How to bulk search people on LinkedIn with Google Sheets

If you’ve ever tried to keep your contacts data up to date — their current company, job title, location — you know this is a long, tedious task.

And every time you land on their LinkedIn profile, you have to manually copy and paste it into your Google Sheet or CRM. Nobody likes that.

Going bulk with LinkedIn search

So what can you do about it? Go to LinkedIn?

Well, you can use LinkedIn Sales Navigator — but besides being a paid tool, you still can’t download contacts in bulk.

The issue is you don’t get direct links for the profiles you find. You have to visit them one by one, and the same problem is still there. A waste of precious time.

So what can you do about it?

There are a few tools out there that can help, but some of them require you to connect your LinkedIn account — which can be risky if you overuse it.

Others, like the two below, don’t require your credentials and are safer to use.

Search by job title & location (bulk)

If you’re looking for a specific role, a location, or both, HR Candidate Search can be a great help. It lets you pick a role and a location and go.

Here’s a short demo:

A link to the add-on (free to use)

Search by a list of names (bulk)

When you already have a list of names to track, this couldn’t be easier.

The LinkedIn Bulk Search add-on for Google Sheets lets you iterate over all of them and update their contact information.

Adding more information, like the company or title you last knew the person by, helps the add-on find the right match.

The biggest advantage is speed — after a few seconds you’ll see the full list in your own spreadsheet.

A demo of this Google Sheets add-on:

A link to the add-on (free to use)

Closing remarks

Using these tools saved me days of tedious work — I hope they’ll save you time too.

Happy searching.