diff --git a/.env b/.env
index 7e671be9b6..52801f67b3 100644
--- a/.env
+++ b/.env
@@ -92,3 +92,4 @@ CLICKHOUSE_USER=default
 CLICKHOUSE_PASSWORD=changeme
 RESUME_BUCKET_NAME=bucket-name
 EMPLOYMENT_AGREEMENT_BUCKET_NAME=other-bucket-name
+HMAC_SECRET=supersecretkey
diff --git a/__tests__/redirector.ts b/__tests__/redirector.ts
index e0d3701785..6f667643b5 100644
--- a/__tests__/redirector.ts
+++ b/__tests__/redirector.ts
@@ -1,14 +1,19 @@
 import appFunc from '../src';
 import { FastifyInstance } from 'fastify';
-import { saveFixtures, TEST_UA } from './helpers';
+import { authorizeRequest, saveFixtures, TEST_UA } from './helpers';
 import { ArticlePost, Source, User, YouTubePost } from '../src/entity';
 import { sourcesFixture } from './fixture/source';
 import request from 'supertest';
 import { postsFixture, videoPostsFixture } from './fixture/post';
-import { notifyView } from '../src/common';
+import { hmacHashIP, notifyView } from '../src/common';
 import { DataSource } from 'typeorm';
 import createOrGetConnection from '../src/db';
 import { fallbackImages } from '../src/config';
+import { usersFixture } from './fixture/user';
+import { UserReferralLinkedin } from '../src/entity/user/referral/UserReferralLinkedin';
+import { logger } from '../src/logger';
+import { UserReferralStatus } from '../src/entity/user/referral/UserReferral';
+import { BASE_RECRUITER_URL } from '../src/routes/redirector';
 
