Reveal candidate emails and mobiles in the browser for a boutique search firm
Let a small recruiting or executive-search firm find candidates by title, company and location and reveal a personal email or mobile without an API integration.
- Free API key
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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.
- Prospecting web app
- Personal emails
- Mobile numbers
- API
- Internal use
- Staffing & recruiting
How the data flows
- personal email
- priya.f@example.net
- mobile
- +44 20 7946 0958
- name
- Priya Fixture
- title
- Hiring Manager, Engineering
- work email
- priya@example.com
- company
- Example Inc.
Steps
- Search the people who hold the role at target companies in the prospecting web app
- Reveal personal emails and mobiles for the candidates worth approaching
- Export the shortlist to CSV and import it into the firm's ATS or spreadsheet
- Pay only for the contacts found, from the same credits as the API
Inputs and outputs
| Inputs | Outputs |
|---|---|
| target title | candidate shortlist |
| target companies | personal email |
| location | mobile |
CSV export |
Questions about this recipe
What tool can a small recruiting firm use to find candidate phone numbers?
This recipe uses Forager Prospecting web app, Personal emails and Mobile numbers. Prospecting web app: Search people and reveal mobiles and emails in the browser, with no code. Let a small recruiting or executive-search firm find candidates by title, company and location and reveal a personal email or mobile without an API integration.
What does it cost to reveal candidate emails and mobiles in the browser for a boutique search firm?
The prospecting web app uses the same plan credits as the API: 15 credits per mobile and 5 per email found. 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. Growth's 8,250 monthly credits cover 550 mobiles or 1,650 emails, 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 location, target companies and target title. You get back candidate shortlist, CSV export, mobile and personal email, as JSON. You also need a Forager API key, which comes with a free account.
How do I get a candidate's personal email without an integration?
Search the people who hold the role at target companies in the prospecting web app. Reveal personal emails and mobiles for the candidates worth approaching.
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?
When a recruiter takes a new search and needs a shortlist of reachable candidates this week. Recruiters start outreach on day one of a search without a data contract or engineering work.
Which Forager products does this recipe use?
Prospecting web app, personal emails and mobile numbers. Prospecting web app: search people and reveal mobiles and emails in the browser, with no code. Personal emails: personal email addresses for reaching people outside their work inbox, such as passive candidates and founders.
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.
How do I find candidate personal email and phone?
Search the people who hold the role at target companies in the prospecting web app. Reveal personal emails and mobiles for the candidates worth approaching.
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: search the people who hold the role at target companies in the prospecting web app, reveal personal emails and mobiles for the candidates worth approaching, export the shortlist to CSV and import it into the firm's ATS or spreadsheet and pay only for the contacts found, from the same credits as the API.
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.
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