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Hiring slowdown or pivot

A company stops posting roles in a function or shifts hiring to another team.

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Why it works

When a company stops hiring in one team and starts in another, its priorities have moved. At a customer, that can mean less budget for the team that uses your product. At a competitor or a company you might invest in, it shows a change of direction before it is announced.

How to act on it

Use for competitive intelligence, churn risk, investor research, or account planning.

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API

Run this signal from your own code

curl -X POST https://api.theirstack.com/v1/jobs/search \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "company_domain_or": ["hubspot.com"],
    "is_closed": true,
    "posted_at_max_age_days": 90
  }'
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Use cases

Related signals

  • Department scaling

    Many open roles in one function, team, or location.

    Example12 open support roles, up from 2 last quarter

    The support team is scaling fast

  • Location expansion

    A company is staffing a place it was not staffing before: a new site, branch, or market.

    ExampleFirst 6 roles in Monterrey, starting with a site lead

    A new site is being built

  • Competitor expansion

    Competitors are hiring for new products, teams, locations, or functions.

    ExampleA competitor posts its first Country Manager role in Germany

    They're entering your market

Learn how

  • Guide

    How to track closed job postings

    Learn how to use TheirStack's Job Closed filter to find recently filled roles, detect hiring slowdowns, and get real-time notifications via webhooks when job postings are removed.

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