Signal key
employee_growthCategory
Growth
Source
Company Professional Network page (employee count field).
When it fires
Trigger condition
employee_count increases by ≥ 1 between two consecutive snapshots.Magnitude
Bucketed on the percentage change inemployee_count. A single hire at a 10-person company (10%) buckets far higher than one hire at a 5,000-person company.
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
It’s the most basic growth marker. On its own it’s gentle, but it’s the foundation many composite signals (expansion_signal, headcount_recovery) build on. Sustained employee_growth over several crawls is a reliable proxy for a company in build mode with loosening budget.How to read it
Build phase
Repeated firing across crawls signals a company actively scaling teams.
Noise at scale
For large enterprises, a +1 change is statistically meaningless. Filter by magnitude bucket.
Composite fuel
Feeds expansion_signal and headcount_recovery, so even low-magnitude events have downstream value.
Outreach playbook
Related signals
Employee Size Band Upgrade
A company moved up a full Professional Network employee size band.
Headcount Recovery
Employee growth returned after a recent decline.
Jobs Open Increase
The number of open job postings increased.
Expansion Signal
A company is expanding into new markets while growing.
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