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# Jobs Open Decrease

> The number of open job postings fell.

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  <Card title="Signal key" icon="code">
    `jobs_open_decrease`
  </Card>

  <Card title="Category" icon="category">
    Decline
  </Card>

  <Card title="Source" icon="world">
    Company Professional Network jobs (open postings count).
  </Card>
</CardGroup>

The number of open job postings fell.

## When it fires

<Card title="Trigger condition" icon="bolt">
  `job_count` decreases by ≥ 1 between snapshots.
</Card>

## Magnitude

Bucketed on percentage change in `job_count`.

Buckets are assigned from the percentage change between snapshots:

| Bucket     | Condition                   |
| ---------- | --------------------------- |
| `low`      | 1% ≤ \|delta\_pct\| \< 5%   |
| `moderate` | 5% ≤ \|delta\_pct\| \< 15%  |
| `high`     | 15% ≤ \|delta\_pct\| \< 30% |
| `hyper`    | \|delta\_pct\| ≥ 30%        |

## Why it matters

A small pullback in hiring appetite. On its own it's mild, roles get filled and removed routinely, but a sustained downward trend in open roles indicates cooling growth and tightening budgets.

## How to read it

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  <Card title="Routine vs trend">
    One fewer role is normal; a trend is a slowdown.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Cooling growth">
    Sustained decreases signal a hiring pullback.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Mild">
    Low intensity unless it accelerates toward zero.
  </Card>
</CardGroup>

## Outreach playbook

<Tip>
  Low priority alone. Watch the trajectory toward jobs\_dropped\_to\_zero.
</Tip>

## Related signals

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  <Card title="Jobs Dropped to Zero" href="/buying-signals/signals/decline/jobs-dropped-to-zero">
    A company that had open roles now has none.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Hiring Freeze Signal" href="/buying-signals/signals/decline/hiring-freeze-signal">
    Open roles collapsed while headcount stayed flat or fell.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Jobs Open Increase" href="/buying-signals/signals/growth/jobs-open-increase">
    The number of open job postings increased.
  </Card>
</CardGroup>

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