Search is integrated with your projects in LinkedIn Recruiter and LinkedIn Recruiter Lite, allowing you to stay organized and be more efficient by saving candidates to your project with one click. You can also hide irrelevant results, jump right back into searches where you left off, save searches, and access your search history. Recruiter search history goes back 90 days. You can view 1000 candidates (40 pages) worth of results regardless of the number of applicants.
After you run a new search from the search bar in Recruiter or the Talent pool page on the left pane in your project, you can access your search filters on the left side of the page. Click Show filters on the left to expand the search filters. To start a new search, select the filter terms from the left pane.
Review the Recruiter filter terms and definitions in the table below. Some filters are available in Recruiter only and aren't available in Recruiter Lite.
| Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
| All groups | LinkedIn members join groups to connect with other members in their industry, within their organization or those with similar interests. Use the All groups filter to find potential candidates who are members of specific LinkedIn Groups. |
| Applicants | Use the Applicants filter to narrow results to show only people who have applied to jobs with your company. By default, you can filter for candidates who applied to your company’s jobs via LinkedIn. Customers who have cross-system awareness implemented with a supported ATS can also filter for candidates that are in their ATS or use the "slashed zero" symbol to exclude candidates already in their ATS. |
| Candidate sources | Sources are pre-defined by your administrator (ex.: networking, referral, email, and so on). The Source field appears on profiles in Recruiter and is used by your team to identify where you met, or how you know a potential candidate. Use the Candidate sources filter to find candidates in your pipeline based on a specific source you or your team added to profiles. |
| Companies | The Companies filter pulls data from the Company Name field of the Experience section of member profiles. Use the Companies filter to find potential candidates who work for a specific company, either currently or in the post. |
| Company followers | Filter by Company followers to find candidates who follow your company on LinkedIn. Followers already know your brand and are twice as likely to respond to an InMail message. A LinkedIn study showed that 76% of members are interested in job opportunities from companies they follow. |
| Company sizes | Use the Company sizes filter to find candidates who work for various-sized companies — from self-employed to companies with 10,000+ employees. Company size is based on the size of the current employers listed in the Experience section of a member’s profile. |
| Company types | The Company types filter indicates the type of company a candidate works for, including public, private, non-profit, educational, government, partnership, self-owned, or self-employed company types. Company type is based on the type of current employers listed in the Experience section of a member’s profile. |
| Current companies | Use the Current companies filter to find candidates who currently work for specific companies. You can also use Boolean text commands within this filter to exclude candidates who work for specific companies. |
| Custom field filters | Custom fields are defined by your administrator and appear on Recruiter profiles in Recruiting Tools. Custom fields help you track unique information specific to the needs of your company (ex. start date, desired salary, willingness to relocate, levels of security clearance, and so on). If custom fields are enabled on your contract, you can filter for candidates within your pipeline based on the specific custom field data you or your team has added to profiles. |
| Degrees | Use the Degrees filter to find candidates who have a specific degree type, such as a Master of Arts, Science or Education, a Bachelor of Arts or Science, an Associate’s degree, or a High School diploma. These are generic degree types — not specific fields of study. For example, if you want a candidate who has a Master’s degree in Chemical Engineering, use the Degrees filter: Master’s Degree and the Fields of study filter: Chemical Engineering. |
| Employment type | The Employment type filter lets you quickly find candidates who may be interested in specific types of employment, including full-time, part-time, contract and internships. |
| Fields of study | The Fields of study filter is linked to the Field of Study a candidate completes in the Education section of their profile. This is not the actual degree type, such as a Bachelor’s or Master’s degree, but rather the focus of their studies, such as Computer Science, Marketing, and so on. |
| First names | The First names filter can be useful if, for example, you met someone at an event, and you can only remember their first name and the company where they work or one or two other identifying qualities. You could use a combination of filters to find this specific candidate. |
