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Organize and export candidates

Learn how to organize and export candidates from SeekOut.

SeekOut Projects

  1. How to use Projects

    A Project is a workspace within SeekOut where you can save candidates for a specific job, collaborate with your team, or share candidates with your hiring manager.

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  2. Sharing Projects with Teammates and Hiring Managers

    Learn how to share projects with teammates and hiring managers across your organization, including information around bias reducer.

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  3. Candidate profile uploads and data enrichment

    Many recruiters and salespeople have lists of candidates with their names, company, title, and/or location. These could be from previous sourcing tasks or conferences.

    Read more »
  4. Import Profiles from LinkedIn Recruiter

    If you have a LinkedIn Recruiter account, you can export profiles from your project pipelines and into SeekOut. SeekOut will automatically enrich the data with their full background, education, profile photos, and contact information.

    Read more »
  5. How do I view a project that is shared with me?

    Viewing a project that has been shared with you requires a free SeekOut account. A coworker with a SeekOut license can share a link to a project with you. Click on the link, enter your name and email address, then create a password.

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  6. Viewing, Archiving, and Deleting Projects

    And overview of how to view, archive, and delete projects in SeekOut.

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Exporting Candidates

  1. How can I view exported data if I don't have Excel?

    When you export data from SeekOut, we save it in Microsoft Excel format. Even if you don't have Excel on your computer, you can view the data in one of these ways.

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  2. Export a Candidate Profile to PDF

    You can export a SeekOut candidate profile to a PDF document, giving you another way to present candidates to your hiring manager. The data you export depends on your plan level.

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  3. How are export credits counted?

    Learn how export credits are counted. Every SeekOut plan includes credits for exporting candidate information.

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  4. Exporting SeekOut Data to an Excel File

    You can export candidate information from SeekOut to an Excel file. Excel files exported from SeekOut are comma-separated value spreadsheets that can contain candidate information, illustrative graphs, and other insights. The contents of an Excel file depend on where the export is performed.

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  5. Do exported profiles contain candidate email addresses?

    SeekOut allows you to export candidate data to a spreadsheet or directly to your ATS. The export contains all details of the candidates public profile, including current and past work experience, skills, education, location, and more. Exporting a candidate's information uses one export credit.

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Team Referrals

  1. Team Connections

    The Team Connections (or Team Referrals) feature creates an extended network from the LinkedIn connections of your non-recruiter teammates. You and your recruiters can then use SeekOut to filter this network and find candidates.

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Frequently asked questions

Questions and answers we've heard a few times, and might be able to quickly help.

No worries! You can reset your password by clicking Forgot your password? at the bottom of the Sign In page. We have a full article for more questions, here.

Each SeekOut plan includes credits for finding candidate contact info and credits for exporting candidate information. To learn more about contact info credits, we have a full article here; and to learn more about exporting candidate information, we have another article here.

A SeekOut administrator can save any public profile search can as a power filter. You can learn how to create and access those filters here.

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How can I view exported data if I don't have Excel?

When you export data from SeekOut, we save it in Microsoft Excel format. Even if you don't have Excel on your computer, you can view the data in one of these ways.

How to use Projects

A Project is a workspace within SeekOut where you can save candidates for a specific job, collaborate with your team, or share candidates with your hiring manager.

Sharing Projects with Teammates and Hiring Managers

Learn how to share projects with teammates and hiring managers across your organization, including information around bias reducer.

Candidate profile uploads and data enrichment

Many recruiters and salespeople have lists of candidates with their names, company, title, and/or location. These could be from previous sourcing tasks or conferences.

Export a Candidate Profile to PDF

You can export a SeekOut candidate profile to a PDF document, giving you another way to present candidates to your hiring manager. The data you export depends on your plan level.

How are export credits counted?

Learn how export credits are counted. Every SeekOut plan includes credits for exporting candidate information.

Exporting SeekOut Data to an Excel File

You can export candidate information from SeekOut to an Excel file. Excel files exported from SeekOut are comma-separated value spreadsheets that can contain candidate information, illustrative graphs, and other insights. The contents of an Excel file depend on where the export is performed.

Import Profiles from LinkedIn Recruiter

If you have a LinkedIn Recruiter account, you can export profiles from your project pipelines and into SeekOut. SeekOut will automatically enrich the data with their full background, education, profile photos, and contact information.

Do exported profiles contain candidate email addresses?

SeekOut allows you to export candidate data to a spreadsheet or directly to your ATS. The export contains all details of the candidates public profile, including current and past work experience, skills, education, location, and more. Exporting a candidate's information uses one export credit.

How do I view a project that is shared with me?

Viewing a project that has been shared with you requires a free SeekOut account. A coworker with a SeekOut license can share a link to a project with you. Click on the link, enter your name and email address, then create a password.

Viewing, Archiving, and Deleting Projects

And overview of how to view, archive, and delete projects in SeekOut.

Team Connections

The Team Connections (or Team Referrals) feature creates an extended network from the LinkedIn connections of your non-recruiter teammates. You and your recruiters can then use SeekOut to filter this network and find candidates.

Upcoming trainings

SeekOut Training 101

Thursday, March 30, 2023 at 3:30 PM UTC

SeekOut 101 offers a full product walk-through, including our best tips and tricks. Learn everything you need to know to begin your journey with SeekOut.

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Tuesday, April 4, 2023 at 3:30 PM UTC

SeekOut 101 offers a full product walk-through, including our best tips and tricks. Learn everything you need to know to begin your journey with SeekOut.

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Please join SeekOut for intermediate and advanced Boolean search techniques. This webinar will include general Boolean practices for finding candidates, as well as advanced tips for optimal results using SeekOut’s talent platform.