SignalHire Launches Seniority, Department, and Education Filters Inside Its 850M+ Profile Database

New search filters filter out mismatched outreach before the first credit is spent, and we can target them by the seniority level, department and education.

TORONTO, ONTARIO, CANADA, April 1, 2026 /EINPresswire.com/ -- SignalHire, the B2B contact intelligence platform trusted by over 3 million sales, recruiting, and marketing professionals, has launched three new search filters inside its People database: Seniority Level, Department, and Education.

Research from Gartner shows the price of missteps in targeting. Fully 73% of B2B buyers intentionally refuse to work with suppliers who send irrelevant outreach. The average organization loses $12.9 million a year as a result of poor data quality with one of the top reasons being targeting the incorrect seniority level or department[2].

“The filter is consulted before the credit is. Most platforms show you the contact and let you sift through the noise later. “Because these filters run the qualification at search stage, so the list that you build is the list that you actually want to get”

Key Research Findings

- 73% of B2B buyers are actively avoiding suppliers that send irrelevant outreach (Gartner)
- $12.9M average annual cost of poor data quality per organization (Gartner)
- 54% of B2B buying committees contain VP-level or above decision-makers (Gartner, 2025)
- Industries that had planned to increase their MBA hiring in 2025 (30 to 45% of sectors) were primarily finance and technology industries (GMAC Corporate - Recruiters Survey, 2025).

What the New Filters Do

All three filters appear in the Profile section of the left-hand search panel within the People tab, easily stacking with existing parameters: Location, Job Title,
Company Name, Industry, Years of experience and Employee count.

Seniority Level: Founder / Owner, Board / Advisory, C-Level, VP, Director, Head, Senior, Manager, Junior, Intern / Entry Level. Multiple tiers can be selected simultaneously.

Department: Engineering, Sales, Marketing, Finance, HR, Legal, Operations, and more. Combined with Seniority Level, it surfaces the exact role inside an organization.

Education: Filter by degree level (Bachelor's, Master's, MBA, PhD, Associate), field of study, and institution name. All three dimensions are optional and combinable in a single search.

Database Coverage

It updates every 7 to 10 days so you can virtually touch up-to-date over 850 million verified profiles in the SignalHire database.

Who Benefits

- Recruiters source passive candidates who meet hard academic or seniority requirements without browsing unqualified profiles.
- Sales teams targeting enterprise accounts build full decision-maker lists by seniority and department before running any multi-touch sequence.
- Growth marketers segment by education profile, sending separate email sequences to MBA holders versus self-trained founders and tracking which audience converts best.
- Research and BD teams use the PhD and Master's tiers to find academics and scientists for partnerships, clinical trials, or advisory roles within a defined geography.

One Credit, All Contact Details

Clicking Reveal Contacts on any matched profile grants the verified work email, direct phone number, and social profiles all together behind a single credit. No credit will be deducted if there is no valid contact data. SignalHire contact data bounces at 3 to 5%, versus the 10 to 18% that’s common with purchased static lists.

About SignalHire

SignalHire is a B2B contact intelligence platform with over 850 million verified professional profiles that update regularly every seven to ten days. Features include a LinkedIn, Facebook and GitHub adapter + an entire webpage and tons of other details covered by the browser extension; bulk enrichment up to 1k profiles at once; built-in email sequences; lead tracking functions; CRM and ATS integrations; open API. Every subscription tier has all features. The only difference between plans is credits.

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