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Filter out 'LinkedIn Member' placeholder names from results #83

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Expand Up @@ -561,6 +561,10 @@ def find_employees(result):
# There is no first/last name fields anymore so we're taking the full name
full_name = entity['title']['text'].strip()

# Skip placeholder profiles with no real name
if full_name.lower() == 'linkedin member':
continue

# The name may include extras like "Dr" at the start, so we do some basic stripping
if full_name[:3] == 'Dr ':
full_name = full_name[4:]
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