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People search API for staffing & recruiting

Find the right person.

What staffing & recruiting teams need from people search, what Forager returns, and how teams like yours test it.

5 recipes use people search for staffing & recruiting teams.

  • $5 free credits
  • 800M+ people
  • 65M+ companies

A selection of teams in staffing & recruiting using Forager for people search · plus other teams in staffing & recruiting

  • Juicebox
  • SBR2TH
  • Velox
  • PrimeHammer
  • Sellershub
  • 10x Management
  • SeekOut
  • Andela
For staffing & recruiting teams
The job
Show TA teams and agencies how many qualified people exist, where they work and who competes for them.
When
A hard-to-fill role opens, or an agency evaluates entering a new niche.
Outcome
TA teams set realistic hiring plans, find much wider pools and agencies break into new niches fast.
Lead recipe 1

Map talent pools and recruitment niches for hard-to-fill roles

When to use it: A hard-to-fill role opens, or an agency evaluates entering a new niche.

  1. Count matching people in people_feed by title, skills and location (or /person_role_search/totals/)
  2. Group by current employer using company_feed
  3. Overlay competing demand from job_postings_feed
  4. Publish a market map with supply, demand and target employers
InputsOutputs
role definitiontalent pool size
geographytop employers
competing open roles
market map
Lead recipe 2

Source senior and specialist engineers for staff-augmentation placements

When to use it: A client asks for a scarce profile (e.g. senior Rust engineer in LATAM, structural engineer for a construction project).

Show the steps
  1. Search candidates by skills, title, seniority and country with POST /person_role_search/
  2. Check tenure and previous employers with POST /person_detail_lookup/
  3. Fetch personal_email from /person_contacts_lookup/personal_emails/ and a mobile from POST /person_contacts_lookup/phone_numbers/ (Silver for reach)
  4. Reach out by phone or WhatsApp and log responses against the open requirement
InputsOutputs
skillscandidate shortlist
senioritypersonal_email
regionsphone_number
Open the recipe: Source senior and specialist engineers for staff-augmentation placements
Lead recipe 3

Win new staffing clients by reaching hiring leaders behind open roles

When to use it: A funded startup or scale-up posts several engineering roles or keeps a role open for weeks.

Show the steps
  1. Find companies posting target roles with POST /job_search/ (title, location, posted date)
  2. Filter by funding stage, size and industry with POST /organization_search/
  3. Find the CTO, VP Engineering or talent lead with POST /person_role_search/
  4. Fetch work_email via /person_contacts_lookup/work_emails/ and pitch candidates or capacity for that role
InputsOutputs
role keywordscompany with open roles
company filtershiring leader
work_email
Open the recipe: Win new staffing clients by reaching hiring leaders behind open roles
Fields

Fields you get back

  • talent pool size
  • top employers
  • competing open roles
  • market map
  • candidate shortlist
  • personal_email
  • phone_number
  • company with open roles
  • hiring leader
  • work_email

From the workflows above. Full field reference: People search and the People search API reference.

Who owns this

Who evaluates people search at staffing & recruiting teams, and what they are judged on

  • Product manager who owns the enrichment feature: judged on what users see when they open a record
  • Engineering lead integrating the API: judged on response time and errors they can route on
  • Partnerships or data lead managing vendors: judged on cost per valid result

A selection of teams in staffing & recruiting using Forager for people search · plus other teams in staffing & recruiting

  • Juicebox
    • AI candidate sourcing

    Selected use case: Forager data behind its PeopleGPT search and sourcing agents.

  • SBR2TH
    • Staffing firms

    Selected use case: people and job-postings feeds loaded into its own data lake for AI search.

  • Velox
    • Staffing firms

    Technical staffing firm in the Netherlands.

  • PrimeHammer
    • Staffing firms

    Software studio in Czechia.

  • Sellershub
    • Staffing firms

    Recruiting firm that places only sales talent.