 jest.mock('../src/common', () => ({
   ...(jest.requireActual('../src/common') as Record<string, unknown>),
@@ -134,3 +139,216 @@ describe('GET /:id/profile-image', () => {
       .expect('Location', fallbackImages.avatar);
   });
 });
+
+describe('GET /r/recruiter/:id', () => {
+  const spyLogger = jest.fn();
+
+  const saveReferral = async (override?: Partial<UserReferralLinkedin>) => {
+    return con.getRepository(UserReferralLinkedin).save({
+      userId: usersFixture[0].id,
+      externalUserId: 'ext-0',
+      flags: { hashedRequestIP: hmacHashIP('198.51.100.1') },
+      ...override,
+    });
+  };
+
+  const getReferral = async (id: string) => {
+    return con.getRepository(UserReferralLinkedin).findOne({ where: { id } });
+  };
+
+  beforeEach(async () => {
+    await saveFixtures(con, User, usersFixture);
+  });
+
+  it('should redirect to recruiter landing', async () => {
+    const r = await saveReferral();
+    const res = await request(app.server)
+      .get(`/r/recruiter/${r.id}`)
+      .set('Referer', 'https://www.linkedin.com/')
+      .set('X-Forwarded-For', '203.0.113.1');
+
+    expect(res.status).toBe(302);
+    expect(res.headers.location).toBe(BASE_RECRUITER_URL);
+  });
+
+  it('should redirect to recruiter landing even with invalid UUID', async () => {
+    jest.spyOn(logger, 'debug').mockImplementation(spyLogger);
+    const res = await request(app.server)
+      .get(`/r/recruiter/invalid-uuid`)
+      .set('Referer', 'https://www.linkedin.com/')
+      .set('X-Forwarded-For', '203.0.113.1');
+
+    expect(res.status).toBe(302);
+    expect(res.headers.location).toBe(BASE_RECRUITER_URL);
+
+    await new Promise((r) => setTimeout(r, 100)); // wait for onResponse async tasks
+
+    expect(spyLogger).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+    expect(spyLogger).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
+      { referralId: 'invalid-uuid' },
+      'Invalid referral id provided, skipping recruiter redirector',
+    );
+  });
+
+  it('should redirect to recruiter landing without marking visited if user is logged in', async () => {
+    jest.spyOn(logger, 'debug').mockImplementation(spyLogger);
+    const r = await saveReferral();
+
+    const res = await authorizeRequest(
+      request(app.server)
+        .get(`/r/recruiter/${r.id}`)
+        .set('Referer', 'https://www.linkedin.com/')
+        .set('X-Forwarded-For', '203.0.113.1'),
+    );
+    expect(res.status).toBe(302);
+    expect(res.headers.location).toBe(BASE_RECRUITER_URL);
+
+    await new Promise((r) => setTimeout(r, 100)); // wait for onResponse async tasks
+
+    expect(spyLogger).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+    expect(spyLogger).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
+      { referralId: r.id },
+      'User is logged in, skipping recruiter redirector',
+    );
+
+    const referral = await getReferral(r.id);
+    expect(referral?.visited).toBe(false);
+  });
+
+  it('should redirect to recruiter landing without marking visited if no referrer', async () => {
+    jest.spyOn(logger, 'debug').mockImplementation(spyLogger);
+    const r = await saveReferral();
+
+    const res = await request(app.server)
+      .get(`/r/recruiter/${r.id}`)
+      .set('X-Forwarded-For', '203.0.113.1');
+    expect(res.status).toBe(302);
+    expect(res.headers.location).toBe(BASE_RECRUITER_URL);
+
+    await new Promise((r) => setTimeout(r, 100)); // wait for onResponse async tasks
+
+    expect(spyLogger).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+    expect(spyLogger).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
+      { referralId: r.id },
+      'No referrer provided, skipping recruiter redirector',
+    );
+
+    const referral = await getReferral(r.id);
+    expect(referral?.visited).toBe(false);
+  });
+
+  it('should redirect to recruiter landing without marking visited if referrer is not linkedin', async () => {
+    jest.spyOn(logger, 'debug').mockImplementation(spyLogger);
+    const r = await saveReferral();
+
+    const res = await request(app.server)
+      .get(`/r/recruiter/${r.id}`)
+      .set('Referer', 'https://daily.dev/')
+      .set('X-Forwarded-For', '203.0.113.1');
+    expect(res.status).toBe(302);
+    expect(res.headers.location).toBe(BASE_RECRUITER_URL);
+
+    await new Promise((r) => setTimeout(r, 100)); // wait for onResponse async tasks
+
+    expect(spyLogger).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+    expect(spyLogger).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
+      {
+        referralId: r.id,
+        referrer: 'https://daily.dev/',
+      },
+      'Referrer is not linkedin, skipping recruiter redirector',
+    );
+
+    const referral = await getReferral(r.id);
+    expect(referral?.visited).toBe(false);
+  });
+
+  it('should mark referral as visited when all conditions met', async () => {
+    jest.spyOn(logger, 'debug').mockImplementation(spyLogger);
+    const r = await saveReferral();
+
+    const res = await request(app.server)
+      .get(`/r/recruiter/${r.id}`)
+      .set('Referer', 'https://www.linkedin.com/')
+      .set('X-Forwarded-For', '203.0.113.1');
+    expect(res.status).toBe(302);
+    expect(res.headers.location).toBe(BASE_RECRUITER_URL);
+
+    await new Promise((r) => setTimeout(r, 100)); // wait for onResponse async tasks
+
+    expect(spyLogger).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+    expect(spyLogger).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
+      { referralId: r.id },
+      'Marked referral as visited',
+    );
+
+    const referral = await getReferral(r.id);
+    expect(referral?.visited).toBe(true);
+  });
+
+  it('should not mark referral as visited if visitor is the requester', async () => {
+    jest.spyOn(logger, 'debug').mockImplementation(spyLogger);
+    const r = await saveReferral();
+
+    const res = await request(app.server)
+      .get(`/r/recruiter/${r.id}`)
+      .set('Referer', 'https://www.linkedin.com/')
+      .set('X-Forwarded-For', '198.51.100.1');
+    expect(res.status).toBe(302);
+    expect(res.headers.location).toBe(BASE_RECRUITER_URL);
+
+    await new Promise((r) => setTimeout(r, 100)); // wait for onResponse async tasks
+
+    expect(spyLogger).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+    expect(spyLogger).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
+      { referralId: r.id },
+      'No referral found or referral already marked as visited',
+    );
+
+    const referral = await getReferral(r.id);
+    expect(referral?.visited).toBe(false);
+  });
+
+  it('should not do anything if already visited', async () => {
+    jest.spyOn(logger, 'debug').mockImplementation(spyLogger);
+    const r = await saveReferral({ visited: true });
+
+    const res = await request(app.server)
+      .get(`/r/recruiter/${r.id}`)
+      .set('Referer', 'https://www.linkedin.com/')
+      .set('X-Forwarded-For', '203.0.113.1');
+    expect(res.status).toBe(302);
+    expect(res.headers.location).toBe(BASE_RECRUITER_URL);
+
+    await new Promise((r) => setTimeout(r, 100)); // wait for onResponse async tasks
+
+    expect(spyLogger).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+    expect(spyLogger).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
+      { referralId: r.id },
+      'No referral found or referral already marked as visited',
+    );
+  });
+
+  it('should not do anything if referral status is not pending', async () => {
+    jest.spyOn(logger, 'debug').mockImplementation(spyLogger);
+    const r = await saveReferral({ status: UserReferralStatus.Rejected });
+
+    const res = await request(app.server)
+      .get(`/r/recruiter/${r.id}`)
+      .set('Referer', 'https://www.linkedin.com/')
+      .set('X-Forwarded-For', '203.0.113.1');
+    expect(res.status).toBe(302);
+    expect(res.headers.location).toBe(BASE_RECRUITER_URL);
+
+    await new Promise((r) => setTimeout(r, 100)); // wait for onResponse async tasks
+
+    expect(spyLogger).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+    expect(spyLogger).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
+      { referralId: r.id },
+      'No referral found or referral already marked as visited',
+    );
+
+    const referral = await getReferral(r.id);
+    expect(referral?.visited).toBe(false);
+  });
+});
diff --git a/src/routes/redirector.ts b/src/routes/redirector.ts
index c470815c3e..e10e1e4b06 100644
--- a/src/routes/redirector.ts
+++ b/src/routes/redirector.ts
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@ import createOrGetConnection from '../db';
 import { isNullOrUndefined } from '../common/object';
 import { UserReferralLinkedin } from '../entity/user/referral/UserReferralLinkedin';
 import { JsonContains, Not } from 'typeorm';
+import { logger } from '../logger';
+import { UserReferralStatus } from '../entity/user/referral/UserReferral';
 
 export default async function (fastify: FastifyInstance): Promise<void> {
   fastify.get<{ Params: { postId: string }; Querystring: { a?: string } }>(
@@ -46,7 +48,7 @@ export default async function (fastify: FastifyInstance): Promise<void> {
       const userId = req.userId || req.trackingId;
       if (userId) {
         notifyView(
-          req.log,
+          logger,
           post.id,
           userId,
           req.headers['referer'],
@@ -71,29 +73,42 @@ export default async function (fastify: FastifyInstance): Promise<void> {
   fastify.register(recruiterRedirector, { prefix: '/recruiter' });
 }
 
+export const BASE_RECRUITER_URL =
+  'https://recruiter.daily.dev/?utm_source=dailydev&utm_medium=linkedin_referral';
+
 const recruiterRedirector = async (fastify: FastifyInstance): Promise<void> => {
   fastify.addHook<{ Params: { id: string } }>('onResponse', async (req) => {
     const { error, data: id } = z.uuidv4().safeParse(req.params.id);
     if (error) {
-      req.log.debug(
+      logger.debug(
+        { referralId: req.params.id },
         'Invalid referral id provided, skipping recruiter redirector',
       );
       return;
     }
 
     if (req.userId) {
-      req.log.debug('User is logged in, skipping recruiter redirector');
+      logger.debug(
+        { referralId: id },
+        'User is logged in, skipping recruiter redirector',
+      );
       return;
     }
 
     const referrer = req.headers['referer'];
     if (isNullOrUndefined(referrer)) {
-      req.log.debug('No referrer provided, skipping recruiter redirector');
+      logger.debug(
+        { referralId: id },
+        'No referrer provided, skipping recruiter redirector',
+      );
       return;
     }
 
     if (referrer.startsWith('https://www.linkedin.com/') === false) {
-      req.log.debug('Referrer is not linkedin, skipping recruiter redirector');
+      logger.debug(
+        { referralId: id, referrer },
+        'Referrer is not linkedin, skipping recruiter redirector',
+      );
       return;
     }
 
@@ -103,6 +118,7 @@ const recruiterRedirector = async (fastify: FastifyInstance): Promise<void> => {
       const result = await con.getRepository(UserReferralLinkedin).update(
         {
           id: id,
+          status: UserReferralStatus.Pending,
           visited: false,
           flags: Not(JsonContains({ hashedRequestIP: hmacHashIP(req.ip) })),
         },
@@ -110,17 +126,17 @@ const recruiterRedirector = async (fastify: FastifyInstance): Promise<void> => {
       );
 
       if (result.affected === 0) {
-        req.log.debug(
-          { id },
+        logger.debug(
+          { referralId: id },
           `No referral found or referral already marked as visited`,
         );
         return;
       }
 
-      req.log.debug({ id }, `Marked referral as visited`);
+      logger.debug({ referralId: id }, 'Marked referral as visited');
     } catch (_err) {
       const err = _err as Error;
-      req.log.error(
+      logger.error(
         { err, referralId: id },
         'Failed to mark referral as visited',
       );
@@ -128,8 +144,6 @@ const recruiterRedirector = async (fastify: FastifyInstance): Promise<void> => {
   });
 
   fastify.get<{ Params: { id: string } }>('/:id', (_, res) =>
-    res.redirect(
-      'https://recruiter.daily.dev/?utm_source=dailydev&utm_medium=linkedin_referral',
-    ),
+    res.redirect(BASE_RECRUITER_URL),
   );
 };