How to Find Previous Employees of a Company on LinkedIn

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May 5, 2026

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Use this interactive demo to learn how to locate former employees of any company on LinkedIn.

Quick summary

You can find previous employees of any company on LinkedIn by searching the company name with keywords like "former" and filtering results by People. Scrolling through the filtered results reveals each person's past companies listed directly beneath their name.

Steps

Go to the LinkedIn search bar and type a company name plus the keyword "former" or a similar term.
Click the People tab filter to narrow results to individual profiles.
Scroll through the results and review each person's past companies listed below their name based on your search.

📌 Why this matters

Finding previous employees of a company on LinkedIn is a high-value tactic for recruiters, sales teams, and competitive researchers. Former employees often carry institutional knowledge, relevant skills, and warm network connections that make them prime candidates or prospects. LinkedIn's People search filter makes it possible to surface these individuals quickly without any third-party tools. This demo shows the exact steps to identify and review former employees of any target company in under a minute.

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