| Hide previously viewed | Use the Hide previously viewed filter to focus on fresh results by hiding profiles you’ve previously clicked to view. This filter can be useful if, for example, you are re-running a saved search, and you have already viewed and passed on many of the candidates, so you want to review only the new candidates matching your criteria. You can adjust the timeframe by using the Include subfilter to hide profiles viewed in the past month, past three months, past six months, past year, or past two years. This filter only hides candidates you have personally viewed — not those your teammates have already viewed. To see all candidate results, including those you have previously viewed, clear the checkbox to deactivate this filter. Note: When a profile is viewed by a seat, it will be hidden by the enabled Hide previously viewed facet in a search after 8-9 hours. However, if the profile is viewed again within that time frame, the cool-off period is reset, and the profile will now hide after 8-9 hours from the latest viewed event. Hide previously viewed will only hide candidates if the views are from the the seat holder executing the search. It is expected that if the view is from another seat holder, the candidate will still reflect in the search. |
| Industries | The Industries filter is based on the industry a candidate selects in the Industry section of their profile. It’s important to remember that members self-select their industry, but the industry doesn’t necessarily reflect their skills or job role. For example, a Database Analyst working in healthcare could identify Computer Services as their industry and would be excluded if you filtered solely for candidates in the healthcare industry. |
| Job functions | The Job functions filter is determined by what members list as their job titles. LinkedIn categorizes job titles into standard job functions. Job function is determined based on all present positions - for instance, a member can be categorized as having a job function of both a designer and an owner of XYZ Design Firm. So, this member’s profile would surface if the Job functions filter includes either “Art end Design” OR “Entrepreneurship” (as a business owner). |
| Job titles | The Job titles filter is based on job titles a member adds in the Experience section of their profile. Use the dropdown to select whether they should have the current job title, the past job title, or both. |
| Keywords | You can use a combination of filters and keywords to further refine your search results. The Keywords filter allows you to enter and edit Boolean search strings and pulls data from the a member's profile page. If you have a criterion that isn’t covered by any other filter, you can enter it here. Note: When you search for a term using the Keywords filter, that keyword may not be highlighted on the candidate's profile. |
| Last names | The Last names filter can be useful if, for example, you met someone at an event, and you can only remember their last name and possibly the company where they work or one or two other identifying qualities. You could use a combination of filters to find this specific candidate. |
| Locations | The Locations filter lets you filter by a geographic region including country (ex. United States), metro area (ex. Greater New York Area), and city (ex. Brooklyn, New York) in most countries around the world. When using the Locations filter, you can search for people currently located in the ores, expend your search to include people who have indicated thot they are interested in relocating to your area, or limit your search to only open candidates willing to relocate to your local area. |
| Military veterans | The Military veterans filter lets you identify candidates who have a background in the U.S. military, based on their LinkedIn profile data. There are more than 2.2 million LinkedIn members who have served in the U.S. military. Veterans are power users of LinkedIn, and they cite networking as the #1 source for their post-service careers. On average, veterans have 26% more connections, follow 28% more company pages, and are 25% more likely to accept InMail than their non-veteran peers. |
| My groups | Use the My groups filter to find people who are members of LinkedIn groups in which you are also a member. |
| Network relationships | Use the Network relationships filter to narrow your search results to candidates who are in your network. You can filter 1st- or 2nd-degree connections, group members, or 3rd-degree connections plus everyone else. |
| Notes | You and the members of your team can add notes to profiles using Recruiting Tools. For example, you might add salary requirements as a note. You can enter a word or phrase in the Notes filter to find candidate profiles that have notes containing those words. |
| Past companies | Use the Past companies filter to find candidates who have experience working with specific companies in the post. This could be useful, for example, if you want to find candidates who have worked for your competitors in the past or if you want to forget candidates who have experience with a specific company. |
| Postal code / Zip code | To narrow your list of candidates based on distance from a certain town or city, use the Postal code / Zip code filter. For example, if you are searching for a candidate within 25 miles of a smaller town, the Locations filter may not recognize the area because it is not a large enough metro area to be included in the Locations results. Enter a postal/zip code and select a radius from the dropdown (x number of miles from that zip/postal code). |
