Based on frequently asked questions from our users, we’ve created this comprehensive guide to help you fully harness the power of Wandify—not just skim the basics.
Many recruiters settle for only the basic features, overlooking powerful capabilities that could transform their hiring process. Wandify offers much more, with robust tools for collaboration and workflow efficiency at every step. This guide covers it all, diving into tips, tricks, and insights that will make every click count in your talent search.
1. Accessing and Managing Wandify’s Talent Database
Q: How Many Profiles Are Available in the System?
A: Wandify’s database includes over 41 millions of profiles, giving you a robust talent pool to explore for roles across all levels. This extensive data allows you to find candidates with diverse skills and backgrounds, catering to various industries and job functions.
Q: Where Can I Search for Candidates?
A: You can search in any country, making Wandify ideal for both local and international hiring. You can filter candidates based on specific geographic regions to efficiently narrow down talent that meets your location needs.
Q: How Frequently is the Database Updated?
A: Our database is updated every two months, ensuring you access the most recent candidate information available.
Q: Where Does Wandify Source Its Data?
A: Wandify aggregates data from reliable sources, including professional networking platforms, open sources providing you with comprehensive, up-to-date profiles.
Q: Which Positions Can I Fill Using Wandify?
A: Wandify is built to excel in connecting you with highly skilled professionals, with a primary focus on technical talent across the IT and engineering sectors. Its advanced tools make it particularly effective for sourcing candidates with niche technical expertise or experience in various technologies. However, Wandify’s database isn’t limited to tech—its robust search capabilities also support hiring in a variety of other industries, enabling you to identify candidates with the specific skills and experience you need for roles beyond the technical sphere.
2. Optimizing Your Search with System Tips and Tricks
Understanding how to navigate and optimize the system features can save time and refine your search results. Here are some tips for maximizing the platform’s capabilities:
Q: How to Exclude Profiles from a Search?
A: To exclude profiles that don’t meet your criteria, hover over the condition you want to exclude and click on the “exclude” option. This instantly removes irrelevant results from your view, allowing you to focus only on qualified candidates.
Q: How to Find Candidates Who Have Relocated?
A: If you’re searching for candidates who have relocated abroad, try these tips:
- Exclude Current Location (e.g., Germany) + Past Location (e.g., Germany)
- Current Location (e.g., Poland) + Past Location (e.g., Germany)
- Current Location (e.g., Poland) + Languages Spoken (e.g., German)
- Current Location (e.g., Poland) + University attended
- Current Location (e.g., Poland) + Specific Keywords
These combinations allow you to filter candidates by specific relocation patterns and backgrounds.
Q: How to Remove Irrelevant Profiles from a Search?
A: To keep your search results focused, you can take two effective steps:
- Tag Irrelevant Profiles: Create tags such as “Not Interested” for profiles that don’t meet your criteria. Once tagged, you can easily filter out these profiles in future searches, ensuring they don’t appear again.
- Refine Keywords: Analyze the keywords that led to irrelevant profiles appearing in your search results. Identify and exclude specific terms or phrases that don’t align with your requirements.
Q: How Can Improve Team Collaboration?
A: 1. Add Comments to Candidate Profiles: Use the comments feature to share insights, updates, or feedback directly on candidate profiles. This ensures transparency and alignment among team members during the evaluation process.
- Tags for Workflow Clarity: Tags like “Interviewed,” “Shortlisted,” or “Needs Follow-Up” provide a clear snapshot of where candidates stand in the hiring process, helping maintain consistency and reducing miscommunication.
- Filter by Reviewed Profiles: The “Reviewed” filter allows you to quickly identify profiles that have already been assessed by you or your team, saving time and avoiding duplication of efforts.
- Folders for Team Access: Create shared folders where team members can add relevant profiles, manage them collectively, and assign statuses at each stage of the hiring process.
- Shared Contacts: Access contact details that have already been unlocked by your team members.
Q: How to Set Up and Organize Candidates with Folders?
A: Folders let you categorize candidates by role, project, or hiring stage, making it much easier to manage and access profiles efficiently.
- Setting up a folder is simple: Navigate to the folder section, select “New Folder,” assign it a name, and choose the appropriate access level.
- Private Access: Keep the folder visible only to you for managing searches or projects that require individual oversight.
- Team Access: Share the folder with your team to enable seamless collaboration. Team members can add relevant profiles, update statuses, leave comments, and organize candidates more effectively, ensuring everyone stays aligned and the hiring process remains smooth.
