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How to Know if a Contact Has Already Been Contacted Recently?

Before launching a campaign or reaching out to a profile, it's useful to know if an exchange has already taken place recently. Here are the different ways to check this in Marvin.

Written by Louise Lefort

1. Consult the Profile Timeline

The most direct method: open the candidate or contact profile and consult their activity timeline.

It centralizes all recorded exchanges:

  • 📧 Emails sent and received

  • 💼 LinkedIn messages (InMail, direct messages)

  • 💬 WhatsApp messages

  • 📞 Calls (if Aircall is connected)

  • 📝 Notes taken on the profile

You can see at a glance the date and nature of the last contact, without having to search through your other tools.


2. Sort by "Date of Last Activity"

From the candidate or contact database:

  1. Click on the "Sort by" button at the top right of the list.

  2. Select "Date of last activity".

Your profiles are then sorted from most recently contacted to least recently contacted. You can spot at a glance profiles that haven't been contacted for a long time and are worth following up with.

💡 Other available sort options are: Relevance, Creation date, Name A→Z / Z→A, Location A→Z / Z→A.


3. Check via the LinkedIn Extension

When browsing LinkedIn and visiting the profile of a candidate or contact who is in Marvin, the Marvin Recruiter extension displays directly:

  • The history of exchanges with this profile

  • The date of the last contact

  • Associated notes

This is particularly useful for avoiding contacting the same person twice during a LinkedIn sourcing session.


Key Takeaways

  • The timeline of each profile centralizes all exchanges automatically.

  • The "Date of last activity" sort allows you to rank profiles by their last contact date.

  • The LinkedIn extension displays a profile's history directly on LinkedIn during your sourcing sessions.

  • There is no "Last contact" column visible directly in the contact list without opening the profile yet — this is a planned improvement.

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