Find the Right Talent. Before They Apply.
Candidate Lookup is SkillSauce's candidate sourcing tool. Search by the domain and seniority you need, narrowed by industry, company and location. Reveal available contact details and bring people into the same pipeline as your applicants.
- Free on every plan, within a daily quota
- No credit card required
- Used by 260+ teams
The problem
The best candidate may never see your job post.
Job posts only reach people who are already looking. The engineer you need is busy shipping somewhere else and never sees your ad, so waiting for applications means choosing from whoever happens to apply.
Candidate Lookup turns that around. You go to the talent: pick the domain and seniority you need, narrow it by industry, company or location, and reach out first.
Job post
Post and wait.
Only people already job hunting will see it.
Senior Backend Engineer
Career Page · Full time · London
Applicants0
No applicants yet
Candidate Lookup
Search and find.
Even people who never saw your post.
- Backend Engineering
- Senior
- London
Matches3
- London
Ananya Rao
Senior Backend Engineer · Northwind Labs
- London
Tom Fletcher
Senior Backend Engineer · Contoso
- London
Kavya Iyer
Lead Backend Engineer · Litware
What you get back
Every result is a profile you can act on.
Each profile tells you who the person is and how to reach them, so you can decide who to contact without digging through other sites.
Marcus Lee
Woodgrove Bank
Sales Manager
New York, United States
Woodgrove BankWebsite
Ananya Rao
Northwind Labs
Senior Backend Engineer
London, England, United Kingdom
Northwind LabsWebsite
How it works
From search to shortlist, in three steps.
No exports and no spreadsheets. Search, review and reveal contact details in one place.
- 01
Describe your ideal candidate
Pick the domain and seniority you need, then narrow it down by industry, company and location.
- 02
Surface relevant talent
Get the profiles that match, each with a name, current title, company and location.
- 03
Reveal available contact details
Reveal a phone number or email where one is available, then reach out or add the profile to SkillSauce.
Try it
From search results to your next great hire.
Reveal the contact details of the people you want to reach. Where a phone number or email isn't available, the profile says so.
Ananya Rao
Northwind Labs
Senior Backend Engineer
London, England, United Kingdom
Northwind LabsWebsite
Marcus Lee
Woodgrove Bank
Sales Manager
New York, United States
Woodgrove BankWebsite
Hannah Becker
Trey Research
Senior Product Designer
Berlin, Germany
Trey ResearchWebsite
Sofia Martins
Fabrikam
DevOps Engineer
Manchester, England, United Kingdom
FabrikamWebsite
Sample profiles with fictional details.
Search filters
Search with precision. Not endless scrolling.
Start with the domain and seniority you need, then narrow it by industry, company and location to go straight to the right people. Already have someone in mind? Paste their LinkedIn profile URL to bring the profile in.
Candidate Lookup
Matching profiles
Any location
Talent isn't limited by your applicant pool.
Search by a city or a region to find people where you hire: near your office, or wherever your remote team works.
Location searches like
- New York
- Toronto
- São Paulo
- London
- Berlin
- Lagos
- Dubai
- Bengaluru
- Singapore
- Sydney
Next steps
Found the right person? Make the next move.
A sourced profile gets the same tools as an applicant, so the first conversation can turn into a real evaluation straight away. Or add them to an automated email sequence that checks their interest, shortlists them and asks for their availability.
One candidate database
Source talent. Then keep everything in one place.
Sourced profiles land in the same candidate database as your applicants. Sort them into groups and folders, and see where every profile came from, who added it and when.
Candidate Lookup
Found by domain and seniority, narrowed by industry, company or location, or imported from a LinkedIn profile URL.
Backend Engineering · SeniorLondonLinkedIn URLCandidate database
Filed next to your applicants, in the group and folder you choose.
Backend · London
- Source
- Candidate Lookup
- Added by
- Riya Kapoor
- Added
- Today, 10:42
Skill assessment
An AI-proctored test for the role.
AI proctoredTESSA AI interview
An AI interview, in any of 100+ languages.
100+ languages
Hiring for a specific role? Its candidates, assessments and interviews come together on one Kanban board. See Job Profiles
Why switch
Stop sourcing the old way.
Everything a sourcing spreadsheet does, without the spreadsheet.
| Topic | The old way | With Candidate Lookup |
|---|---|---|
| Finding people | The old wayPost a job and wait, or search site after site. | With Candidate LookupSearch by domain and seniority, then narrow by industry, company and location. |
| Contact details | The old wayGuess email formats and chase phone numbers. | With Candidate LookupReveal available phone numbers and emails on the profile. |
| Importing a profile | The old wayCopy details into a spreadsheet by hand. | With Candidate LookupPaste a LinkedIn profile URL to bring the profile in. |
| Where profiles live | The old waySpreadsheets, inboxes and open browser tabs. | With Candidate LookupThe same candidate database as your applicants, in groups and folders. |
| Who found whom | The old wayNobody remembers where a candidate came from. | With Candidate LookupEvery profile shows its source, who added it and when. |
| The next step | The old wayExport, re-upload, then set up a test somewhere else. | With Candidate LookupSend a skill assessment or a TESSA AI interview invite from SkillSauce. |
| Cost | The old wayAnother tool to pay for and another login to manage. | With Candidate LookupFree within a daily quota on every plan. |
Candidate Lookup and LinkedIn import use no credits. Every plan includes a daily quota, and Enterprise plans get a custom one.
See pricingBuilt for Responsible and Efficient Hiring
Sourcing reaches people who never saw your job post. Candidate Lookup keeps that outreach focused and accountable.
With Candidate Lookup, teams can:
- Search by domain, seniority, industry, company and location instead of collecting resumes they do not need
- Reveal contact details only for the people they want to reach, and only where available
- See where every profile came from, who added it and when
Candidate Lookup trust & efficiency
Sourced candidates take the same assessments and interviews as applicants, so everyone is judged on the same evidence.
Candidate Lookup FAQ
How sourcing with Candidate Lookup works, what each profile includes, and what it costs.
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Your next great hire might not be applying. Find them anyway.
Start on the free Starter plan with 40 credits, no time limit and no credit card. Candidate Lookup is included, free within a daily quota.
SkillSauce
Find Candidates Before They Apply.
Search by domain and seniority, reveal available contact details and add people to your pipeline.