Match LinkedIn profiles from a name list in Google Sheets

Your inputs

• Name
• Company
• Title

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Candidate MatchReview the matches

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In your sheetProfile matches

If you already have a list of people, start with Candidate Match in LinkedIn Bulk Search. Give it names with company and title context, and review the profiles it returns in Google Sheets. This is a matching workflow, not a way to discover every person with a role in a city.

Add to Google Sheets

Prepare your sheet

Use one person per row. Keep name, company and title in separate columns. Choose an output column with enough empty columns to its right, so results do not overwrite data you want to keep. Working on a copy of your sheet is a useful precaution.

This is a synthetic input example, not a real lead or a successful search. Leave the output cells blank. A name alone may be ambiguous; useful company and title context can help distinguish people with similar names.

Set up Candidate Match

1. Install LinkedIn Bulk Search from the Google Workspace Marketplace and open your Google Sheet.
2. Open the add-on menu and choose Show Sidebar.
3. In Candidate Match, select the columns for Name, Company and Title. Choose where Output should begin.
4. Set From Row and To to the rows you want to process. Exclude the header and start with a small batch you can review.
5. Check the credit allowance shown for your account, then click Search Candidates. Wait for the run to finish before starting another.

Review the results

The output can include a profile link, name, role/title, company, location and other search context. Some fields may be missing. Open the source profile and compare it to your original row before accepting the match.

• Same name, wrong company: check whether the returned profile is a different person or whether the original company information is stale.
• Old job title: compare current and earlier roles. Do not assume a match is correct solely because one title looks close.
• Low match grade or no clear result: treat it as unresolved. Improve the input context or verify manually rather than silently filling the row with a guess.
• Background run or limit message: read the sidebar message. Do not keep submitting the same batch while another run is active.

Match grades are review aids, not guarantees. Search results are not proof of identity, current employment, or contact permission. The add-on is not described here as an email or phone finder.

Historical video walkthrough

This older walkthrough demonstrates the name-list flow. Labels and plan terms may differ from the current sidebar; follow the current steps above. The video supports this guide, which is not a dedicated video watch page.

Watch the historical walkthrough on YouTube

Text walkthrough: open the sidebar, map the name/company/title columns, choose an empty output area and a row range, start the batch, then check each returned profile against the original input. No new demonstration search was run for this update.

Which workflow fits your starting point?

• Have named people? Stay with Candidate Match.
• Have company names but no named people? Read Find employees by company.
• Have an industry and a location, and want companies? Read Find companies by industry and location.
• Want people by role and city? Do not assume this add-on provides that input mode. The older version of this article discussed a separate HR Candidate Search add-on; that is not the workflow documented here.

Credits and responsible use

Usage limits depend on your account. Check available credits in the sidebar and review current paid plan terms before buying. This guide does not promise a fixed free allowance or an accuracy rate.

Use only data you are entitled to process, respect privacy and platform terms, and review results before any outreach. Public search access does not make every use lawful or risk-free.

Explore all workflows or contact the GrowthToolz team if you are unsure which inputs to use.

Keep event context with your research

If your name list comes from public or permissioned conference research, use the conference research workbook to keep the source, date checked, manual match review and reason-to-talk hypothesis together. The examples are fictional, not live search results.