> ## Documentation Index
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# Monitor Connections: Turn Your Network Into Clients

> Watch your LinkedIn connections for hiring signals and reach out the moment they announce a need — before any other recruiter knows the opportunity exists.

Monitor Connections watches your **1st-degree LinkedIn connections** for hiring-related language in their posts. When someone in your network signals they are hiring, Recruitcha surfaces the post and connection so you can export the contact and reach out with perfect timing — while the need is top of mind.

## How it works

Recruitcha scans connection posts from the past 24 hours against hiring keywords you define. Matches appear on your **Dashboard** under hiring signals from your network, alongside newly sourced hiring managers from Job Listening.

## Default hiring keywords

You can customize keywords when creating the signal. Strong defaults include:

* `we're hiring`, `now hiring`, `open roles`, `join our team`
* `looking for a`, `job opening`, `we're growing`
* `referrals welcome`, `know anyone who`

## Create a Monitor Connections signal

<Steps>
  <Step title="Connect LinkedIn">
    Ensure your LinkedIn account is connected under **Settings** so Recruitcha can read connection post activity.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Create Signal → Monitor Connections">
    Add or customize hiring keywords and optional filters (title patterns, company size, industry).
  </Step>

  <Step title="Launch and watch the Dashboard">
    Hiring posts from connections appear on the Dashboard. Export contacts when you want to work them in your sequencer.
  </Step>
</Steps>

## Credit costs

| Action                  | Credits                                   |
| ----------------------- | ----------------------------------------- |
| Monitor Connections run | 1 credit per 10 hiring managers monitored |

New Monitor Connections signals require at least **10 hiring managers** to monitor. You are charged per monitoring run based on profiles monitored, regardless of whether posts are found.

<Tip>
  Reference the specific post when you reach out. An opener that mentions their hiring announcement converts far better than a generic cold message.
</Tip>

## Best practices

* Respond quickly when a signal fires — the first few hours after a hiring post are the highest-intent window
* Run Monitor Connections alongside Job Listening to cover both your network and net-new companies
* Export to your sequencer and follow up in the tool where you already manage conversations