Monitor Job Changes with Real-Time Slack Alerts
This automation streamlines the process of tracking career changes for a list of professional contacts. It monitors their LinkedIn profiles for job title updates, logs the changes in a Google Sheet, and sends real-time alerts to a Slack channel.
This automation acts as a personal assistant to keep your professional network contact information up-to-date. Here's how it works:
- Reads Your Contact List: The automation starts by reading a list of contacts from a Google Sheet you provide. It expects each row to contain a link to a person's LinkedIn profile.
- Checks for Updates: It then systematically visits each LinkedIn profile to retrieve the person's current job title.
- Compares and Records Changes: It compares the newly found title with the one you have on record in your spreadsheet. If they don't match, a change has been detected!
- Updates Your Sheet: When a change occurs, the automation carefully updates your Google Sheet. It saves the person's new job title and also preserves their old job title in a separate column for historical reference.
- Sends Instant Notifications: Finally, it sends a clear, formatted message to a Slack channel of your choice, immediately informing you of the job change, including the person's name, their old and new titles, and a link to their profile.
Usage Ideas
- Sales & Business Development: Track job changes for key prospects and customers. A promotion or a move to a new company is a perfect reason for a warm outreach call.
- Recruiting & HR: Monitor a pipeline of potential candidates and be the first to know when they're open to new opportunities. Keep tabs on company alumni to foster a strong network.
- Investor Relations: Keep your contact list of executives and decision-makers at portfolio or target companies current.
- Competitive Intelligence: Monitor key employee movements at competitor companies to spot strategic shifts or talent acquisitions.
Customization Ideas
While this automation is ready to use out-of-the-box, it's designed to be flexible to fit your specific needs. You can easily customize it to:
- Use Your Own Spreadsheet: Connect it to your existing Google Sheet, no matter what it's named or where it's located.
- Adjust for Your Sheet's Layout: You can tell the automation which columns to use for profile links, current titles, and previous titles, so you don't have to change your existing file structure.
- Choose Your Notification Channel: Send alerts to any public or private Slack channel you belong to.
- Change Notification Services: If you prefer notifications via email or another messaging app, the automation can be adapted to do so.
- Customize Alert Messages: Tailor the content and tone of the notification messages to include the information most important to you and your team.
- Track More Than Just Titles: Modify the automation to extract and track other details from a profile, like company name, location, or professional headline.
