Turn job changes into backfill signals for recruiters

Tell recruiters when someone leaves a role so they can pitch the employer before the backfill is advertised.

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A selection of teams that run this job on Forager · plus other recruiting platforms

Uses POST /person_detail_lookup/ · Person enrichment API reference

What it costs: Charged per request: credit pricing.

How the data flows

2 inputs → People data feed + Person enrichment + Job postings feed → 4 fields sample data

01 · Inputs

target employers

linkedin.com/in/priya-fixture

people feed

people-feed-2026-10-01.jsonl

02 · Forager

People data feed + Person enrichment + Job postings feed POST /person_detail_lookup/

Match found

03 · Outputs

Priya FixtureHead of Talent · Example Inc.

vacated role: Head of Talent
name: Priya Fixture
mobile: +44 20 7946 0958
work email: priya@example.com
company: Example Inc.

4 fields in the responseexample data

Steps

Detect leavers in people_feed (role_is_current false, role_position_end_date recent)
Confirm with POST /person_detail_lookup/ and check job_postings_feed for an existing ad
Find the hiring manager at the employer
Alert the recruiter with a backfill pitch

import json, os, requests

BASE = "https://api-v2.forager.ai/api/{account_id}/datastorage"
HEADERS = {"X-API-KEY": os.environ["FORAGER_KEY"]}
body = json.load(open("request.json"))  # request fields: see the API reference

# 1. Detect leavers in people_feed (role_is_current false,
# role_position_end_date recent)

# 2. Confirm with POST /person_detail_lookup/ and check job_postings_feed
# for an existing ad
r1 = requests.post(f"{BASE}/person_detail_lookup/", headers=HEADERS, json=body)

# 3. Find the hiring manager at the employer

# 4. Alert the recruiter with a backfill pitch

# 1. POST /person_detail_lookup/
curl -X POST \
  https://api-v2.forager.ai/api/{account_id}/datastorage/person_detail_lookup/ \
  -H "X-API-KEY: $FORAGER_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d @request.json

Generated from the recipe stepsRequest fields: API reference

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Inputs and outputs

Inputs	Outputs
target employers	`leaver`
people feed	`vacated role`
	`hiring manager`
	`advertised flag`

Questions about this recipe

How can recruiters find roles before they are advertised?

Detect leavers in people_feed (role_is_current false, role_position_end_date recent). Find the hiring manager at the employer.

What does it cost to turn job changes into backfill signals for recruiters?

Person enrichment: 1 credit per request, charged whether or not data comes back. People data feed is a flat annual licence, global or regional, not priced in credits. Growth's 8,250 monthly credits cover 8,250 person enrichments, or a mix. Self-serve plans are Starter, Growth, Pro and Scale. See plans and prices

What do I need to run this recipe, and what comes back?

You send people feed and target employers. You get back advertised flag, hiring manager, leaver and vacated role, as JSON. You also need a Forager API key, which comes with a free account.

Can job-change data tell a recruitment agency which companies will need to backfill a role?

Tell recruiters when someone leaves a role so they can pitch the employer before the backfill is advertised. Recruiters pitch clients before roles are advertised and win retained mandates.

Is there a free way to try Forager on this workflow?

Yes. Request a sample extract of the people data feed on a 30-minute call and check the fields against your own records before you license it.

When should I run this workflow?

When a senior person leaves a target employer. Recruiters pitch clients before roles are advertised and win retained mandates.

Which Forager products does this recipe use?

People data feed, person enrichment and job postings feed. People data feed: a licensed file of 800M+ professional profiles, refreshed on a schedule and delivered to Snowflake or S3. Person enrichment: a full professional profile for a person from a LinkedIn URL, email or phone: experience, education, skills and contact channels.

How do I know the data is right?

The test that counts is your own: send a list of profiles you care about. We run it and show you what we find, number by number, so you can measure hit rate and connect rate yourself.

How do I find roles before they are advertised?

Detect leavers in people_feed (role_is_current false, role_position_end_date recent). Find the hiring manager at the employer.

Which tools can run this workflow?

Native in Clay, partner-built in Deepline and Cargo, delivered as a data share to Snowflake, Databricks and Amazon S3 and called through the API from Google BigQuery, Make, n8n and your own code. Or call the endpoints in the steps above from your own code with one API key.

How many steps is this workflow?

4 steps: detect leavers in people_feed (role_is_current false, role_position_end_date recent), confirm with POST /person_detail_lookup/ and check job_postings_feed for an existing ad, find the hiring manager at the employer and alert the recruiter with a backfill pitch.

Is there a contract or minimum commitment?

No contract to start: a free account comes with $5 in credits. To keep using Forager, choose a monthly or yearly plan. Monthly plans cancel anytime and unused credits roll over; yearly plans grant all credits upfront and cost 10% less. Larger volumes are agreed with our team.

A selection of teams that run this job on Forager · plus other recruiting platforms

Clay
- GTM workflow builders
Selected use case: Forager mobile numbers, emails and people data inside Clay tables.
Juicebox
- AI candidate sourcing
Selected use case: Forager data behind its PeopleGPT search and sourcing agents.
Nooks
- Power & parallel dialers
Selected use case: mobile numbers inside their dialer.
HubSpot
- CRM add-ons
Selected use case: enriching contact and company records with people, company and job-posting data.
SeekOut
- Talent intelligence
Selected use case: Forager’s people data feed, used to keep candidate profiles current.

2–3 years on the Forager people data feed, by SeekOut’s own account¹
MarketMapr
- Talent intelligence
Selected use case: licensed people and company feeds that let recruiters map a whole niche.
Intro
- AI candidate sourcing
Selected use case: phone numbers for outreach to passive candidates.
SBR2TH
- Staffing firms
Selected use case: people and job-postings feeds loaded into its own data lake for AI search.

Sources

¹ SeekOut: SeekOut, customer interview, Sep 2026.

Turn job changes into backfill signals for recruiters

How the data flows

Steps

Inputs and outputs

Questions about this recipe

How can recruiters find roles before they are advertised?

What does it cost to turn job changes into backfill signals for recruiters?

What do I need to run this recipe, and what comes back?

Can job-change data tell a recruitment agency which companies will need to backfill a role?

Is there a free way to try Forager on this workflow?

When should I run this workflow?

Which Forager products does this recipe use?

How do I know the data is right?

How do I find roles before they are advertised?

Which tools can run this workflow?

How many steps is this workflow?

Is there a contract or minimum commitment?

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