Contact search says if a position is a recent move
Each current position in contact search now returns moveType, inferred from role tenure and company tenure.
Contact search returned two tenure values for each current position, but you had to compare them yourself. Now the API does the comparison and tells you the result.
What changed
- Added
moveTypeto each item inpositions[]. moveTypehas four values:moved_internally,joined_new_employer,no_recent_move, andunknown.- The classification applies to one position. A person with more than one current position gets a value for each position.
- Kept the existing
tenureAtPosition,tenureAtCompany, andtenureInMonthsfields.
How accurate it is
We measured the classification against 795 people, and compared 175 of them with their full work history. Where we gave moved_internally, it was correct in all 72 cases. It finds approximately 2 of each 3 internal moves.
Some people do not put an end date on their previous role at the same employer. Sales Navigator then shows only the new role, and decreases the company tenure to agree with the position tenure. That person gets joined_new_employer, although the person moved internally.
moveType tells you that the person changed role. It does not tell you that the new role is more senior.
Customer action
No action required. moveType is a new field and does not change the fields you already read.