Careers24 Jobs Scraper

Extract detailed job listings from Careers24.com, a major South African job portal. This actor searches and collects job postings including titles, companies, salaries, locations, and descriptions across all provinces.

Overview

This is an automated scraper for Careers24.com. It's built for market research, job aggregation, trend analysis, or helping job seekers find opportunities. It handles pagination, uses structured data when available, and outputs in multiple formats.

Key Features

• Extracts comprehensive data: Job titles, company names, locations, salaries, job types, posting dates, and full descriptions.
• Advanced search filters: Search by keyword, location, sector, minimum salary, and remote-only preference.
• Automatic pagination: Navigates through multiple pages of search results.
• Flexible configuration: Control the number of results, pages, and whether to collect full details.
• Multiple export formats: Output data as JSON, CSV, Excel, HTML, or XML.
• Robust operation: Includes error handling and proxy support.

How to Use

Configure the actor using input parameters. You can either use a direct startUrl or build a search with the filters below.

Input Configuration

Basic Search Parameters:
* keyword: Job title or keyword (e.g., "software developer").
* location: South African location (e.g., "gauteng", "western-cape").
* sector: Job category (e.g., "IT", "Finance").
* remoteOnly: Set to true for remote jobs only.
* minSalary: Minimum monthly salary in ZAR (e.g., "24000").

Advanced Options:
* startUrl: A direct Careers24 search URL (overrides other filters).
* collectDetails: Visit each job page for full details (default: true).
* results_wanted: Max jobs to collect (default: 100).
* max_pages: Max search pages to scrape (default: 20).
* proxyConfiguration: Proxy settings (defaults to Apify Proxy).

Example Input:

{
  "keyword": "data analyst",
  "location": "gauteng",
  "sector": "IT",
  "minSalary": "24000",
  "remoteOnly": false,
  "results_wanted": 50,
  "max_pages": 5,
  "collectDetails": true
}

Input/Output

Output Format

The dataset contains structured job listings. Each item includes fields like:

{
  "title": "Senior Software Developer",
  "company": "Tech Solutions (Pty) Ltd",
  "sector": "IT",
  "location": "Johannesburg, Gauteng",
  "salary": "R35,000 - R50,000 per month",
  "job_type": "Permanent",
  "date_posted": "2025-11-28",
  "valid_through": "2025-12-28",
  "description_html": "<p>Job description HTML...</p>",
  "description_text": "Job description plain text...",
  "url": "https://www.careers24.com/jobs/adverts/..."
}

Key Output Fields:
* title: The job title.
* company: The hiring company.
* location: Job location, including province.
* salary: Salary range or indication.
* job_type: Employment type (e.g., Permanent, Contract).
* date_posted: When the job was posted.
* description_text / description_html: The full job description.
* url: Direct link to the job posting.