candidate-management platform, whose Hiring Assistant add-on and AI-Assisted Search use AI to turn intake notes into qualifications, source and rank candidates, evaluate applicants against recruiter-set qualifications, and draft or send outreach.
Vendor profile
Thomas International
Thomas International provides psychometric and aptitude assessments (behaviour/DISC, cognitive ability, personality and emotional intelligence) with an AI coaching layer, used for hiring, candidate selection and employee development.
§ The record
LinkedIn Recruiter is filed under Candidate sourcing AI, Thomas International under Assessment AI. They also share 1 secondary category: Screening.
Both are in scope of EU AI Act, Colorado AI Act, NYC LL 144 and Illinois HB 3773. Only Thomas International is in scope of Mobley v. Workday.
| Record | LinkedIn Recruiter | Thomas International |
|---|---|---|
| Price tier | Enterprise | Mid |
| Headquarters | US | GB |
| Founded | 2002 | 1981 |
§ What decides it
The criteria that move the gap, heaviest swing first.
20% weight · 29% of the movement so far
Article 11 Technical Documentation
LinkedIn Recruiter 67 · Thomas International 54
2.6 weighted points to LinkedIn Recruiter
12% weight · 49% of the movement so far
Human Oversight Design
LinkedIn Recruiter 66 · Thomas International 51
1.8 weighted points to LinkedIn Recruiter
18% weight · 63% of the movement so far
Bias Audit Transparency
LinkedIn Recruiter 50 · Thomas International 43
1.3 weighted points to LinkedIn Recruiter
12% weight · 76% of the movement so far
Post-Market Monitoring
LinkedIn Recruiter 50 · Thomas International 40
1.2 weighted points to LinkedIn Recruiter
15% weight · 85% of the movement so far
FRIA Support
LinkedIn Recruiter 38 · Thomas International 33
0.8 weighted points to LinkedIn Recruiter
15% weight · 93% of the movement so far
Data Governance Disclosure
LinkedIn Recruiter 62 · Thomas International 57
0.8 weighted points to LinkedIn Recruiter
8% weight · 100% of the movement so far
Customer Documentation
LinkedIn Recruiter 68 · Thomas International 60
0.6 weighted points to LinkedIn Recruiter
Weighted delta is the raw difference times the criterion weight, so the 7 figures above sum to +9.0 — the difference between the two totals before either is rounded. Shares are of 9.0 points of movement counted without direction. The table below rounds each side to a whole number first, so its Δ raw total reads +9 beside that +9.0.
§ Category-by-category
Raw score per criterion, with weighted delta.
Δ is LinkedIn Recruiter minus Thomas International.
| Category | Weight | LinkedIn Recruiter | Thomas International | Δ raw | Δ weighted |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Article 11 Technical Documentation | 20% | 67 | 54 | +13 | +2.6 |
| Bias Audit Transparency | 18% | 50 | 43 | +7 | +1.3 |
| FRIA Support | 15% | 38 | 33 | +5 | +0.8 |
| Data Governance Disclosure | 15% | 62 | 57 | +5 | +0.8 |
| Human Oversight Design | 12% | 66 | 51 | +15 | +1.8 |
| Post-Market Monitoring | 12% | 50 | 40 | +10 | +1.2 |
| Customer Documentation | 8% | 68 | 60 | +8 | +0.6 |
| Total | 100% | 57 (F) | 48 (F) | +9 | +9.0 |
§ Evidence
Cited sources and documented absences, criterion by criterion.
An absence is a finding, not a blank: the reviewer looked for a named artefact and recorded that it is not located. Where a source sits is a fact about hosting only.
| Criterion | Weight | LinkedIn Recruiter | Thomas International | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cited | Absences | Audit / hosting | Cited | Absences | Audit / hosting | ||
| Article 11 Technical Documentation | 20% | 4 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domainSources on a separate domain | 2 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain |
| Bias Audit Transparency | 18% | 4 | 1 | Audit reportSources on the vendor's own domainSources on a separate domain | 1 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain |
| FRIA Support | 15% | 3 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domainSources on a separate domain | 1 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain |
| Data Governance Disclosure | 15% | 5 | 0 | Sources on the vendor's own domainSources on a separate domain | 3 | 0 | Sources on the vendor's own domain |
| Human Oversight Design | 12% | 6 | 0 | Sources on the vendor's own domainSources on a separate domain | 1 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain |
| Post-Market Monitoring | 12% | 6 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain | 1 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain |
| Customer Documentation | 8% | 6 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domainSources on a separate domain | 2 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain |
| All criteria | 100% | 34 | 5 | Audit reportSources on the vendor's own domainSources on a separate domain | 11 | 6 | Sources on the vendor's own domain |
LinkedIn Recruiter has 39 evidence rows across 7 of 7 criteria — 34 with a source URL, 5 documented absences; Thomas International has 17 evidence rows across 7 of 7 criteria — 11 with a source URL, 6 documented absences; some documentation or audit rows for LinkedIn Recruiter sit on a domain separate from the vendor's own site.
Provenance
The scores above are documented by 56 evidence rows on file for these two vendors: 39 for LinkedIn Recruiter, across 6 distinct source domains, and 17 for Thomas International, across 1 distinct source domain.
- Rubric
- v1.0
- LinkedIn Recruiter last reviewed
- September 25, 2026 · HireAIScore editorial team
- Thomas International last reviewed
- July 17, 2026 · HireAIScore editorial team
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