> ## Documentation Index
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# Growth signals

> Signals that point to a company adding people, attention, and open roles, usually meaning budget is loosening up.

Signals that point to a company adding people, attention, and open roles, usually meaning budget is loosening up.

The growth category contains **14 signals**. Each links to a full reference page with the exact trigger condition, stored fields, magnitude, and an outreach playbook.

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  <Card title="Employee Growth" href="/buying-signals/signals/growth/employee-growth">
    A company's employee count increased by at least one between snapshots.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Employee Size Band Upgrade" href="/buying-signals/signals/growth/employee-size-band-upgrade">
    A company moved up a full Professional Network employee size band.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Headcount Recovery" href="/buying-signals/signals/growth/headcount-recovery">
    Employee growth returned after a recent decline.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Followers Growth" href="/buying-signals/signals/growth/followers-growth">
    The company's Professional Network follower count increased.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Followers Spike" href="/buying-signals/signals/growth/followers-spike">
    Follower growth ran sharply above the company's recent baseline.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Jobs Open Increase" href="/buying-signals/signals/growth/jobs-open-increase">
    The number of open job postings increased.
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  <Card title="Jobs Open Spike" href="/buying-signals/signals/growth/jobs-open-spike">
    Open job postings jumped sharply above the recent baseline.
  </Card>

  <Card title="First Job in Function" href="/buying-signals/signals/growth/first-job-in-function">
    A company posted a role in a function it hadn't hired for in 12 months.
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  <Card title="First Job in Country" href="/buying-signals/signals/growth/first-job-in-country">
    A company posted its first role in a new country.
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  <Card title="First Job in City" href="/buying-signals/signals/growth/first-job-in-city">
    A company posted its first role in a new city.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Senior Hiring Increase" href="/buying-signals/signals/growth/senior-hiring-increase">
    The share of senior-level postings rose meaningfully.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Engineering Hiring Surge" href="/buying-signals/signals/growth/engineering-hiring-surge">
    Engineering job postings doubled versus the prior crawl.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Sales Hiring Surge" href="/buying-signals/signals/growth/sales-hiring-surge">
    Sales job postings doubled versus the prior crawl.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Remote Jobs Share Change" href="/buying-signals/signals/growth/remote-jobs-share-change">
    The share of remote or hybrid postings shifted significantly.
  </Card>
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