A British expat has revealed she’s taken her search for love to an unexpected place – LinkedIn.
Candice Gallagher, who lives in Singapore and goes by the username @candi.licious on TikTok, said in a clip that’s since gone viral that she uses the online networking platform to look for men to date.
“Why am I using LinkedIn as a dating app? The filters!” the 37-year-old said in the video, which has garnered hundreds of thousands of views.
“I’m looking for A-grade men, and LinkedIn has A-grade filters. It’s all part of my effort to make dating in Singapore a little more fun.”
Gallagher said it’s allowed her to filter her pool of potential matches in ways traditional dating apps like Tinder and Hinge can’t – narrowing her search results down to education, occupation and location.
“Number one – I can filter for an education, MBA baby,” she said, suggesting a man with a master of business administration degree is one she’s seeking.
A partner who works in medicine, law or finance is the second thing she’s “looking at”, while their location is “very important”.
“Unfortunately, I can’t filter by height. At least there are very good-looking photos that I can do some height analysis on,” she said.
Not everyone’s sold, however, on Gallagher’s use of the platform – with several accusing her of being “unprofessional”.
“Is this a joke? There are so many women complaining about men doing the same thing. Why is it okay for you to do this?” one commented on the video.
“People are not on LinkedIn looking for that. That’s definitely not the place,” another said, calling it “fully disrespectful”.
Others questioned Gallagher’s search’s effectiveness – given “you can’t filter whether they are married or not”.
Speaking to Insider, Gallagher insisted she didn’t intend to “undermine LinkedIn’s professional purpose”.
“To provide you with context, a friend had privately shared the LinkedIn profile of one of their connections and had asked if I would like to be set up on a blind date with him,” she explained.
“This approach then sparked ideas about LinkedIn as a dating app.”
A spokesperson for the platform told Insider in a statement that “romantic advances and harassment of any form is a violation of our rules”.
“Our policies include detailed examples that show what kind of content does not belong on LinkedIn,” they continued.
“Members can report any instances of harassment on LinkedIn and signal to us that such behaviour is unwanted, allowing us to take action.”