- Each individual search result counts as one profile towards your profile quota. Click here to learn more about your profile views consumption.
- While utilizing our Trial it is required to have at least one published and approved job to use this feature.
People Search is a search engine for candidates available for all recruiting users except Reviewers & External Recruiters. Search for skills, job titles or names and People Search automatically scours millions of profiles from multiple data sources in real time. The information it finds is organized into a single, unified candidate profile. Depending on the candidate, you’ll see information including resume, contact details and more. Add these candidates directly to your hiring pipelines and engage them for recruitment.
People Search is different from simply searching through candidates who are already in your account. It enables you to find passive candidates: those who haven't applied for jobs at your company. When you find a great candidate, you can add them to one of the jobs you're hiring for. Contact them at your convenience to introduce your company and the job.
Accessing People Search
There are various ways to access People Search:
- Via the Candidates page once you click the Start your search button on the right side.
- When an AI Recruiter (Passive candidates) search didn't find any matching candidates or returned an error via the Advanced search button
- After you finish viewing all matched candidates via AI Recruiter, via the Advanced search button at the end of the candidate list
Finding the right candidates
Learn more by clicking Next to the workflow steps below:
For some profiles, you'll see Likelihood to Move and Market Compensation data. Click on those buttons to view the information. Likelihood to Move shows how likely the candidate is to be receptive to a new job opportunity. Market Compensation shows a percentile distribution for what the candidate's current salary might be.
Once the profile list appears, move between profiles by swiping to the left and right. Click a profile to view more details and add it to the job pipeline.
Adding candidates to Workable
At the bottom of every profile, you’ll see a green + (plus) button.
Tap this button to reveal a panel where you can ‘clip’ the profile into your Workable account. The candidate’s information will be pulled into your account for the job you choose. Candidates are not notified when you do this. Alternatively, download the full profile as a PDF.
You can also choose to act as a candidate's referrer and leave a comment which will be stored in the candidate’s profile once they are added to your account.
Contacting sourced candidates
When candidates have been added to the Sourced stage through People Search, contact them individually or in bulk. These candidates have not directly applied for the job, so be sure to introduce yourself, the company, and the job, explain why you're reaching out, and see if they are interested in being considered for the role. Below are some options for your first outreach:
- Generate a personalized outreach email with AI
- Use the communication template named 'New job opportunity' (included in the default templates)
- Use the template under this resource page
You can also ask sourced candidates to apply on your careers page (so that they can answer your application questions). You can check more here on how this will be handled in the system (scenario 3 in the table).
Note: If you have GDPR features enabled on your account, candidates that are sourced for jobs in the EU, UK, Norway, Iceland, Switzerland & Liechtenstein will be deleted after 30 days unless you contact them via email through Workable.