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# Talent Outflow to Competitor

> An employee left for a known competitor.

<CardGroup cols={3}>
  <Card title="Signal key" icon="code">
    `talent_outflow_to_competitor`
  </Card>

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

  <Card title="Source" icon="world">
    Person profiles, competitor mapping required.
  </Card>
</CardGroup>

An employee left for a known competitor.

## When it fires

<Card title="Trigger condition" icon="bolt">
  `employee_departed` AND `meta.new_company_id` belongs to a known competitor (requires a competitor mapping).
</Card>

## Stored fields

This signal persists the following metadata you can read downstream:

| Field                 | Description                         |
| --------------------- | ----------------------------------- |
| `meta.new_company_id` | The competitor the employee joined. |

## Magnitude

Moderate to high, competitive intelligence value.

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

## Why it matters

Talent flowing to a rival is competitive intelligence in itself. When employees leave for a competitor, it can signal the rival is winning the talent war, paying more, or building something that's attracting your target's people, useful market intel even when it isn't a direct buying trigger.

## How to read it

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  <Card title="Competitive intel">
    Talent flow reveals which rivals are gaining ground.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Requires mapping">
    Needs a per-company or per-industry competitor list.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Context signal">
    More about market dynamics than direct intent.
  </Card>
</CardGroup>

## Outreach playbook

<Tip>
  Competitive intelligence. Track which rivals are attracting your targets' talent.
</Tip>

## Related signals

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  <Card title="Employee Departed" href="/buying-signals/signals/people/employee-departed">
    A person left this company for another.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Talent Inflow from Company" href="/buying-signals/signals/people/talent-inflow-from-company">
    A company hired multiple people from the same source company.
  </Card>
</CardGroup>

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