People Database vs. Talent Signals
When it comes to discovering and tracking the talent you need, Specter offers two powerful solutions. Here’s how they differ and why you might use each one:
People Database
Purpose: A comprehensive directory of over 500 million professional profiles, pulled from platforms such as LinkedIn, Twitter, Instagram, and GitHub.
Key Advantages:
Massive Coverage: With its extensive reach, you can explore a vast pool of professionals—even those who aren’t actively job-hunting or signalling changes.
Rich, Filterable Data: Narrow down profiles based on location, current/past companies, job title, education, industry, and more. This makes it a powerful resource for building target lists, researching key individuals, and enriching CRMs.
Static "Source of Truth": Because it’s a directory that doesn’t rely on real-time changes, People Database offers a reliable snapshot of the market at any given time.
Ideal Use Cases:
Generating long lists of prospects or potential hires
Researching career backgrounds before outreach
Bulk-enriching your CRM with verified professional details
Talent Signals
Purpose: A real-time feed that tracks critical career moments, drawing data directly from the People Database and other public sources.
Key Advantages:
Live Updates: Stay on top of pivotal changes like new company formations, job switches, angel investments, or indications of job-seeking status.
Early Alerts: Proprietary detection methods help you spot talent moves before they become widely known, giving you a competitive edge.
Proactive Opportunities: Quickly act on emerging founders, new hires, or angel investors as soon as they appear on the radar.
Ideal Use Cases:
Identifying freshly formed startups or founders in fundraising mode
Reaching out to top talent who might be open to new roles
Monitoring strategic moves by industry leaders or influencers
How They Work Together
Build and Refine: Use the People Database to create a robust list of potential leads or hires.
Stay in the Know: Then, activate Talent Signals to watch for any real-time changes within your curated list—or in the broader market.
Act on Insights: With immediate alerts on emerging startups, high-potential moves, or job-seeking signals, you can reach out at the perfect moment.
Summary
People Database is your go-to resource for thorough market research, large-scale lead generation, and CRM enrichment.
Talent Signals is the real-time pulse of what’s happening in private markets, revealing career events the moment they occur.
Used together, these two solutions give you complete visibility—both the static, broad view of available talent and the real-time intelligence to act quickly on exciting new opportunities.