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If you know the LinkedIn URL of a specific candidate, you can use part of the URL to look for their SeekOut profile.
How to Find a Candidate Using a LinkedIn URL
Copy the unique part of the URL — this is the section after /in/, without any forward slashes.
Example: For
https://www.linkedin.com/in/guptaanoop/, useurl:guptaanoopThe unique part may include a name or a string of numbers.
Go to the SeekOut search page.
Click the Public Profiles tab.
Toggle the Boolean tab above the search box.
Paste the LinkedIn identifier into the search box (e.g.,
url:guptaanoop).Press Enter to search.
✅ If successful, the candidate’s enriched SeekOut profile will appear as the only search result.
I tried this, and I couldn't find the candidate's profile in SeekOut.
This may happen when the person has recently changed, privatized, or deleted their public profile information.
Platforms like LinkedIn have visibility and privacy settings that can be controlled by the individual user. If a prospect has elected to hide their profile visibility from public sources, then that profile info will not be available or updated in the SeekOut database.
NOTE: Once a candidate has changed their LinkedIn profile from private to public, it can take a few weeks for the profile to be updated within SeekOut.