Hiring signals weekly report — Week 41, 2026 (Oct 5–Oct 11)

Week in progress — this report updates daily until the week ends. Generated automatically from our database.

This week we detected 1,118 first-hire signals and 432 hiring surges. The most common new function was Product Management, with 34 companies hiring their first.

First hires by role family

Notable first hires this week

Signals indicate intent, not proof of budget. How signals are detected · Report a wrong signal

Hiring surges this week

Signals indicate intent, not proof of budget. How signals are detected · Report a wrong signal

Companies that published the most roles

New roles by role family

Signals are dated by when we detected them; "roles published" uses each company's ATS publish date. See how first hires are detected.