  • 10x Management
    • Staffing firms

    Tech talent agency that connects companies with senior freelance technologists.

  • SeekOut
    • Talent intelligence

    Selected use case: Forager’s people data feed, used to keep candidate profiles current.

    2–3 years on the Forager people data feed, by SeekOut’s own account1

  • Andela
    • Customer

    Selected use case: Forager data for the go-to-market team at a global talent marketplace.

Sources

1 SeekOut: SeekOut, customer interview, Sep 2026.

“Forager leads in accuracy across all regions, Forager's dual strength in accuracy and volume makes it a powerhouse for sales teams that are targeting businesses around the globe.”
ClayStefan K.Data Partnerships
800M+people
65M+companies
How to test it

Test people search on your own sample

  1. Pull a sample. Take profiles your users looked up last week.
  2. Run it. Use a self-serve key, or book a demo and send us the list.
  3. Measure what your users feel. Connect rate for mobiles, bounces for emails, and whether the right person answers.
  • $5 free credits
  • No credit card
  • Run your sample
FAQ

Frequently asked questions

How do staffing and recruiting firms use Forager people search?

Show TA teams and agencies how many qualified people exist, where they work and who competes for them. Find the people who hold a role at target companies, filtered by title, seniority, department and location. This page walks through 3 workflows with the exact steps.

What does people search cost for staffing and recruiting firms?

People search: people search 1 credit per request and people search: role details 1 credit per request, charged whether or not data comes back. 1,000 search requests use 1,000 credits: about $13 of Starter credits month to month, or about $10 on Pro with yearly billing. Self-serve plans are Starter, Growth, Pro and Scale. See plans and prices

Which staffing and recruiting workflows use people search?

Map talent pools and recruitment niches for hard-to-fill roles, source senior and specialist engineers for staff-augmentation placements and win new staffing clients by reaching hiring leaders behind open roles. Each is on this page with its trigger, steps and outcome.

How many candidates exist for a role?

Count matching people in people_feed by title, skills and location (or /person_role_search/totals/). Group by current employer using company_feed.

What do I send, and what comes back?

You send company filters, geography and hiring leader titles. You get back hiring leader, phone_number, work_email and candidate shortlist, from POST /person_role_search/, as JSON.

Am I charged when nothing is found?

Yes. People search is charged per request, whether or not data comes back. Only mobile and email lookups are free when nothing is found, so try your inputs on a small run before you scale.

Is there a free way to try Forager?

Yes. Create a free account at app.forager.ai: it comes with $5 in free credits and an API key, and there is no credit card to sign up. Run it on records you already know, or book a demo and send us a list: we run it and show you what we find.

How do I find senior engineers by skill and country?

Search candidates by skills, title, seniority and country with POST /person_role_search/. Check tenure and previous employers with POST /person_detail_lookup/.

How do you check data quality?

The test that counts is your own: send a list of profiles you care about. We run it and show you what we find, number by number, so you can measure hit rate and connect rate yourself.

How is a people search API different from searching profiles by hand?

Searching by hand works for a handful of accounts. A people search API filters by title, seniority, department and location across your target companies in one request, returns people your product can act on, and hands off to a contact lookup for the mobile or email.

Does Forager integrate with the tools we already use?

Native in Clay, partner-built in Deepline and Cargo and called through the API from your own code. Everything else connects through the REST API with one API key.

Is there a contract or minimum commitment?

No contract to start: a free account comes with $5 in credits. To keep using people search, choose a monthly or yearly plan. Monthly plans cancel anytime and unused credits roll over; yearly plans grant all credits upfront and cost 10% less. Larger volumes are agreed with our team.

Start building

Put people, company and job data your users can act on inside your product

Send us a list. We run it, show you what we find, then talk volume and terms.

  • $5 free credits
  • No credit card
  • Run your sample
Platforms and teams that build on Forager
  • Clay
  • Juicebox
  • Nooks
  • Andela
  • HubSpot
  • SeekOut