Key Takeaway
Job Start Date extracts structured professional data from any LinkedIn profile URL — including headline, experience, education, skills, and certifications — at 1 credit per run. It is part of SyncGTM's 75+ enrichment library and is available via CLI and MCP.
What is Job Start Date Action?
Job Start Date is a targeted enrichment action that finds when a person started their current role. This data point is critical for timing-based sales strategies: new hires in decision-making positions are significantly more likely to evaluate and purchase new tools within their first 90 days. SyncGTM resolves the person's identity and extracts the start date of their most recent position.
Timing is everything in sales. Job Start Date enables trigger-based outreach workflows that engage prospects when they are most receptive to change. Combined with role and company data, start date lets you build high-intent prospect lists of recent hires at target accounts. The action is part of SyncGTM's waterfall enrichment library, ensuring accurate and up-to-date results.
This action uses waterfall enrichment to query multiple premium data providers in sequence, delivering higher match rates than single-source alternatives. Learn more about how waterfall enrichment works.
How it works
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Provide a LinkedIn profile URL or the person's full name and company.
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SyncGTM resolves the person's identity and extracts the start date of their current role.
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The action returns the start date, tenure in months, and whether the role is recent (started within the last 90 days).
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Use the results to trigger new-hire outreach, prioritize leads by tenure, or build job-change alert workflows.
Use cases
New Hire Outreach
Identify prospects who recently started a new role and trigger timely outreach. New decision-makers are 3x more likely to evaluate new tools in their first 90 days.
Job Change Alerts
Monitor target accounts for new hires in key roles. When someone new starts, trigger an automated outreach sequence to introduce your product before they commit to competitors.
Tenure-Based Prioritization
Score leads based on how long they have been in their current role. New hires get higher priority because they are actively building their stack, while long-tenured contacts may be lower priority.
Input
| Field | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| linkedin_url | string | No | The person's LinkedIn profile URL. |
| full_name | string | No | The person's full name. |
| company_name | string | No | The person's current company. |
Output
| Field | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| start_date | string | Start date of current role in YYYY-MM format. |
| tenure_months | number | Number of months in the current role. |
| is_new_hire | boolean | True if the person started within the last 90 days. |
| current_title | string | The person's current job title. |
| current_company | string | The person's current company. |
Related enrichments
Current Role
Look up a person's current job title and company from their LinkedIn profile.
Past Role
Retrieve a person's previous job titles and companies from their work history.
Enrich Person
Get a full person profile including current role, company, location, and social links.
Enrich LinkedIn Profile
Get full details from a person's LinkedIn profile including headline, summary, experience, and skills.
Person Location
Look up a person's current city and country from their professional profile.