How do filters work together?
Values within the same filter are combined with OR (for example, two companies in the Company filter return people at either company). Different filters are combined with AND (for example, a Company and a Location filter return people who match both).
List of Public Profile filters
Standard filters | Notes |
Power Filters | SeekOut's Power Filters let you perform complex queries with one click. See Power Filters. |
Experience | Filter candidates by Company, Title, and Years of Experience. See Experience and Education Filters. |
Education | Filter candidates by School, Degree, and/or major. See Experience and Education Filters. |
Speciality filters | Notes |
Likely Open to New Roles | Show candidates who are more likely to switch jobs in the next 12 months. Only available to Enterprise level plans. |
Location filters | Notes |
Location | Filter by city or by a metropolitan area. Use the dropdown menu to search within 0 - 500 miles of the location. The radius is measured as a straight-line distance (a circle) from the selected center point. Setting the radius to 0 targets only the selected city. |
For more detailed guidance on using location-based search filters, including radius-based targeting, factors affecting search results, and practical tips, see Location-Based Candidate Search in SeekOut.
List of GitHub-exclusive filters
GitHub search uses many of the filters listed above, but there are also some GitHub-specific filters available that are listed below.
Speciality filters | Notes |
Coder Score | SeekOut Coder Score is a rating of the candidate's overall coding ability based on open source code. See What is Coder Score and how is it calculated? |
Language Expertise | Filter by demonstrated expertise with a specific coding language. After selecting a language you can filter further by their coder score for that language (1 - 5 stars). |
Topics | Development topics the candidate knows. |
Role filters | Notes |
Current Company | Filter by current employer. |
Current Title | Find by current title. |
Past Company | Find candidates based on any of the companies previously worked. |
Past Title | Find by previous title. |
Repository filters | Notes |
Top Repositories | The repositories (GitHub projects) where the candidate has contributed the most code. |
Followers | The number of GitHub followers the candidate has. Select a range between 0 and 200+. |
Following | Number of other GitHub users the candidate follows. Select a range between 0 and 200+. |
Number of Repositories | How many repositories (GitHub projects) the candidate has contributed to. |
Stars | Number of stars given to this candidate by other GitHub users. |
Education filters | Notes |
School | Filter by schools attended. |
Degree | Filter by education degree awarded. |
Major | Filter by major field of study. |
Company filters | Notes |
Organization | Associated organizations (often a company or school) the candidate has listed on their profile. |
Miscellaneous filters | Notes |
Profile Type | Filter by information SeekOut has about the candidate. Determine if you want to see matched or unmatched GitHub profiles. A matched profile means the candidate has a GitHub and a LinkedIn profile. |
Has Email | Filter by whether SeekOut has an email for this candidate. Toggle this filter ON to only show candidates who have an email address available. |
List of Expert-exclusive filters
Expert search uses many of the public profile filters listed above, but there are also some Expert-specific filters available that are listed below.
Affiliation filters | Notes |
Affiliation | A group or university that the candidate is commonly affiliated with. |
Speciality filters | Notes |
Author Score | Filter based on how influential the candidate's work is. |
h-index | A measure of how highly cited the candidate is. |
i10-index | A measure of how highly cited the candidate is. |
Category filters | Notes |
Category | Category of areas the candidate has published work about. |
Sub Category | Sub-category of areas the candidate has published work about. |
Tags | Topics the candidate has published work about. |
Papers/Patents filters | Notes |
Document Type | Filter by type of publication (journal, conference paper, patent, etc.). |
Papers | Filter by number of papers the candidate has published. |
Journal | Find candidate by the journal where they were published. |
Publisher | Filter by publication which released the candidate's work. |
Prominence | Filter by number of publications where candidate is first or last listed author. |
Conference filters | Notes |
Conference | Filter by the conference where the candidate has presented work. |
Conference Instance | Filter by specific year of conference. |
Citations filters | Notes |
Citations | The number of times this candidate's work is cited by others. |
Miscellaneous filters | Notes |
Has Public Profile | Filter by whether the candidate also has a LinkedIn profile. |
Early in Career | Experts who recently completed their graduate studies. Yes/No |
Student | Experts who are still in school. Yes/No |