Candidate research before your first outreach
Deep Search is a candidate research tool for recruiters. Search a name, pick the right person, then read their public work, talks and profiles in one report, with a source behind every fact.
Candidate research without twenty open tabs
Looking someone up by hand means a search engine, a profile site, a company page and a few old conference pages, each in its own tab. With a common name, some of those tabs are about someone else, and you may only notice halfway through your message.
A good people search for recruiters does that sorting for you. Deep Search reads public web pages about the name you enter and groups them into possible matches. You pick the person you mean, and it writes one report where every claim links to the page it came from.
Recruiters use it to research candidates before outreach: to write a first message that shows they read the person's work, and to open the first call with what the candidate chose to make public. A search takes a minute or two, and searching is free. A subscription unlocks the full report. See pricing, how a search works, or how it compares with LinkedIn.
What you see before you reach out
What the candidate research tool shows you, and what it leaves out on purpose.
Confirm you have the right person
Common names are the hard part. Deep Search lists the possible matches first, so you pick the one you mean before you subscribe to unlock a report.
See the work candidates publish
Talks, articles, code and projects they have put online, gathered in one report when public pages mention them.
Check every claim
Each fact links to its source page, so you can read the original and quote it, not us.
No contact details
Email addresses, phone numbers and messaging links are removed. Reach people through the channels they choose to publish.
How recruiters use it
The same flow works for candidate sourcing research on a new role and for a closer read before a first call.
Search.
Type the candidate's name and press Find matches. Add the company from their profile, a job title or a city when the name is common.
Pick.
Each match carries a badge, Strong, Possible or Weak, and a count of the sources behind it, plus the role, company and location when public pages list them. Pick the person you mean. If none fits, None of these takes you back with your details kept.
Read.
Press Get full report for their work history, education and public profiles, plus talks, articles or projects when the public web has them. Each claim links to its source.
Why this isn't a background check
In the United States, an employer who gets a background report from a background check company must follow the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA). That means telling the applicant in writing and getting their written permission first, as the FTC explains in Background checks: what employers need to know. Deep Search doesn't follow those procedures, so use it to research candidates before outreach and keep its reports out of hiring decisions. Our guide to people search vs background check explains the difference, and our terms set out permitted use.
Questions from recruiters
No. Deep Search is a candidate research tool, not a consumer reporting agency, and in the United States background checks for hiring usually run through those agencies under the FCRA. Use it to prepare for a conversation, never to decide on a candidate.
No. We don't notify the person you search for. Sites you open from a report follow their own rules, and some show people who viewed their profile.
Add the company from their profile, their job title or their city. The match badge and source count on each result help you tell similar names apart. If none is right, choose None of these and add a detail.
No. We remove email addresses, phone numbers and messaging links from every result. Reach out through the channels the candidate publishes, such as their company site or a public profile.
Nothing. Searching a name and seeing the matches is free and unlimited, for as many candidates as you like. A subscription unlocks the full report on the person you pick, with unlimited reports while it is active.
Look up your next candidate
Deep Search is a people search for recruiters that shows its sources. Search is free, with or without an account.