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> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# How to automatically update candidate profiles

> Keep your database current without re-importing: Jobin fetches each candidate's latest profile data, in bulk, for any selection or saved search.

To automatically update candidate profiles, select the contacts in **Contacts**, open the bulk actions, and choose **Live profile update** > **Update profiles**. Jobin fetches their latest data.

## What this gets you

* Your database stays current without re-importing anything. Jobin fetches each person's latest data directly.
* You can reinvigorate an old database before a campaign, so you contact people at their current role.
* Your saved searches and a job's ideal candidate profile stay accurate, because they filter on current data.

## Before you start

* Link a default social account first. Jobin asks you to if you haven't, before the update starts.

## Steps

1. Open **Contacts** and filter to the contacts you want to refresh. You can also open a saved search.
2. Select the contacts, or select everyone who matches your current filter.
3. Open the bulk actions and, under **Live profile update**, choose **Update profiles**.
4. To also refresh contact details, choose **Update + contact info** instead. It is slower and rate limited, so use it mainly for your 1st connections.
5. Follow the progress in the **Operations monitor**.

## Tips

* A very large update can take hours. Lower its priority in the Operations monitor so it doesn't hold up your other work. See [How to prioritize a large operation](/how-to/prioritize-a-large-operation.md).
* Keeping data fresh means your saved searches and a job's ideal candidate profile always filter on current information.
* You don't need to import career details such as company or location from a spreadsheet. Auto-update fetches them for you.

## Ideas to get more from it

* Refresh a saved search's contacts just before you launch a campaign to them.
* Import spreadsheets with only your own data and let updates fill in the career details.
* Lower the priority of a very large update so your normal outreach isn't held up.

## Related

* [Contact enrichment guide](/contact-enrichment.md)
* [How to import contacts from a CSV file](/how-to/import-contacts-from-csv.md)
* [How to save a search and build a talent pool](/how-to/save-a-search-and-build-a-talent-pool.md)


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