What is job seeker intent signals?

A resume in a database says what someone did. An intent signal says what they are doing today. CoverClicks derives six signals from daily job-search activity across a network of job sites: job_search_recency_days (days since the last activity), job_search_intensity (low, medium or high, from active days in the last 30), job_search_duration_days (how long the current search has run), cross_site_activity_count (how many sites the person is active on), dominant_occupation_cluster (the main job area) and other_occupation_clusters.

Intent signals are delivered per person but never identify the sites, the dates of individual visits or the jobs viewed. The person is identified only by the SHA-256 hash of their email address, which the buyer already holds, so the signal attaches to a record the buyer already owns.

Recruiters use the signals to rank. A candidate seen in the last 7 days with high intensity on three sites in the right occupation goes to the top of the call list; a low-intensity single-site match from three weeks ago can wait for the next nurture email.

Where do the signals come from?

From job sites that take part in the CoverClicks network. Each site contributes the activity its own users generate, and in return learns which of its own dormant users are active elsewhere. No site is ever named in a signal.

How fresh are they?

The nightly match covers activity up to the previous day. A real-time webhook fires the moment a listed person is seen again.

Are they available by API?

Yes. The buyer lookup API answers for any hashed email on demand, and the daily file and webhook carry the same six fields. See the buyer API reference.

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