In my previous blog, I discussed how to crack the 100 limit on the basic Linkedin account. There are other ways to do this and, over the next couple of blogs, I will show how to get to the same end result using different methods. Basically, whatever method we use, we want to find a unique identifier to break up the 343 names into sub-groups of 99 or less so we can see everyone at the company. Today I am going to discuss using the Industry search option. The industry search option is interesting because not everyone uses the same Industry at the same company. The software engineer who likes wine might put his industry code as "Wine and Spirits" instead of computer software. Everyone picks an industry code, so it is an obvious choice for trying to break the 100 limit.
In our example company, there are 343 people. Below are the steps for breaking out that 343 into manageable sub-groups.
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In the company name field, I put the company name. In the industry field, I picked everything except Computer & Network Security, Computer Networking, Computer Software, Consumer Electronics, Information Technology and Services and Telecommunications. (82 found)
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In the company name field, I put the company name. In the industry field, I clear out all of the above and just pick Computer & Network Security and Computer Networking. (61 found)
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In the company name field, I put the company name. In the industry field, I clear out all of the above and just pick Computer Software. (62 found)
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In the company name field, I put the company name. In the industry field, I clear out all of the above and just pick Consumer Electronics and Information Technology and Services. (28 results)
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In the company name field, I put the company name. In the industry field, I clear out all of the above and just pick Telecommunications (110 results)
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As you can see in the last search, the number is over 100, so we have to break that out to get all 110, which should be easy.
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I redo the last search but in the keywords field, I put the company name and engineer (53 results)
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I now just add a - in front of engineer. (57 results)
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Total: 343!
As you can see, breaking out these lists is easy, if you have the patience to get creative with your search methodology. The key is to track your results so you know that you have gotten everyone.
Using Network Grabber, I had all of these names in my database again in 20 minutes.