Let us look at how you can integrate LinkedIn with Google Sheets to create a spreadsheet that automatically stores the LinkedIn profiles of job candidates who meet the requirements of the position you are offering.
This automation requires a one-time setup for which we will use Pabbly Connect.
To begin with, we will link LinkedIn and Pabbly Connect to capture appropriate profiles, and subsequently, we’ll link Pabbly Connect with Google Sheets to automatically save the profiles of eligible candidates in a spreadsheet.
Steps to Automatically Save LinkedIn Profile Details in Google Sheets
1. Sign In / Sign Up to Pabbly Connect and Create a Workflow
2. Setup Linked Helper as the Trigger App to Capture Profiles
3. Setup Google Sheets as the Action App to Save Profiles
Step 1:- Sign In / Sign Up to Pabbly Connect and Create a Workflow
A. Sign In / Sign Up
To begin this process, visit Pabbly Connect and create your account by clicking on the ‘Sign Up Free’ button. You can also click on Sign In if you already have an account.
Click on the Pabbly Connect ‘Access Now’ button
B. Create Workflow
To create a new workflow, click the ‘Create Workflow’ button.
Name your workflow, and click on ‘Create’.
Step 2:- Setup Linked Helper as the Trigger App to Capture Profiles
In the following steps, we will establish a connection between Linked Helper and Pabbly Connect, which will allow us to collect appropriate profiles from LinkedIn.
Prerequisite: You have to download the Linked Helper application.
A. Trigger App
Trigger allows us to choose the application that will receive the data for Pabbly Connect. In our case, it would be Linked Helper.
Choose ‘Linked Helper’ as the Trigger App and select ‘Get Linkedin Profile’ as a Trigger Event.
B. Webhook URL
You will see a newly generated Webhook URL, which you will need to use to connect your LinkedIn account. Copy the Webhook URL.
Immediately after you copy the Webhook URL, Pabbly Connect will begin searching for candidate profiles from LinkedIn, as evidenced by the rotating Waiting For Webhook Response button.
C. Connect LinkedIn Account
To connect with your LinkedIn account, login to your Linded Helper account, and ‘Open’ your profile. You will be redirected to a different page.
Click on ‘Create new’, name your campaign, select ‘People’ > ‘Visit & Extract Profile’, and click on ‘Create’.
Name your Action, click on the ‘+’ sign, scroll down, and click on ‘Send person to webhook’.
Paste the Webhook URL we copied earlier, and click on ‘Save’.
Select your Campaign, click on ‘Add’ > ‘My network page’, and Linked Helper will start listing your LinkedIn connections.
Click on ‘Collect’ > ‘from current page’, and Linked Helper will start collecting the connections in the queue.
Keep only those contacts whose details you want to save in your Google Sheets. Click on ‘Start campaign,’ and Linked Helper will start sending the contact details to Pabbly Connect.
Expand Response Received, under which the details of the profiles you captured must be visible.
Step 3:- Setup Google Sheets as the Action App to Save Profiles
Action allows us to choose the application that will get executed by the workflow trigger.
We essentially want to save the LinkedIn profiles of suitable candidates in Google Sheets. Therefore, Google Sheets will be our Action App.
A. Action App
Choose ‘Google Sheets’ as the Action App, select ‘Add New Row’ as an Action Event, and click on ‘Connect’.
B. Connect Google Sheets Account
To connect with your Google Sheets account, select ‘Add New Connection’, and click on ‘Connect With Google Sheets’. Also, grant the authorization.
Choose the specific Spreadsheet and Sheet that you wish to utilize for storing the profiles.
As soon as you select your sheet, the columns of this sheet will start reflecting as fields in your Action Step.
C. Map Necessary Fields
Now that you have connected your Google Sheets account, all you need is to map the necessary details from the step above. Mapping ensures our data remains dynamic and changes as per the received responses.
Similarly, map the other fields, and click on ‘Save & Send Test Request’.
The moment you click on Save & Send Test Request, the profiles will automatically be saved in your Google Sheets spreadsheet.
Our automation is complete. We have successfully integrated Linked Helper with Google Sheets. Henceforth, the LinkedIn profiles of any newly found qualified candidates will be automatically saved in your designated Google Sheets spreadsheet.
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