Insights

Expert-labeled data release for November and December 2025

Insights Lead

January 9, 2026

Findem has released a new wave of expert-labeled attributes for November and December 2025, expanding how talent teams understand people across technical depth, real-time role activity, certifications, role coverage, education, leadership scope, personal traits, and mobility signals.

These attributes come from Findem’s Data Labeling Engine, the largest expert-labeled system of its kind. It produces the Success Signals that reveal a person’s real capabilities, trajectory, and potential to strengthen how teams identify, evaluate, and engage the right talent.

Most HR tech relies solely on general-purpose AI trained on surface-level data. Findem adds deeper company context and multi-layered structure to surface the specific skills and attributes that matter for hiring decisions. These Success Signals highlight real indicators of performance and growth rather than self-reported information.

Success Signals surface validated patterns behind a person’s impact, including recent role execution, leadership scope, verified credentials, and other context clues that do not appear in keyword searches. By converting these patterns into structured, expert-labeled attributes at scale, Findem gives talent teams a more complete and precise view of people across the entire market.

This release adds new depth and breadth across millions of professionals.

Deep technical and systems expertise

Kernel system programming

Kernel system programming attributes now cover 1.6M+ professionals with hands-on experience at the operating system level, including FreeBSD and OpenBSD environments. This strengthens searches for systems-level engineers building performance-critical and infrastructure software.

Real time role execution signals

Roles held in the last three months

New attributes identify candidates who have held specific roles within the last three months, providing a strong signal of current relevance and active execution.

5K+ professionals who have held a Customer Success Manager role
1.6M+ professionals who have held a Software Engineer role
5K+ professionals who have held an Account Executive role

Recently active talent like this tends to be high performing, in motion, and reachable at the right moment.

Certifications and standards based expertise

ISO management system certifications

This release expands coverage of globally recognized ISO certifications, improving how teams identify professionals with experience operating in standards-driven and regulated environments.

1.6M+ professionals tagged with ISO 20121 Event Sustainability Management Systems Certification
1.6M+ professionals tagged with ISO 21001 Educational Organizations Management Systems Certification
1.6M+ professionals tagged with ISO 55001 Asset Management Systems Certification
69K+ professionals tagged with ISO 28000 Supply Chain Security Management Systems Certification
60K+ professionals tagged with ISO IEC 20000 Certification

These attributes help teams quickly identify candidates prepared to operate in regulated, audited, and standards-driven environments.

Chartered Advisor in Philanthropy certification

Chartered Advisor in Philanthropy attributes now cover 1.6M+ professionals with advanced expertise in philanthropic planning and charitable giving. This expands coverage for advisory searches where giving strategy and donor engagement matter.

Expanded role coverage across technical and delivery functions

New role attributes provide broader visibility into professionals driving advisory work, technical delivery, and cross functional execution across industries.

34M+ professionals tagged with Consultant
1.2M+ professionals tagged with Implementation Specialist (past or current)
600K+ professionals tagged with Engineering Project Manager (past or current)
1.2M+ professionals tagged with Electrical and Electronics Engineer (past or current)
4K+ professionals currently working as Forward Deployed Engineer

This consolidated coverage supports more targeted searches for candidates with hands-on execution experience, delivery ownership, and customer-embedded technical expertise.

Entry-level roles in tech

Product and design entry roles

New role attributes strengthen coverage of early-career product and design talent.

325K+ professionals tagged with Associate Product Manager (past or current)
175K+ professionals tagged with Junior UI/UX Designer (past or current)

These pools enable more targeted searches for early-career talent by role, timing, and hands-on experience.

Leadership scope and seniority

Director-level roles

Director-level attributes now surface 33M+ professionals currently working at Director level or above, helping teams identify active leaders with organizational ownership, decision-making authority, and people management scope.

Commercial leadership roles

Commercial Director attributes now identify 165K+ professionals currently working as Commercial Directors, improving targeting for senior leaders responsible for revenue strategy, partnerships, pricing, and market expansion.

Education and academic specialization

Academic majors

New education attributes surface candidates with formal academic grounding in infrastructure, design, and construction disciplines.

4.2M+ candidates majoring in or having majored in Civil Engineering
3.5M+ candidates majoring in or having majored in Architecture
425K+ candidates majoring in or having majored in Construction Management

These attributes improve targeting for roles where formal academic training remains a strong signal.

Higher education leadership signals

Academic leadership roles

Academic leadership attributes now surface current leaders across higher education administration, including Provosts, Deans, Associate Deans, and Assistant Deans.

9K+ professionals currently working as Provost
85K+ professionals currently working as Dean
40K+ professionals currently working as Associate Dean
50K+ professionals currently working as Assistant Dean

Teams can now filter these roles by years of experience, enabling more precise searches based on tenure and depth of leadership across institutions.

Mobility signals

Likely to relocate to Oregon

Relocation signals now identify 4.8M+ candidates likely to relocate to Oregon, based on professional, educational, and regional affinity indicators. This offers clearer paths for location-based searches in competitive or emerging markets.

Putting these attributes to work

All attributes in this November and December release are now live across Findem’s Talent Data Cloud and available in search, matching, rediscovery, insights, and sourcing workflows.

Whether you need systems-level engineers, recently active go-to-market talent, ISO-certified operators, entry-level product and design talent, commercial leaders, academic administrators, or delivery-focused technical experts, these Success Signals bring more accuracy and insight into every pipeline.

When your AI is powered by verified, expert-labeled data instead of self-reported profiles, your team moves faster and makes decisions with more confidence.