People Profile Search scraper

Find LinkedIn people profiles by keyword and optional filters with this People Profile Search scraper. It helps recruiters, sales teams, founders, and researchers quickly discover relevant LinkedIn people data without manual searching. Use it to collect people profiles by company, title, school, and location, then review the results in a clean, easy-to-read format. It is built for fast lead generation, talent discovery, and market research when you need a focused list of matching profiles.

Key Features

• Extract people profiles from LinkedIn-style search results based on the keywords you provide.
• Collect matching profiles by company, first name, last name, school, title, and location.
• Return a simple list of people profiles with the most useful public details in one place.
• Handle result loading automatically so you only choose how many profiles you want.
• Save time by reducing manual searching and copy-pasting from profile pages.
• Support targeted prospecting for recruiting, sales outreach, and research workflows.
• Provide clear progress updates and friendly error messages for a smoother run.

Use Cases

Lead Generation

Sales teams use this actor to find people profiles that match a target role, company, or location. For example, you can search by job title keyword like “CEO” or “Head of Marketing” and then review each person’s name, headline, company, and location to build a focused outreach list.

Recruiting and Talent Sourcing

Recruiters can search for candidates by skill-related keywords, current company, school, or location. The returned profile details help them quickly identify whether someone looks like a fit before spending time on manual profile review.

Market Research

Analysts and founders can use the actor to understand who is active in a specific industry, region, or professional niche. By reviewing names, titles, companies, schools, and locations, they can map talent clusters and identify where expertise is concentrated.

Partnership and Business Development

Business development teams can search for decision-makers at specific companies or people with relevant titles. The profile list makes it easier to spot potential partners, sponsors, or strategic contacts and prioritize who to contact first.

Alumni and Community Outreach

Universities, bootcamps, and community managers can search by school name keyword or school ID to find alumni and members. This helps them build outreach lists for events, mentorship programs, fundraising, and community engagement.

Input

Field	Type	Required	Description	Example
geo	string	No	Filter results by one or more location IDs to focus on a specific area.	103644278,101165590
start	string	No	Set where the search should begin when loading more results.	0
company	string	No	Show people associated with a specific company.	Microsoft
keywords	string	Yes	Main search words used to find matching people profiles.	golang
lastName	string	No	Narrow results to people with a specific last name.	Nadella
schoolId	string	No	Filter results to people linked to a specific school.	12345
firstName	string	No	Narrow results to people with a specific first name.	Satya
max_results	integer	No	Choose the maximum number of profiles you want returned.	10
keywordTitle	string	No	Search for people by job title or role.	CEO
keywordSchool	string	No	Search for people by school name or school-related keyword.	Harvard

Output

Field	Type	Description
searchSummary	string	A short summary of what was searched and how the results were filtered.
totalResultsReturned	integer	The number of people profiles returned in the final result set.
results	array	A list of matching people profiles. Each item contains the public details found for that person.
results[].name	string	The person’s name as shown in the search results.
results[].headline	string	A short professional summary or title that helps identify the person.
results[].company	string	The company the person is associated with, if available.
results[].location	string	The person’s location, if available.
results[].school	string	The school or education detail shown in the profile, if available.
results[].profileUrl	string	A link or reference that helps identify the profile.
results[].additionalDetails	object	Any other public profile details returned with the search result.

Sample Output

{
  "searchSummary": "Search for golang people with company and title filters applied.",
  "totalResultsReturned": 1,
  "results": [
    {
      "name": "Satya Nadella",
      "headline": "Chairman and CEO at Microsoft",
      "company": "Microsoft",
      "location": "Seattle, Washington, United States",
      "school": "University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee",
      "profileUrl": "https://www.linkedin.com/in/satya-nadella/",
      "additionalDetails": {
        "industry": "Technology",
        "connections": "Public profile details available"
      }
    }
  ]
}

How It Works

1. You enter a search keyword and, if needed, add filters like company, title, school, name, or location.
2. The actor searches for matching people profiles and loads more results automatically until it reaches your chosen limit.
3. It gathers the most useful public profile details into a clean list.
4. You review the results and use them for outreach, recruiting, research, or analysis.
5. If you want more or fewer results, you simply adjust the input and run it again.

Getting Started

Getting started is simple and does not require coding knowledge. Click Try for free, fill in your search keyword and any optional filters, then click Run. The actor will return a clean list of matching people profiles that you can review right away. Your results are available in JSON, CSV, or Excel, making it easy to share with your team or import into your workflow.

Frequently Asked Questions

Do I need technical skills?

No. This actor is designed for business users, recruiters, marketers, and researchers who want results without dealing with complicated setup. Just enter your search terms, choose how many results you want, and run it.

How fast does it run?

Most searches finish quickly, especially when you use focused keywords and filters. Larger result requests may take a bit longer because the actor keeps loading more matches until it reaches your selected limit.

What format is the output?

You can export the results in JSON, CSV, or Excel. That makes it easy to review the data yourself, share it with teammates, or move it into spreadsheets and CRM tools.

Is this legal to use?

You should always use the results in a way that respects applicable laws, platform rules, and your organization’s policies. This actor is intended to help you organize publicly available profile information for legitimate business use.

Can I schedule it to run automatically?

Yes. You can run it whenever you need fresh results, and it can also be used as part of a recurring workflow if you want regular updates. This is useful for ongoing lead generation, hiring pipelines, and market tracking.