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Find candidates with hidden experience in a niche technology

Find people who use a niche platform every day by first finding the companies that run it, then searching their staff by title.

Who it's for: A recruiting agency, staffing firm or executive search practice that recruits from the small pool of people who know a niche platform.

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    Find hidden candidates with niche technology experience

    Use TheirStack technographic data to identify companies using a specific platform in your target market, then cross-reference with LinkedIn Recruiter to surface candidates whose hands-on expertise doesn't appear on their profile.

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https://api.theirstack.com/mcp

API

Run this use case from your own code

curl -X POST https://api.theirstack.com/v1/companies/search \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "company_technology_slug_or": ["workday"],
    "company_country_code_or": ["GB"]
  }'

Frequently asked questions

The people you need work at the companies running the tool.

Find every company running a niche platform, then search their staff for the people who use it every day.

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