Certification

Sharpen Your Search with the Certification Filter

AI Ark makes finding the right people faster—and more precise. The Certification filter gives you laser focus, letting you include or exclude professionals based on the exact certifications they hold. Whether you're looking for AWS-certified engineers, PMP project managers, or Salesforce admins, this filter helps you zero in on the real deal.

Watch how it works

Why Use the Certification Filter?

When specific skills and credentials matter, certifications are one of the clearest signals of qualification. With this filter, you can narrow your results to only those who meet your standards—or filter out the ones who don’t. It's perfect for recruiting, partnership scouting, or market intelligence.

How to Use It

1. Open AI Ark.

2. Select People search.

3. Click the Certification filter.

4. You’ll see three key options to control your targeting:

Include

Enter one or more certifications to find people who hold them.

• Want to see only AWS Certified Solutions Architects? Type it in.

• Searching for Google Cloud or CompTIA Security+ holders? Add them here.

• Check the Exact Match box if you want to match the certification name exactly as entered.

Useful when you're building lists of qualified leads, candidates, or experts.

Exclude

Keep results clean by filtering out specific certifications.

• Don’t want to see interns with beginner-level certs? Exclude them.

• Need to avoid overlapping credentials? This helps cut the clutter.

• Works the same way as Include—just reversed.

Use Exact Match here too if you only want to exclude people with that specific title and not close variants.

More Filters (Include AND)

Use this to layer additional certifications on top of your Include filter.

• Great for building multi-certification profiles—like people who are both PMP and Scrum Master certified.

• Helps you drill down even further when you're chasing highly specific qualifications.

• Yes, Exact Match works here too.
  

  

Pro Tip: Use Exact Match Wisely

Each input box has an Exact Match checkbox. Turn it on when you want to search for the precise name of the certification.

Examples:

• Exact Match ON: AWS Certified Developer – Associate→ Only matches that exact name.

• Exact Match OFF: Might match related or partial names like AWS Developer or AWS Associate.

This gives you full control over how narrow or broad your search should be.

Need Help?

Click Contact Support—we’re ready to help any time.

Contact Support