What are Talent Movers?
Talent Movers are professionals who have recently changed roles, employers, or positions, creating real-world signals of hiring activity and market demand.
In BMS, Smart Buildings, and Energy Optimisation, tracking talent movers provides a far more accurate view of the market than job adverts alone.
Why Talent Movers matter in Smart Buildings & BMS
The Smart Buildings sector is driven by specialist skills and limited talent pools. When people move, it reveals where demand is real.
- Which companies are actively hiring — not just advertising
- Which skills and technologies are in demand
- Where teams are expanding, shrinking, or restructuring
- How the market is shifting across regions and sectors
Talent Movers vs job adverts
Job adverts show intent. Talent movers show action.
Many roles are filled without ever being publicly advertised. By tracking actual job moves, talent mover data captures off-market hiring, backfills, and strategic team builds that job boards never reveal.
What talent mover data reveals
- Top hiring companies by real headcount growth
- Companies experiencing high attrition
- Net gain vs net loss of technical talent
- Emerging technologies attracting engineers
- Leadership and senior hire patterns
How Talent Movers are used
For employers
- Benchmarking hiring activity against competitors
- Identifying talent leakage risks
- Planning proactive hiring strategies
- Understanding where competitors source talent
For candidates
- Identifying fast-growing employers
- Spotting companies investing in people
- Understanding market momentum
- Making informed career moves
Talent Movers at VIGO
VIGO tracks talent movers across the Smart Buildings ecosystem using structured data from live job moves, placements, and market activity.
This approach provides clients with real insight into hiring trends — not assumptions — and underpins data-led recruitment decisions.