Last updated: October 26, 2026
How to find companies hiring SDRs (and use them as buying signals)
This guide is for sales reps, founders, and agencies who sell to companies building an outbound team: dialers, sequencers, data, sales training, recruiting, and similar. It is not a job-seeker page. If you only want the companies, open the live list of Companies hiring SDRs & BDRs this week.
Why a new SDR or BDR posting is a timing signal
Someone posting an SDR or BDR role is staffing the people who source pipeline. Outbound is a current priority for that team, not a plan they might start next year. That is useful if you sell something an outbound team uses while the seats are being filled.
A first or founding SDR hire often means a new outbound motion. The company may be moving from founder-led sales to a repeatable process. Volume hiring, several open seats at once, means more people who will need a process, not a single backfill.
A posting is a timing signal. It is not proof of budget, and it is not proof they will buy what you sell. Validate fit before you write: the company should match your ICP, and the role should be relevant to the product. A founding SDR at a company you can help is a different conversation from an agency requisition, or from a team that already has the category covered.
Find the postings for free
1. Check the careers page and the ATS board
Start with accounts you already care about. Open the company careers page, then the public board if you know which host they use. The board token is usually a short form of the company name. Replace <company> in these URLs:
https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/<company>https://jobs.lever.co/<company>https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/<company>
If one host has no board, try the other two. Plenty of employers use a different system, or no public board at all. These three are the hosts you can check without an account.
2. Search Google with site: and a date filter
When you do not have a target list, search the boards themselves. Run the query, then set the date filter to the past week (Google calls this Tools, then Any time, then Past week). The links below already include that past-week filter. Add "founding" or "first" when you want a first-hire role. Open the posting and read the date on the board. A search snippet can be older than the filter suggests.
3. Search LinkedIn Jobs and save an alert
Search the same titles on LinkedIn Jobs and set Date posted to Past week. Save a job alert so the search comes back without you retyping it. This LinkedIn Jobs search for Sales Development Representative, past week is one starting point. Repeat it for the other titles below.
Agency and staffing posts are noise if you sell to the company that will employ the SDR. Read who the employer is. If the poster is a recruiting firm, skip it or treat it as a different kind of lead.
4. Search these title variants
Companies do not share one title. Searching only "SDR" misses the spelled-out form, and the reverse is also true.
- SDR
- BDR
- Sales Development Representative
- Business Development Representative
- Outbound SDR
- Founding SDR
How to qualify a posting
A live title match is not enough. Use this checklist before you spend a call or a note on it.
- Posted recently, in the last 7 to 14 days.
- Posted by the company, not a staffing or recruiting agency.
- The company matches your ICP.
- The role is relevant to what you sell.
- The posting is still live when you open it.
Who to contact and what to say
Write to the person the new SDR will report to. That is the hiring manager or the sales leader: a head of sales, a VP of sales, or, at an early-stage company, the founder. The recruiter is filling the seat. They are rarely the buyer of a dialer, a sequencer, data, or training.
Refer to the business change. "I saw your job post" on its own is a weak reason to reply. The useful point is that outbound is being staffed now, and you help teams in that spot. Say what you sell in plain language. Do not invent a metric.
Example opener (template)
Replace the brackets. This is a template, not a measured result.
Hi [Name], [Company] is hiring an SDR, which means outbound is being staffed now. We help teams at that point with [what you sell]. If this person will report to you, is a short note useful this week?
Do it weekly with HireSignal
Checking boards by hand works for a short target list. It does not cover every public Greenhouse, Lever, and Ashby board each week. HireSignal checks those public boards and emails companies that posted a role matching your saved titles in the previous 7 days.
The digest goes out Monday from 9 AM ET (by 11 AM ET if the weekly crawl is still finishing). The crawl is enqueued Sunday at 6:00 PM ET and continues in short batches until it finishes.
Limits, stated plainly:
- It is weekly, not real-time. A role posted on Tuesday waits for the next Monday list.
- It only includes companies on public Greenhouse, Lever, and Ashby boards. Other applicant-tracking systems are not crawled.
- It does not include contact data. Recruiter names, hiring-manager names, and email addresses from postings are not stored. You still find the sales leader yourself.
- Full job descriptions are not stored.
Free is 1 saved search and the top 10 companies. Pro is $29/mo for up to 5 saved searches, every matching company, and CSV export of the current week. Details are on the HireSignal pricing page.
Sources are public Greenhouse, Lever, and Ashby job boards. This product is not affiliated with those board hosts or the employers listed.
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FAQ
Is a job posting a buying signal?
No. A job posting is a timing signal. It shows the company is hiring for that work now. It does not prove budget, a buying committee, or that they will purchase what you sell. Check that the company fits your ICP and that the role relates to your product before you reach out.
What's the difference between an SDR and a BDR?
SDR usually means sales development representative, and BDR usually means business development representative. Both titles are commonly used for people who source new pipeline rather than close deals. Companies use the titles differently, so search both the abbreviations and the full titles.
How recent should a posting be?
Prefer posts from the last 7 to 14 days. A post older than that may already be filled, or the team may have moved on. The HireSignal Monday list covers roles posted in the previous 7 days.
Can I do this for free?
Yes. Checking a company board on Greenhouse, Lever, or Ashby, running the Google site: searches, and setting a LinkedIn job alert are free. On HireSignal, Free is 1 saved search and the top 10 companies. Pro is $29/mo for up to 5 saved searches, every matching company, and CSV export of the current week.
How often does HireSignal update?
Weekly, not in real time. The digest goes out Monday from 9 AM ET (by 11 AM ET if the weekly crawl is still finishing). It lists companies that posted a matching role in the previous 7 days on public Greenhouse, Lever, and Ashby boards. It does not include contact data.