Understanding Job Triggers

How to find opportunities before your competition does

Remember when you’d scour the newspaper for just the right heading while looking for a job? Then job boards like Monster and CareerBuilder came along and everyone jumped aboard. Bringing job hunting to the web was a no-brainer, but what are companies doing to further develop career search strategies and better assist you in finding that perfect job? Some companies leverage “trigger events” into their platform, instantly delivering crucial pieces of information to users. Job seekers and recruiters alike can benefit from these indicators, if they know what to look for.

Trigger events may indicate any number of events happening within a company, such as a new merger, significant rise in revenue, plans for new construction, and management changes. These job triggers carry both positive and negative associations; a recent merger may indicate a hiring need, while a significant decline in stock share price signals the opposite.

Sample trigger events include:

• Job Postings
• Management Changes
• Funding & Financing
• Mergers & Acquisitions
• Grants
• New Product Releases
• IPO’s
• Layoffs/Restructuring
• New Business Deals
• Partnerships & Affiliations
• Private Equity Job Listings
• Earnings Announcements
• Bankruptcy
• Analyst Recommendations

There’s a gap between events that lead to job openings, and the positions actually being posted for the public. Recruiters and job seekers can immediately act on this sort of “hidden” intelligence. Several companies have started identifying these types of “unpublished” events and delivering them to prospects. CareerAdvantage is one that leads the pack when it comes to delivering tailored trigger alerts.

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