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Linkedin Profile Scraper

This tool is designed to help professionals like recruiters, marketers, and researchers extract detailed information from LinkedIn profiles effectively and efficiently. Whether you're looking to craft a personalized message to a job candidate / cold lead or analyze a linkedin profile, this tool can be customized to meet your needs.

Configuration Options Overview​

The Linkedin Profile Scraper tool offers a range of configuration options that allow you to tailor the information you want to collect from LinkedIn profiles. Each option enables you to decide whether certain types of data should be included in the data retrieval process. Understanding these options will help you maximize the tool's potential and gather data that's most relevant to your needs.

Detailed Configuration Options​

Here are the available configuration options and what they mean for your data collection:

  • Include Basic Info: Fetches basic information like name, headline, birth date, summary, open-to-work status, influencer status, industry, and skills.
    • Why change? Toggle off if you only need more specific information like patents or awards.
  • Include Contact Info: Retrieves contact details such as websites, email, and phone numbers, if available.
    • Why change? Useful for direct outreach campaigns.
  • Include Previous Companies: Gathers data about the person's employment history.
    • Why change? Essential for understanding a candidate's experience and career trajectory.
  • Include Education: Collects educational background information.
    • Why change? Important for roles requiring specific educational qualifications.
  • Include Related Profiles: Fetches profiles similar to the one being viewed, as seen in the "People Also Viewed" section.
    • Why change? Expands your search or recruitment pool.
  • Include Network Info: Provides data on connections and followers count.
    • Why change? Useful for assessing a person's networking strength.
  • Include Patents: When enabled, this option allows the tool to retrieve any patents associated with the individual's LinkedIn profile. This includes the title of the patent, the patent number, and the date it was issued.
    • Why change? This is particularly useful for roles that involve innovation and intellectual property, such as in research and development sectors. If you're looking to hire inventors or innovators, enabling this option will help you understand their contribution to their field
  • Include Awards: This setting, when turned on, fetches information about any awards or honors the person has received. This can include both professional and academic awards.
    • Why change? Useful for positions where recognition from peers or industries is crucial, such as academic, artistic, or leadership roles. It helps gauge the esteem and recognition the individual has earned in their profession.
  • Include Certifications: Enables the tool to collect data on certifications the individual has obtained. This includes the name of the certification, the issuing organization, and the date of certification.
    • Why change? Certifications can be a key requirement in highly specialized fields such as IT, healthcare, or legal services. Enabling this option helps you verify if candidates meet the necessary professional standards or possess specific skills.
  • Include Projects: When this option is enabled, the tool gathers information about projects the person has listed on their profile. This includes project names, descriptions, and the roles they played in these projects.
    • Why change? This is essential for roles that require a proven track record of relevant project experience, such as engineering, project management, or software development. It provides insight into the candidate's practical skills and their ability to deliver results.
  • Include Publications: If selected, this setting retrieves details of any publications the person has authored or contributed to. Information typically includes the title of the publication, co-authors, and the publication date.
    • Why change? Important for academic, scientific, or any research-oriented roles where publishing work is a critical part of professional activity. It helps assess the candidate's expertise and influence in their field.
  • Include Courses: This option fetches information about courses the person has completed, which are listed on their LinkedIn profile. This includes the name of the course and the institution or platform offering it.
    • Why change? Particularly useful for roles requiring ongoing education and skill updates, such as in technology and marketing fields. It shows a candidate’s commitment to personal and professional growth.

Real-life Example​

Imagine you are a recruiter looking for candidates in the biotechnology sector. You want to create an unique message to send to each found linkedin profile. You create an AI Assistant that helps you with crafting a message for a candidate profile that includes details about candidate, the opened role and details about your company. You might set the scraper to include basic info, previous companies, education, and certifications to ensure you gather comprehensive details that help the AI Assistant to create a very personalized message for the candidate.

Conclusion​

Feel free to experiment with different configuration settings to discover what combination of information provides the best insights for your specific needs. If you have any questions or need further assistance, please don’t hesitate to contact our support team.