| Profile languages | The Profile languages filter lets you filter your results based on the language in which a member’s profile is written. This differs from the Spoken languages filter, as a profile can be created in only one language, but a member can add multiple spoken languages and proficiency levels in the Languages section of their profile. |
| Projects | Use the Projects filter to narrow your search results to just those candidates who have already been saved to a Project by you or your teammates. |
| Project statuses | When candidates are added to a project by you or members of your team, they are given a status of "Uncontacted", "Contacted", "Replied", "Archived", or "Custom" as defined by your administrator. You can use the Project statuses filter to find candidates who match one or more of those statuses. |
| Recently joined LinkedIn | The Recently joined LinkedIn filter helps you narrow your results to find candidates who became LinkedIn members within the last 3 months. You can select from categories ranging from 1 day to 3 months, allowing you to find active candidates who are likely to have recently joined because they are seeking a new opportunity. |
| Recruiting activity | The Recruiting activity filter lets you filter by people who have or have not had recruiting with your team. You can select People with and then click one or more activity types to see people with whom your team has had those activities. Click People without to filter by people who have not had recruiting activity with your team. Use the Time period dropdown to the right of the filter to choose when the activity may have occurred. |
| Reminders search | The Reminders search filter lets you narrow your search results based on words thot you end members of your team added to Reminders for a particular candidate. For example, you might speak with a few candidates who are finishing a project in March, so you set a reminder to follow up with each of them at that time. If you enter "March” in the Reminders search filter, it displays those candidates. |
| Reviews search | When you share a profile with a hiring manager, the hiring manager can provide ratings and add review notes. You can enter keywords in the Reviews search filter to find candidates with specific words in the Hiring Manager review notes. |
| Schools | You can filter based on the schools candidates attended. You can enter a school name or select from a list of schools. The Schools filter is based on schools listed in the Education section of the member’s profile. |
| Seniority | The Seniority filter is determined by the position level a member holds at their current company, for example, Entry, Senior, Owner, Director, or Volunteer. Seniority categories are derived from job titles. |
| Skills | The Skills filter allows you to type a skill or select skills from a list of common skills for the job title you entered. The filter looks for specific skills that candidates have explicitly listed in the Skills section of their profile as well as keywords included in relevant sections of their profile where skills are most likely to be listed. |
| Spoken languages | The Spoken languages filter helps you quickly identify candidates who speak the languages your role requires. You can filter a search based on the languages candidates speak and their proficiency level. If you select multiple languages, they are treated with an OR Boolean operator. Language proficiency level applies to all of the languages selected. |
| Spotlights | The Spotlights filter helps you prioritize candidates who are more likely to engage with you and your organization, based on relationship and activity insights from LinkedIn. |
| Tags search | Tags are added to profiles by you or your team members to highlight attributes or skills a candidate has. You can add tags to identify specific skills or experience, roles the lead could fit, or special attributes, like “Willing to relocate.” Tags can be used to indicate ownership of a lead, refine searches, and as a secondary data point when paired with source information. Tags can sometimes reflect things that don’t necessarily appear on a profile, for example, "Will relocate" or "Fluent in Spanish". The Tags search filter lets you narrow your results based on the tags that you and your team have added to a member’s profile. |
| Workplace types | The Workplace types filter enables you to search for candidates who are Open to Work and are interested in workplaces that are on-site, remote, or hybrid. When you use this filter in addition to other filters, the search results will only include candidates who are Open to Work. |
| Year of graduation | The Year of graduation filter enables you to search for candidates based only on their year of graduation. This filter is based on the end date entered for each school listed in the Education section of the member’s profile. |
| Years in current company | The Years in current company filter indicates how many years a candidate has been working for their current company, based on the start date entered on their profile for their current employer. |
| Years in current position | The Years in current position filter indicates how many years a candidate has been in their current position, based on the start date entered on their profile for their current position. |
| Years of experience | The Years of experience filter considers the total years of work experience a candidate has, based on their LinkedIn profile, regardless of industry or company. It is derived from the start date of the earliest position they enter in the Experience section of their profile. |