The Recruiterflow Chrome extension lets you pull candidate profiles from LinkedIn into Recruiterflow in seconds — without copying fields manually or maintaining a parallel spreadsheet. Most of the time you'll add candidates with a direct one-click scrape; for edge cases where the page won't parse, you can fall back to the PDF flow.
Before proceeding with this article, please make sure that you've already installed the extension. If not, grab it from the Chrome Web Store first.
Step 1: Pin the extension to your toolbar
Pinning the extension keeps it one click away on every page.
Click the puzzle piece icon in the top-right corner of Chrome.
Find Recruiterflow in the list.
Click the pin icon next to it so the Recruiterflow icon appears in your toolbar.
Step 2: Add a candidate from LinkedIn (default flow)
For the vast majority of LinkedIn profiles, this is all you need:
Open the candidate's LinkedIn profile in Chrome.
Click the Recruiterflow extension icon in your toolbar.
The extension reads the profile and pre-fills the candidate's name, headline, work history, education, and location.
Pick the job you want to add them to (or skip this and add to the database).
Add tags, source, or notes if you want, then click Add Candidate.
The candidate is now in Recruiterflow — you'll see them in the database (and the job pipeline if you picked one).
Fallback: use the PDF flow
If the extension can't parse a profile directly — usually because of a non-standard layout, a private profile, or a network hiccup — you can fall back to the PDF flow.
On the LinkedIn profile, click More → Save to PDF. LinkedIn downloads a PDF of the profile to your computer.
Open the Recruiterflow extension.
The extension picks up the downloaded PDF and parses it. Confirm the parsed fields look right.
Pick the job (optional) and click Add Candidate.
For the PDF flow to work, the extension needs permission to read downloaded files. If you've never allowed this:
Go to chrome://extensions.
Find the Recruiterflow extension and click Details.
Toggle on Allow access to file URLs.
Example
You're sourcing for a Director of Marketing role and find a strong candidate on LinkedIn. Open her profile, click the Recruiterflow icon, pick the job from the dropdown, drop in a quick note ("CMO at competitor 2019–2023, strong on lifecycle"), and click Add Candidate. She's now in your job pipeline at the Sourced stage with the LinkedIn profile URL attached. Total time: under 10 seconds.
Things to know
Duplicate detection. If the candidate already exists in Recruiterflow (matched on email or LinkedIn URL), the extension shows the existing profile so you can update it instead of creating a duplicate.
Open profiles only. The extension can only pull data that's visible to you on LinkedIn. Private profiles or fields hidden by LinkedIn won't be parsed.
Works beyond LinkedIn. The extension also works on other supported sites (GitHub, personal sites, etc.) — it's not LinkedIn-only.
If the extension goes blank. A LinkedIn UI change or a Chrome update can occasionally break parsing. Reload the page first; if it still doesn't work, switch to the PDF fallback above and let support know.
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Need help?
If the extension still won't pull profiles after trying both flows, reach out to help@recruiterflow.com with the LinkedIn profile URL, your Chrome version, and a screenshot of what the extension panel shows.