update-hr

Update HR Contacts

Find LinkedIn recruiter profiles for a company and add them to column E of List.xlsx.

Step 1 — Search LinkedIn

Use WebSearch with this query:

"{company}" recruiter OR "talent acquisition" OR "hiring manager" OR "HR manager" OR "people partner" Paris OR France OR EMEA site:linkedin.com/in

Location priority: Paris first, then France, then EMEA as a fallback. Only use EMEA-level contacts when no Paris or France-specific person is found. Ignore contacts based in India, US, or APAC unless the company has no EU presence at all.

Step 2 — Add to the HR_CONTACTS dict

Open update_hr_contacts.py and add or extend the company entry in the HR_CONTACTS dictionary. Use the company name exactly as it appears in column A of List.xlsx. If the company is already in the dict, append the new contacts to its list — don't replace existing ones.

Step 3 — Run the script

Run update_hr_contacts.py from the project root. The script reads existing cell content first and only appends contacts whose names aren't already there. Running it twice produces zero changes the second time.

Step 4 — Verify

The script reports how many rows were updated. Check that the count matches expectations.

Adding a single contact to one row (e.g. a verified recruiter email)

For one contact on one specific row, use the append-only script instead of editing the cell by hand:

python .claude/skills/update-hr/scripts/add_hr_contact.py --row 311 --name "Jane Doe" --url "https://www.linkedin.com/in/..." [--title "Tech Recruiter"] [--email "[email protected]"]
python .claude/skills/update-hr/scripts/add_hr_contact.py --company "Bluecoders" --name ...   (all rows of that company)

It keeps every existing contact, appends the new one with CHAR(10), does nothing if the name is already there, takes the shared tracker lock and backs up List.xlsx first. Never write to column E with ad hoc openpyxl code (that is how row 311's contacts were once overwritten).

Rules

• Never overwrite manually entered contacts — the script is append-only.
• Write names directly, no [UNVERIFIED] prefix.
• To remove a contact: delete it from Excel AND remove it from the HR_CONTACTS dict. That's the only case requiring both steps.
• Don't drag the fill handle in Excel after running — it creates ghost rows with duplicated formulas.