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# Notable Hire

> A high-profile or highly experienced person joined.

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

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

  <Card title="Source" icon="world">
    Person Professional Network profile (followers, experience, prior title).
  </Card>
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A high-profile or highly experienced person joined.

## When it fires

<Card title="Trigger condition" icon="bolt">
  `employee_joined` AND the person has ≥ 5,000 followers, OR ≥ 10 years experience, OR a previous title that was C-level or VP at a notable company.
</Card>

## Magnitude

Moderate to high, depends on the hire's profile.

<Note>
  For the full bucket definitions used across percentage-based signals, see [Magnitude buckets](/buying-signals/concepts/magnitude-buckets).
</Note>

## Why it matters

High-profile hires often signal serious ambition and bigger budgets. Companies that land well-known or senior talent are usually well-funded and growth-focused, a notable hire is both a credibility marker for the company and a potential influential champion or buyer.

## How to read it

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  <Card title="Ambition marker">
    Landing notable talent signals serious growth intent.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Well-funded">
    Notable hires usually require competitive compensation.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Influential buyer">
    High-profile hires often carry weight in decisions.
  </Card>
</CardGroup>

## Outreach playbook

<Tip>
  Quality signal. Notable hires mark ambitious, well-resourced companies.
</Tip>

## Related signals

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  <Card title="Employee Joined" href="/buying-signals/signals/people/employee-joined">
    A person's current company changed to this company.
  </Card>

  <Card title="C-Suite Hire" href="/buying-signals/signals/people/c-suite-hire">
    A new C-level executive joined the company.
  </Card>

  <Card title="VP Hire" href="/buying-signals/signals/people/vp-hire">
    A new VP-level leader joined the company.
  </Card>

  <Card title="First Role Hire" href="/buying-signals/signals/people/first-role-hire">
    A company made its first-ever hire for a role function.
  </Card>
</CardGroup>

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