Randstad.com Job Scraper

Overview

This actor scrapes job listings from Randstad Global (https://www.randstad.com/jobs/). It extracts detailed job data including title, company, location, salary, industry, skills, and qualifications. Use it for job market research, recruitment analysis, or lead generation.

Key Features

• URL-Based Scraping: Provide Randstad.com search URLs with your filters. The scraper handles all URL parameters.
• Filter Support: Works with Randstad's URL structure for:
  • Country (e.g., belgium, canada)
  • Keyword (q-development, q-sales)
  • Location (region/city like west-vlaanderen/koekelare)
  • Specialism/Industry (s-engineering, s-sales)
  • Sub-Specialism (ss-data-analytics)
  • Job Category (r-engineer, r-administrator)
  • Job Type (permanent, contract)
  • Language (l-english, l-french)
• Comprehensive Data Extraction: Pulls data from JSON-LD, page sections, and data layers. Captures job details, skills, qualifications, education, experience, industry, salary, and metadata.
• Direct Page Scraping: Can also scrape individual job detail pages directly.

How to Use

1. Get Search URLs: Navigate to Randstad Global, apply your filters (country, keyword, location, etc.), and copy the resulting URL from your browser.
2. Configure Input: Add your URLs to the startUrls array in the actor's input.
3. Run: Execute the actor. Results are available in JSON, CSV, Excel, and other Apify-supported formats.

Input

The primary input is the startUrls array. You can include search result pages or direct job detail URLs.

Example Input:

{
  "startUrls": [
    "https://www.randstad.com/jobs/united-kingdom/q-development/s-engineering/r-engineer/merseyside/permanent/l-english/",
    "https://www.randstad.com/jobs/canada/q-sales/permanent/l-french/",
    "https://www.randstad.com/jobs/representant-des-ventes-%7C-manutention_trois-rivieres_45351479/"
  ],
  "maxItems": 100,
  "proxy": {
    "useApifyProxy": true
  }
}

Key Input Parameters:
* startUrls (Required): Array of Randstad.com URLs to scrape.
* maxItems: Limit the total number of jobs scraped.
* proxy.useApifyProxy: Set to true for enhanced reliability (recommended).

Output

The actor outputs an array of items, each representing a job listing. Each item contains extracted fields such as:
* title, company, location
* salary, industry, jobType
* skills, qualifications, education
* experience, metadata
* url (source URL)

Data is structured and ready for download via the Apify dataset.