Refresh stale ATS candidate records so past applicants resurface

Update old applicants' current roles and contacts so they show up in new searches and can be re-engaged.

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A selection of teams that run this job on Forager · plus other recruiting platforms

Tools named: LinkedIn

Uses POST /person_detail_reverse_lookup/by_email/, POST /person_detail_lookup/ · Reverse email lookup API reference

What it costs: 15 credits per mobile found · 5 credits per email found. A mobile or email lookup that returns nothing costs 0 credits. Enrichment and search are charged per request: credit pricing.

How the data flows

One input → Person enrichment + Reverse email lookup + Personal emails + Mobile numbers + Work emails → 4 fields sample data

01 · Inputs

ATS export (name, email, LinkedIn URL)

people-feed-2026-10-01.jsonl

02 · Forager

Person enrichment + Reverse email lookup + Personal emails + Mobile numbers + Work emails POST /person_detail_reverse_lookup/by_email/

Match found

03 · Outputs

Priya FixtureProduct Designer · Sample Labs

current role title: Product Designer
current employer: Sample Labs
personal email: priya.f@example.net
phone number: +44 20 7946 0958
name: Priya Fixture
work email: priya@samplelabs.example

4 fields in the responseexample data

Steps

Match ATS records by email with POST /person_detail_reverse_lookup/by_email/ or by LinkedIn identifier
Update current role_title, employer and skills from POST /person_detail_lookup/
Refresh personal_email and mobile
Re-index so silver-medalist candidates appear in new searches

import json, os, requests

BASE = "https://api-v2.forager.ai/api/{account_id}/datastorage"
HEADERS = {"X-API-KEY": os.environ["FORAGER_KEY"]}
body = json.load(open("request.json"))  # request fields: see the API reference

# 1. Match ATS records by email with POST
# /person_detail_reverse_lookup/by_email/ or by LinkedIn identifier
r1 = requests.post(f"{BASE}/person_detail_reverse_lookup/by_email/", headers=HEADERS, json=body)

# 2. Update current role_title, employer and skills from POST
# /person_detail_lookup/
r2 = requests.post(f"{BASE}/person_detail_lookup/", headers=HEADERS, json=body)

# 3. Refresh personal_email and mobile

# 4. Re-index so silver-medalist candidates appear in new searches

# 1. POST /person_detail_reverse_lookup/by_email/
curl -X POST \
  https://api-v2.forager.ai/api/{account_id}/datastorage/person_detail_reverse_lookup/by_email/ \
  -H "X-API-KEY: $FORAGER_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d @request.json

# 2. POST /person_detail_lookup/
curl -X POST \
  https://api-v2.forager.ai/api/{account_id}/datastorage/person_detail_lookup/ \
  -H "X-API-KEY: $FORAGER_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d @request.json

Generated from the recipe stepsRequest fields: API reference

Run it yourself: Reverse email lookup API reference

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Inputs and outputs

Inputs	Outputs
ATS export (name, email, LinkedIn URL)	`current role_title`
	`current employer`
	`personal_email`
	`phone_number`

Questions about this recipe

How do I update outdated candidate records in my ATS?

Match ATS records by email with POST /person_detail_reverse_lookup/by_email/ or by LinkedIn identifier. Update current role_title, employer and skills from POST /person_detail_lookup/.

What does it cost to refresh stale ATS candidate records so past applicants resurface?

Person enrichment: 1 credit per request, charged whether or not data comes back. Reverse email lookup: 5 credits per request, charged whether or not data comes back. Personal emails: 5 credits per personal email found, and a personal email lookup that finds nothing costs 0 credits. Mobile numbers: 15 credits per mobile number found, and a mobile number lookup that finds nothing costs 0 credits. Work emails: 5 credits per work email found, and a work email lookup that finds nothing costs 0 credits. Growth's 8,250 monthly credits cover 550 mobiles, 1,650 emails or 8,250 person enrichments, or a mix. Self-serve plans are Starter, Growth, Pro and Scale. See plans and prices

What do I need to run this recipe, and what comes back?

You send ATS export (name, email, LinkedIn URL). You get back current employer, current role_title, personal_email and phone_number, as JSON. You also need a Forager API key, which comes with a free account.

What is a silver-medalist candidate and how do I re-engage them?

Update old applicants' current roles and contacts so they show up in new searches and can be re-engaged. Agencies rehire from their own database instead of re-sourcing from scratch.

Is there a free way to try Forager on this workflow?

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.

When should I run this workflow?

An agency imports its historic talent pool or a new requisition opens. Agencies rehire from their own database instead of re-sourcing from scratch.

Which Forager products does this recipe use?

Person enrichment, reverse email lookup, personal emails, mobile numbers and work emails. Person enrichment: a full professional profile for a person from a LinkedIn URL, email or phone: experience, education, skills and contact channels. Reverse email lookup: turn an email address into a full person profile: name, title, company, location and social links.

How do I know the data is right?

Forager ranked #1 of 10 in Clay's 2026 test of mobile data providers, by quality score: Clay's measure of how likely a dialled number reaches the right person. 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.

Which tools can run this workflow?

Native in Clay and Zapier, partner-built in Deepline and Cargo and called through the API from Make, n8n and your own code. Or call the endpoints in the steps above from your own code with one API key.

How many steps is this workflow?

4 steps: match ATS records by email with POST /person_detail_reverse_lookup/by_email/ or by LinkedIn identifier, update current role_title, employer and skills from POST /person_detail_lookup/, refresh personal_email and mobile and re-index so silver-medalist candidates appear in new searches.

Is there a contract or minimum commitment?

No contract to start: a free account comes with $5 in credits. To keep using Forager, 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.

Can we show Forager data inside our product?

Yes, under platform terms. Self-serve plans cover internal use by your own team. Showing Forager contacts to your users, or passing records on, is licensed separately: talk to sales about volume and which fields your users need to see.

A selection of teams that run this job on Forager · plus other recruiting platforms

Clay
- GTM workflow builders
Selected use case: Forager mobile numbers, emails and people data inside Clay tables.
Juicebox
- AI candidate sourcing
Selected use case: Forager data behind its PeopleGPT search and sourcing agents.
Nooks
- Power & parallel dialers
Selected use case: mobile numbers inside their dialer.
skillconomy
- AI candidate sourcing
AI active-sourcing service for professional and leadership roles.
HubSpot
- CRM add-ons
Selected use case: enriching contact and company records with people, company and job-posting data.
Hyre
- AI candidate sourcing
Agentic recruitment platform for agencies in the Netherlands and Europe.
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
Intro
- AI candidate sourcing
Selected use case: phone numbers for outreach to passive candidates.

Sources

¹ SeekOut: SeekOut, customer interview, Sep 2026.

Refresh stale ATS candidate records so past applicants resurface

How the data flows

Steps

Inputs and outputs

Questions about this recipe

How do I update outdated candidate records in my ATS?

What does it cost to refresh stale ATS candidate records so past applicants resurface?

What do I need to run this recipe, and what comes back?

What is a silver-medalist candidate and how do I re-engage them?

Is there a free way to try Forager on this workflow?

When should I run this workflow?

Which Forager products does this recipe use?

How do I know the data is right?

Which tools can run this workflow?

How many steps is this workflow?

Is there a contract or minimum commitment?

Can we show Forager data inside our product?

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