The best candidate for a role you’ll open next year might have started their current job three months ago. Watching for that early, before they’re on any job board, is a different motion than reacting to a live req. Connect Lusha to Claude and this prompt finds everyone who moved into your target persona in the last 90 days, market-wide, and flags which ones look reachable now versus worth tracking for later.
The prompt
I am building a pipeline for this target persona: [target title, e.g.
Senior Backend Engineer with fintech experience], in [target region or
industry].
Using the Lusha connector, find people who moved into a role matching
this profile in the last 90 days, across the market, not limited to
specific companies. Return a table with name, new title, new company,
company size, and start date.
Then flag two groups:
(1) moved into a smaller, earlier-stage, or less stable company than
their last role - worth a conversation now, they may already be
reconsidering
(2) moved into a clear step-up at a stable company - not reachable yet,
add to a nurture list for 12 to 18 months out
Finish with the five strongest profiles in each group and a one-line
reason for each.
What you’ll get back
The situation: a recruiter building a long-term pipeline for senior backend engineers in fintech pastes the persona and asks for market-wide moves in the last 90 days.
The output:
Example outputs in this play are illustrative — they reflect the structure, fields, and format of real Lusha connector output, but were not pulled from a live session. Run the prompt with your own data and connectors to see live results.
Why it works
Most sourcing tools search for people who match a title today. This play searches for people who just started matching that title — a much smaller, much fresher pool, and one nobody else is watching yet because there’s no open req to trigger a search. Lusha’s contact records carry company size and funding context alongside the move itself, so Claude can do the judgment call that makes this list useful: is this move a step up worth nurturing, or a step sideways into instability worth calling now. Contact data is verified across multiple sources and handled under GDPR, CCPA, SOC 2 Type II, and ISO 27701 compliance, with opt-outs honored automatically.
FAQ
Why source people who just started somewhere new? Aren’t they the least available candidates?
Most of them, yes — that’s the nurture list, not a call-this-week list. The value isn’t immediate availability, it’s early discovery. By the time this persona shows up actively job-searching, every other recruiter is already in their inbox. Finding them at month one instead of month fourteen means the first conversation is yours.
What makes a move “worth a conversation now”?
A downgrade in company stability, size, or funding stage relative to where they came from. People don’t always know a move was a mistake in week one, but a step from a well-funded company into an unstable one is a real, measurable signal worth checking early rather than waiting for the resignation to become obvious.
How is this different from the competitor talent moves play?
That play watches a named list of competitor accounts. This one scans the whole market for a persona, regardless of company. Use the competitor play when you know exactly who you want to poach from; use this one when you’re building a pipeline for a role you’ll need to fill repeatedly and want to see the full market, not just a handful of accounts.
How should I follow up on the nurture list?
Set a resurfacing cadence — ask Claude to re-run this same list in 6 and 12 months and flag anyone who’s shown a new signal since: a promotion, a company change, a layoff at their employer. The list gets more valuable as it ages, not less.
Is scanning the market for job changers like this compliant?
The prompt reads business-profile changes — new employer, new title, start date — the same public professional information visible on a profile. Lusha’s data is professionally sourced and opt-outs are honored automatically; no personal contact details are revealed until you choose to enrich a specific person.
