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People filters
Every people filter, what it matches and where the data is thin.
This page lists every filter on People search, with its options and exactly what it matches. Haley uses the same filters when you ask for people in a sentence, so this is also a guide to what Haley can and can’t search on.
How to use the filter panel#
- Tag boxes take typed values. Press Enter or a comma to add a tag. Use ↑ ↓ and Enter to pick a suggestion, Esc to dismiss them, and Backspace in an empty box to remove the last tag.
- Checkboxes pick from fixed options. Long lists fold behind Show all.
- Several values in one filter find people who match any of them. Different filters must all match.
- A Limited data badge marks filters where many people have nothing on record. Picking one drops those people.
Role#
Open by default.
| Filter | Options | What it matches |
|---|---|---|
| Job title | Typed tags, e.g. “Product manager, CFO…” | Whole words in the current title, so “VP” doesn’t match “AVP”. Common short forms expand both ways: CFO also finds Chief Financial Officer. |
| Leave out titles | Typed tags, e.g. “Associate, Intern…” | Removes anyone whose title has these words. |
| Level | Checkboxes (below) | The seniority of the current role. |
| Function | Checkboxes (below) | The kind of work: sales, finance, engineering and so on. Limited data. |
| Founders only | Checkbox | People who founded a company. |
| Board members only | Checkbox | People who sit on a board. |
Short forms Ladel understands
Type the short form or the full title. Ladel expands CEO, CFO, CTO, COO, CMO, CIO, CPO, CHRO (also Chief People Officer), CRO, MD, GM, VP, SVP, EVP and AVP. “Software Engineer” also finds SDE, so “SDE 2” hiring works without listing every variant.
Support roles stay out
A search for “CEO” leaves out titles like “EA to CEO” or “Chief of Staff – CTO”, and interns and trainees, so you get the role itself. People who hold the title outright rank above those whose title only contains it.
Levels
| Level | Who it covers |
|---|---|
| C-suite and founders | CEOs, CXOs, MDs and founders. |
| Board | Board members and directors on boards. |
| VP | Vice presidents, including SVPs and EVPs. |
| Director | Directors. |
| Head or GM | “Head of…” titles and general managers. They sit between director and manager. |
| Partner or advisor | Partners and advisors. |
| Manager | Managers and team leads. |
| Individual contributor | Everyone who doesn’t manage: engineers, executives, nurses, technicians, operators. |
Functions
Engineering, Product, Design, Sales, Marketing, Operations, Finance, Human resources, Legal, Customer service, Public relations, Media, Health, Education, Real estate, Trades and Other.
Limited data
Function is unknown for about 4 in 10 people, and they drop out when you pick one. When it matters that you see everyone, search by Job title instead.
Location#
Open by default.
| Filter | Options | What it matches |
|---|---|---|
| City or metro | Typed tags with suggestions, e.g. “Bengaluru, Delhi NCR…” | Where the person lives now. A metro includes its suburbs: Delhi NCR has Gurugram and Noida. A single town covers only that town. |
| Add towns within about 150 km | Checkbox | Adds a set list of nearby towns to each city you picked. |
| Leave out places | Typed tags, e.g. “Noida…” | Removes people in these places. |
| State | Typed tags, e.g. “Karnataka…” | Everyone in the state. |
Suggestions include the big metros, many tier-2 cities, and Singapore, Dubai, London, San Francisco and New York, but you can type any place. Old and new spellings both work: Bangalore and Bengaluru, Gurgaon and Gurugram, Bombay and Mumbai. The full list of metros, suburbs and nearby towns is on Cities and metros.
Company#
Open by default. These filters describe the person’s current employer, except Worked at before.
| Filter | Options | What it matches |
|---|---|---|
| Works at | Company names, with suggestions | The current employer, as whole words, so “CRED” doesn’t match Credit Saison. |
| Leave out companies | Company names | Removes people at these employers. |
| Worked at before | Company names | Any earlier job at that company. |
| Sector | Checkboxes (below) | The employer’s sector. |
| Funding stage | Checkboxes (below) | How the employer is funded. |
| Company size | 1-200, 201-1k, 1k-5k, 5k-10k, 10k-50k, 50k+ staff | The employer’s headcount. |
| Backed by | Investor names, e.g. “Peak XV, Accel…” | Employers that investor has backed. |
Sectors
- Technology and IT services
- Financial services
- Consumer and retail
- Healthcare and pharma
- Manufacturing and industrials
- Energy, infra, logistics, real estate
Funding stages
| Stage | Meaning |
|---|---|
| Seed | Seed or angel rounds only. |
| Early-stage VC | Series A or B. |
| Growth | Growth rounds. |
| Late-stage VC | Series C or later. |
| Private equity | Backed by private equity. |
| Venture, stage unknown | Venture-backed, but the round isn’t known. |
| Listed | Listed on a stock exchange. |
| Acquired | Bought by another company. |
| No rounds on record | No funding on file, which is common for bootstrapped and family-owned firms. |
Education#
Folded by default. Open it from the bottom of the panel.
| Filter | Options | What it matches |
|---|---|---|
| School or university | Typed tags, e.g. “Indian Institute of Technology…” | Whole words in the school name. |
Limited data
Education is on record for only about 2 in 100 people, so most good matches will be missing when you filter by school. Write the full name as well as the short one: IIT is usually stored as “Indian Institute of Technology”, IIM as “Indian Institute of Management”.
What you can’t filter on#
- Years of experience. There’s no experience filter. Profiles show years on record, counted from the earliest job on file, and a shortlist can be filtered by those bands.
- Skills or salary. They aren’t in the data.
- Personal traits. Ladel never filters by gender, religion, caste, age, health, marital status or family.
Questions#
Why does “VP” not find AVPs?
Titles match as whole words. Add “AVP” as its own tag, or tick the level you want instead.
I picked a city and lost people in its suburbs. Why?
A single town covers only that town. Pick the metro (for example Mumbai, which includes Thane and Navi Mumbai) or tick Add towns within about 150 km. See Cities and metros.
How do I find people at one company?
Type it into Works at, or open the company in Company search and press People.