candidate_finder

Candidate Finder

The script candidate_finder.py corresponds to our How to Find Candidates using a Job Description tutorial.

Getting Started

1. Download the contents of this folder.
2. Install Python 3.6+ and PDL's Python SDK.
3. Get a Free PDL License & API Key.
4. Set your API key on line 8 of candidate_finder.py.

       api_key='YOUR API KEY HERE'

5. Go to the candidate_finder/ folder.

   $ cd ~/candidate_finder

6. Run the script. (NOTE: The script uses 50 Person Search PDL credits!)

   $ python candidate_finder.py

7. Candidate profiles will be saved in the created candidate_profiles.csv file in the same folder as the script.

Tips

For a detailed explanation of this script, please watch the tutorial.

Getting Different Results

The tutorial was written using v19.0 of the PDL API, and v1.1.0 of PDL's Python SDK.

In future builds, the number of matches may be different than shown in the tutorial.