Hiring Velocity

{
  "signal_id": "28748077-b474-4365-8af6-0d7fbfc04d18",
  "signal_type": "hiring-velocity",
  "signal_subtype": "hiringVelocity",
  "detected_at": "2025-12-21T11:00:06Z",
  "association": "company",
  "company": {
    "name": "Hill's Pet Nutrition, Inc.",
    "domain": "hillspet.com",
    "linkedin_url": "linkedin.com/company/hill%27s-pet-nutrition",
    "industries": [
      "Pet Food Manufacturing"
    ],
    "employee_count_low": 2,
    "employee_count_high": 10
  },
  "data": {
    "takeaway": "Hiring velocity: Very aggressive for a small company. When companies with < 100 employees have open roles exceeding 20% of current headcount, that's considered hyper-growth.",
    "numberOfEmployees": 6,
    "numberOfOpenRoles": 6,
    "hiringVelocityPct": 100,
    "historicalComparison": {
      "rolesOpenedLast30d": 6,
      "rolesOpenedPrev30d": 13,
      "rolesOpenedPrev60d": 6,
      "trend": "decelerating"
    },
    "departments": [
      {
        "category": "management",
        "count": 15,
        "pct": 250
      },
      {
        "category": "sales",
        "count": 14,
        "pct": 233.3
      },
      {
        "category": "finance",
        "count": 5,
        "pct": 83.3
      },
      {
        "category": "operations",
        "count": 4,
        "pct": 66.7
      },
      {
        "category": "engineering",
        "count": 3,
        "pct": 50
      }
    ],
    "locations": [
      {
        "category": "Tokyo, Japan",
        "count": 4,
        "pct": 66.7
      },
      {
        "category": "Prague, Czechia",
        "count": 3,
        "pct": 50
      },
      {
        "category": "Topeka, Kansas, United States",
        "count": 2,
        "pct": 33.3
      }
    ],
    "seniority": [
      {
        "category": "manager",
        "count": 15,
        "pct": 250
      },
      {
        "category": "non_manager",
        "count": 12,
        "pct": 200
      },
      {
        "category": "director",
        "count": 1,
        "pct": 16.7
      }
    ]
  }
}