Find LinkedIn candidates automatically with AI search strings

Turns a job description into a search string, then finds and saves matching LinkedIn profiles for you.

How the work actually flows

It repeats. Repeats not enough profiles found.

Pattern: Sequence (1) ยท Structured Loop (21)

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A stepAn outside serviceA personA record or sheetRepeat or finishResultPayoff
Build size
Advanced

A larger build with multiple systems, AI reasoning, and custom rules.

Business functions
AI Chatbots & AssistantsSpreadsheet & Database OpsHR & Recruiting
Connects
OpenAIGoogle Sheets

The problem it solves

Sourcing candidates on LinkedIn means writing the right search terms, running searches, and copying profile links into a list one by one. Doing this well takes real search skills, and doing it for every role gets tedious fast.

Who it fits

Recruiters and hiring managers who source candidates directly from LinkedIn.

How it works

  1. You paste in a job description or ideal candidate profile
  2. AI turns it into a precise LinkedIn search string
  3. A new spreadsheet is created to hold the results
  4. The system searches Google using that string and pulls matching profile links
  5. It keeps searching further pages until it reaches your target number of profiles
What you get

Candidate profiles pulled together for you to review

You describe the role you're hiring for and get back a list of matching LinkedIn profiles ready for you to look through.

What you get

A spreadsheet of matching LinkedIn candidate profile links, ready for review.

What you need

An OpenAI account and a Google Sheets account.

We can build this. But should you?

The hard question is not how to build it. It is whether this is the right thing to build first.

That is what a Fractional Chief AI Officer figures out with you, before anyone writes a line of code.

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