The “Signals from your existing leads” section of your dashboard shows what changed at the leads and companies you’ve already saved in Hunter.
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This article explains what each signal means, how to find people from a signal, and how to choose which signals you see.
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How it works
Hunter checks the leads and companies saved in your account for changes, such as a new funding round, new job openings, or new email addresses. This includes companies you follow with a Company Signal.
When it finds one, the change appears in the “Signals from your existing leads” section on your dashboard. The section shows signals from the last 30 days.
You don’t need to create anything for this to work: it starts as soon as you save leads.
💡 Signals is not available on Data Platform plans.
👉 The dashboard only shows changes at leads and companies you’ve already saved. To track new companies that match your criteria, set up a Signal.
Signal types
Hunter can show 12 types of signals, grouped into hiring, company, and people signals. Some are on by default, and you can turn each one on or off.
Signal type | What it means |
Hired a new executive | A new executive joined the company. |
Posted a new job opening | The company published new job openings. |
Heavy hiring | The company has multiple open roles, a lot for its size. |
Hiring spike | The company is hiring faster than it usually does. |
Grew its headcount | The company has more employees than before. |
Raised a new funding round | The company raised money. |
Started using a new technology | The company added a technology to its stack. |
Stopped using a technology | The company removed a technology from its stack. |
New email address found | Hunter found a new email address at the company. |
An email address went invalid | A saved lead’s email address is no longer valid. |
Started a new role | A saved lead changed job title or company. |
Moved to a new location | A saved lead’s location changed. |
Choose which Signals you see
Click “Configure” next to “Signals from your existing leads” on your dashboard.
In the window that opens, select the signal types you want to see and deselect the ones you don’t. Click “Select all” to turn on every type at once.
Click “Save preferences”.
Your preferences apply to your own dashboard only. Teammates choose their own signal types.
Read the signals feed
Each row shows the companies or leads involved, how long ago Hunter detected the change, and the signal type.
When the same change happens at several of your saved companies, Hunter groups them in one row, for example “Baxter International, Walmart, Apple and 4335 more of your saved companies have new email addresses”.
A blue dot marks signals you haven’t opened yet.
Scroll to the end of the list and click “Load more signals” to see older signals.
Find people from a Signal
Click a signal to open it in a side panel. The panel lists every company the signal covers.
For each one you see its size, industry, location, and number of email addresses, plus what changed. For example, a company might show “Found 417 new email addresses, including 1 decision maker.”
Use the filters at the top to narrow the list. Every panel has “Location”, “Size”, and “Type”. Hiring signals also have “Number of open roles” and “Departments”.
Select the companies you want to reach. If you don’t select any, all companies in the list are included.
Click one of the buttons at the bottom of the panel. Each button shows how many people it will find, and the number updates as you select companies:
“Find new people”: only the people behind the new email addresses (on new email address signals).
“Find decision-makers”: the decision-makers at the selected companies (on heavy hiring, hiring spike, and headcount growth signals).
“Find the right people to contact”: decision-makers in the departments that are hiring (on job opening signals).
“Find people at these companies”: everyone Hunter has found at the selected companies.
Review the people, then reveal their email addresses and save them as leads.
Revealing an email address costs 1 credit per email address.
On hiring signals, you can also act on one company at a time. Click the button under that company, or click “Show all open roles” to see the roles it’s hiring for.
Some signals open differently:
A signal about a single company opens that company’s details, with its “Email addresses”, “Technologies”, and “Signals” tabs.
A signal about a single saved lead opens that lead’s details.
Job openings, heavy hiring, and technology changes list the open roles or technology changes first, so you can see what changed before choosing who to contact.
Why the section is empty
Signals start once you save leads or companies.
You haven’t saved any leads or companies yet. Following a company with a Company Signal, or finding an email address with Hunter, also saves the company.
Hunter is still checking your saved leads. New signals appear as soon as something changes.
No signal types are selected in your preferences.
To track companies you haven’t saved yet, read What is Hunter Signals?
Then create your first Signal: