MoreWhat a signal is
A signal is an observable event that says a company may be ready to run a search, or a candidate ready to move. It turns a static list into a timed one, on both sides of the desk.
MoreThe data categories you capture

Every signal resolves to a handful of data types. These are what you capture; the four modes below are how you find them. The desk reads both sides.

Demand · firmographicDemand · trigger eventsSupply · candidate and contactSupply · availability and tenureRole and skills
MoreFour ways to find them, both desks

An off-the-shelf tool reads one mode on one side. Your producers, working by hand, cover two or three at high cost. A custom engine reads all four on both desks, calibrated to your market.

Mode 1
Mine what is available
Demand. Firmographics, funding, filings, posting volume on an account.
Supply. WARN notices, layoff announcements, public profiles, tenure history.
Mode 2
Observe what they do
Demand. A funding round tagged for leadership, an executive departure, a team being built with no leader.
Supply. A profile update, content engagement, a certification, the tenure window when people move.
Mode 3
Hear what they tell you directly
Demand. A client flagging a search, a leader you placed moving firms, a dormant account re-engaging.
Supply. A candidate marking open, a new boss installed above them, a past placement back in market.
Mode 4
Catch what they have not said yet
Demand. A funding round or contract win that precedes a hiring surge, a leadership change implying a build-out.
Supply. A reorg or acquisition freeing the senior leaders you place, before they hit the market. The highest-value mode.
Many signals, watched at once on both desks and scored against fit, is engineered, not bought off a shelf. The same engine improves the win rate on searches and the close rate on placements.
MoreFirst-party data and third-party data feed both desks

First-party data is not only for growing accounts and third-party data is not only for finding them. Both feed both, on each side of the desk.

First-party data · your world
Your ATS or CRM, past placements, prior candidates, client relationships, a leader you placed now at a new firm.
Third-party data · the market
Departures, reorgs, funding rounds, team builds, leadership changes, promotions, postings.
MoreSignal libraries are built per desk, not bought generic
Engineering leadership
Demand. A Series B platform build, a CTO expanding the org, a funded engineering leadership seat.
Supply. A senior engineering leader boxed in by a new VP, a competitor reorganizing its platform group.
GTM and revenue leadership
Demand. A new round funding a sales build, a VP Sales departure, a first revenue-leader hire.
Supply. A leader passed over in a reorg, a quota-carrier ready to step up a level.
Finance and operations leadership
Demand. A CFO hire ahead of a raise, a controller-to-VP build, a board pushing for finance leadership.
Supply. A finance leader after an acquisition closes, a director past the tenure window.
Built per desk
The library is tuned to the functions and seniority each desk actually places, not a generic feed.