How to run candidate searches

when running candidate searches, you can paste your job description for pin to organize them automatically, or input the criteria manually for the best results include as much detail as possible to ensure candidates align with your hiring needs specify the job title(s) you’re hiring for list the required technical and soft skills highlight relevant industry experience and domain specific knowledge mention certifications, licenses, or formal training if applicable define the minimum and preferred years of experience note any specific tools, platforms, or methodologies the candidate should be familiar with note if you’re not finding the right candidates, try adjusting your search criteria removing filters like “currently employed” or “education level” can broaden and refine your search you can search by the following filters and choose whether the criteria are a must have or a preferred requirement must have – candidates without this specific criteria will be excluded from your search results preferred – candidates with this specific criteria will be prioritized, but those without it will still appear in your search results to broaden your candidate search tip 💡 if you’re not finding enough candidates, adjust your search criteria from "must have" to "preferred" candidate location – candidate searches are currently supported only for candidates based in the united states, canada, and europe years in current profession candidate details gender (female, male) timezones (eastern time, central time, pacific time, etc ) needs visa sponsorship (yes, no) known languages currently employed (yes, no) ethnicity (asian, black or african american, hispanic or latinx) candidate’s current position current company years at current company company's current headcount company's headcount at time of hire company's current funding stage company's funding stage at time of hire candidate’s overall experience companies worked at previous job titles average tenure at companies years in current profession works at a company with a notable investor worked at a company with a notable investor works at a yc backed company worked at a yc backed company headcount when hired at any company funding stage when hired at any company experience in funding rounds education universities attended attended ivy league graduation year highest degree degree and major​ excluding job titles if there's a job title you'd like to exclude from your search, add the title and select the "does not have title" option cloning candidate searches you can clone your candidate search to create a new one with the same criteria pre filled from there, you can add or remove specific criteria to refine your results to clone your search, click on the drop down menu and select "clone search" note if you’re not finding the right candidates, try adjusting your search criteria removing filters like “currently employed” or “education level” can broaden and refine your search you can search by the following filters and choose whether the criteria is a must have or a preferred requirement must have – candidates without this specific criteria will be excluded from your search results preferred – candidates with this specific criteria will be prioritized, but those without it will still appear in your search results to broaden your candidate search tip 💡 if you’re not finding enough candidates, adjust your search criteria from "must have" to "preferred" excluding job titles if there's a job title you'd like to exclude from your search, add the title and select the "inverse (not)" option cloning candidate searches you can clone your candidate search to create a new one with the same criteria pre filled from there, you can add or remove specific criteria to refine your results to clone your search, click on the drop down menu and select "clone search"