How to get the id of newly inserted data in a pivot?

I have this code:

$candidate = Applicant::find($request->candidate_id);
$candidate->jobOrders()->syncWithoutDetaching($job_id);

I want to return the id of the inserted data. So far the solution I saw was querying the last inserted data in the pivot table.

Is there other easier or more efficient way to retrieve the id?

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