---
title: How to Build LinkedIn Audiences from Hiring Intent
description: Learn how to target companies hiring for specific roles by exporting a LinkedIn company audience from TheirStack hiring intent data.
url: https://theirstack.com/en/docs/guides/linkedin-audiences-hiring-intent
---

Hiring activity is one of the clearest public signals that a company has a current business priority. A company hiring data engineers may be scaling its data platform. A company hiring SDRs may be expanding go-to-market. A company hiring security engineers may be investing in compliance, infrastructure, or risk reduction.

TheirStack lets you turn those [hiring signals](/hiring-signals) into LinkedIn Audiences for account targeting.

## Why use hiring intent for LinkedIn Audiences?

Most LinkedIn advertising targeting starts with static firmographics: industry, company size, seniority, and job function. Hiring intent adds timing.

Instead of targeting every company in a category, you can target companies that are actively hiring for roles connected to the problem you solve.

## Step 1: Search for companies by hiring signal

Open [Company Search](https://app.theirstack.com/search/companies/new) and use job-related filters to define the hiring intent.

Useful filters include:

-   Job title keywords.
-   Job description keywords.
-   Job posting date.
-   Hiring volume.
-   Location.
-   Company type, to exclude recruiting agencies when needed.

Example searches:

-   [US companies hiring data engineers in the last 30 days](https://app.theirstack.com/search/companies/new?query=eyJxdWVyeSI6eyJqb2JfZmlsdGVycyI6eyJqb2JfdGl0bGVfb3IiOlsiZGF0YSBlbmdpbmVlciJdLCJqb2JfY291bnRyeV9jb2RlX29yIjpbIlVTIl0sInBvc3RlZF9hdF9tYXhfYWdlX2RheXMiOjMwfX0sImF1dG9fc2VhcmNoIjp0cnVlfQ==)
-   [Companies hiring sales operations roles with at least $10M in revenue](https://app.theirstack.com/search/companies/new?query=eyJxdWVyeSI6eyJqb2JfZmlsdGVycyI6eyJqb2JfdGl0bGVfb3IiOlsic2FsZXMgb3BlcmF0aW9ucyJdLCJwb3N0ZWRfYXRfbWF4X2FnZV9kYXlzIjozMH0sIm1pbl9hbm51YWxfcmV2ZW51ZV91c2QiOjEwMDAwMDAwfSwiYXV0b19zZWFyY2giOnRydWV9)
-   [Companies using Kubernetes and hiring platform engineers](https://app.theirstack.com/search/companies/new?query=eyJxdWVyeSI6eyJjb21wYW55X3RlY2hub2xvZ3lfc2x1Z19vciI6WyJrdWJlcm5ldGVzIl0sImpvYl9maWx0ZXJzIjp7ImpvYl90aXRsZV9vciI6WyJwbGF0Zm9ybSBlbmdpbmVlciJdLCJwb3N0ZWRfYXRfbWF4X2FnZV9kYXlzIjozMH19LCJhdXRvX3NlYXJjaCI6dHJ1ZX0=)
-   [Companies with job descriptions mentioning SOC 2 or compliance](https://app.theirstack.com/search/companies/new?query=eyJxdWVyeSI6eyJqb2JfZmlsdGVycyI6eyJqb2JfZGVzY3JpcHRpb25fcGF0dGVybl9vciI6WyJTT0MgMiIsImNvbXBsaWFuY2UiXSwicG9zdGVkX2F0X21heF9hZ2VfZGF5cyI6MzB9fSwiYXV0b19zZWFyY2giOnRydWV9)

Use company filters while searching to keep the audience close to your ICP before exporting. Country, employee count, industry, company type, technologies used, and revenue filters can all help turn a broad hiring signal into a focused account list.

## Step 2: Export in LinkedIn Audiences CSV format

Click **Export** and choose **LinkedIn Audiences CSV**.

TheirStack creates a CSV with the exact account list columns LinkedIn expects:

```
companyname,companywebsite,companyemaildomain,linkedincompanypageurl,stocksymbol,industry,city,state,companycountry,zipcode
```

The standard export includes richer TheirStack fields for analysis. The LinkedIn Audiences export is narrower on purpose: it removes extra columns so the file can be uploaded to Campaign Manager.

## Step 3: Upload the account list to LinkedIn

Upload the CSV as a [company list](/en/docs/app/company-lists) audience in LinkedIn Campaign Manager. After LinkedIn processes the file, use the matched audience in a campaign.

Good campaign angles:

-   "Hiring data engineers?" for companies with active data hiring.
-   "Scaling your SDR team?" for companies hiring sales development roles.
-   "Opening many engineering roles?" for companies with fast-growing product or engineering teams.
-   "Expanding into a new market?" for companies hiring in a specific country or city.

## Related guide

For the shared export workflow, see [Export LinkedIn Audiences from TheirStack](/en/docs/integrations/linkedin-audiences).