For some recruiters Facebook represents the holy grail of people search engines. When they introduced their graph search a few years back, recruiters rejoiced. But alas, much of that functionality was pulled back.

Others hacked their way to a few tools that offer a somewhat decent replacement. Both are free and can be found below.

• Search is Back: https://searchisback.com/

Search is Back interface

• IntelTechniques Facebook Search: https://inteltechniques.com/intel/osint/facebook.html

Inteltechniques interface

For more perspective on the potential of Facebook sourcing check out Tim Sackett’s recent blog post.