CareerBuilder Job Listings Scraper

Overview

This actor scrapes job listings from CareerBuilder.com. It automates data extraction from search result pages, collecting detailed job information for analysis or integration into other systems. It's built for developers, researchers, and professionals who need structured job data at scale.

Key Features

• Extracts comprehensive job data: Captures job titles, descriptions, company details, salary ranges, locations, required skills, and posting dates.
• Handles high-volume scraping: Processes multiple pages and listings in a single run.
• Built-in proxy support: Uses Apify Proxy with residential IPs to improve reliability and avoid blocks.
• Configurable operation: Set retry limits, item limits per URL, and failure handling.
• Structured JSON output: Provides clean, organized data ready for databases or analysis.

How to Use

Configure the actor using a JSON input object. The primary method is to provide direct CareerBuilder job search URLs via the urls array.

Input Format

{
  "max_retries_per_url": 2,
  "proxy": {
    "useApifyProxy": true,
    "apifyProxyGroups": ["RESIDENTIAL"],
    "apifyProxyCountry": "US"
  },
  "max_items_per_url": 20,
  "urls": [
    "https://www.careerbuilder.com/jobs?keywords=Accounting&location=Chicago%2C+IL&page_number=1"
  ],
  "ignore_url_failures": true
}

Input Parameters

• urls (required): An array of CareerBuilder job search page URLs to scrape.
• max_items_per_url: Limits the number of job listings scraped from each provided URL.
• max_retries_per_url: Number of retry attempts if a page fails to load.
• ignore_url_failures: If true, the actor continues running even if some URLs fail after retries.
• proxy: Configuration for Apify Proxy. Using residential proxies ("RESIDENTIAL") is recommended for this site.

Input/Output

Input: Provide CareerBuilder search URLs. For example:
* https://www.careerbuilder.com/jobs?keywords=Software+Engineer&location=Remote
* https://www.careerbuilder.com/jobs?keywords=Project+Manager&location=New+York%2C+NY&page_number=2

Output: The actor outputs a dataset of items, where each item represents a single job listing. The data is structured JSON containing fields like jobTitle, company, location, salary, description, postedDate, and jobUrl.

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