What the signals mean
The eight moves we watch for, and why each one opens a seat.
Not every piece of company news is a mandate. We watch for the moves that reliably create one, and they fall into three groups.
A seat opens
The move has already created a vacancy.
Exec departure. A leader leaves. The seat is open now.
New CEO. A new chief executive usually rebuilds the bench beneath them, so the interesting roles are often the ones underneath the announcement.
Vacated seat. An internal promotion. The job they left behind is the opening, and it is rarely the job in the headline.
Ownership changes
New owners, new team.
PE buyout. Leadership changes tend to follow within two quarters.
M&A. Two teams become one, and the duplicated roles get decided.
IPO. Going public brings public-company hires, starting with finance.
The company grows
Money or headcount arrives, and hiring follows.
Funding round. Fresh capital is a hiring plan with a date on it.
Hiring surge. A company hiring hard into one function usually needs the person who will run it. A wave of sales roles is a VP Sales opening that has not been posted yet.
Choosing which to receive
Tick the ones you want under Settings, then Your market. Tick nothing and we send every kind, which is the right setting for a generalist firm and the wrong one for a specialist.
Ticking a second group widens what reaches you rather than splitting it. If the feed is too quiet, that is usually the first thing to loosen; if it is too noisy, it is the first thing to tighten.