- Assign Statuses: Within folders, you can assign statuses like “Interested,” “Not Interested,” “Selected” or create your own ones to candidate profiles. This helps you track progress and maintain an organized hiring pipeline.
- Collaborate Securely: Team-accessible folders allow multiple members to add relevant profiles, update statuses, and provide feedback, ensuring everyone stays informed and aligned throughout the hiring process.
Q: What Should I Do If My Search Returns Zero Results?
A: If your search yields no results, reach out to the support team via the in-platform chat or email at support@wandify.io. Our support team is always happy to assist you in creating a relevant and effective search query tailored to your hiring needs.
The accuracy of search results depends on the filters you use, so ensure that filter settings for skills, experience, and location are correctly applied to retrieve the most relevant candidates. Review this video tutorial on using filters effectively.
3. Amplifying Searches with Wandify Extension
The Wandify extension enhances your search capabilities, granting access to over 400 million contact details. It allows you to gather key candidate information, including emails and phone numbers, directly from LinkedIn and other professional sites. Here’s how the extension works and how it can support your recruitment process.
Q: How Does the Wandify Extension Work?
A: The Wandify extension helps you find contact information beyond the platform and export profile data from LinkedIn with ease into Wandify for easy organization, tracking, and further processing. This allows you to gather a candidate’s contact details, experience, location, industry, and company information — all in just a few clicks.
Q: What are the Key Advantages of Using the Extension?
A: The Wandify extension brings several advantages to your workflow:
- Effortlessly search and gather detailed candidate information from LinkedIn and save it directly to Wandify, and easily export in CSV format.
- Access contact details and essential profile data directly from your browser, making it faster and easier to evaluate candidates outside the Wandify platform.
- Bypass LinkedIn’s profile view limitations, allowing you to see more profiles and access necessary information without restrictions.
Q: Does the Extension Work on the Free Plan?
A: Yes, the extension is available for use on the free plan, allowing you to test its functionality and see how it fits into your recruiting process.
Q: Which Browsers Support the Wandify Extension?
A: The Wandify extension is compatible with Chrome, Opera, and Edge. For more details, here is a video on exporting profiles and contact details from LinkedIn: Export Profiles & ContactDetails.
4. Understanding and Managing Credits in Wandify
Q: What Are Credits?
A: In Wandify, credits act as virtual currency used to access contact information and export profiles. There are two types of credits:
- Contact Credits: These allow users to unlock direct contact information, such as phone numbers and email addresses, within profiles.
- Export Credits: These are used to export profile data from the platform.
Each contact credit provides access to all available direct contacts within a single profile, while one export credit allows you to export data for one profile.
Q: What Is the Difference Between Export and Contact Credits?
A: – Contact Credits: Used specifically to reveal direct contact details, like phone numbers and emails, within a profile.
– Export Credits: Used to export the full profile data from Wandify into a file for external use.
Q: Why Are Credits Limited?
A: The number of credits is optimized per plan to meet typical usage needs. However, you can purchase additional credits or request a customized plan if you require more credits for high-volume recruiting.
Q: What Happens to My Remaining Credits?
A: Please note that credits do not transfer after the plan period ends. It’s important to use all your credits within the active period to maximize your subscription. This policy does not apply to the free plan, where credits renew each month.
5. Wandify Subscriptions: Plans and Benefits
Q: What Are the Available Plans?
- Free Plan: Provides access to core features with usage limitations, allowing you to test Wandify’s capabilities with no time limit.
- Professional Plan: Unlocks advanced search, additional contact access, and customization features for professional use.
- Custom Plan: Designed for larger teams or specialized needs, with flexible features and pricing based on your requirements.
Q: What’s Included in the Free and Professional Plans?
A: Below is a detailed comparison of Wandify’s subscription plans, showing all features and credits available per user.
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Q: What is the Duration of the Free Plan?
A: The free plan is available indefinitely, though it includes certain usage restrictions on features.
Q: How Can I Pay?
A: Payments are made conveniently via card within the Wandify system. Simply link your card to your account for seamless, automated billing.
Mastering Your Talent Search with Wandify
As you explore Wandify’s diverse tools and features, remember that each aspect of the platform is designed to simplify, refine, and elevate your recruitment experience. From advanced search filters to seamless team collaboration, Wandify is more than just a recruiting platform—it’s a powerhouse that, when fully leveraged, helps you efficiently connect with the best talent. By adopting these tips and tricks, you’re not just managing candidate data—you’re driving a smarter, faster, and more insightful hiring process.
