Talent.com Job Scraper

Overview

This actor scrapes job listings from Talent.com, extracting structured data like job titles, companies, locations, salaries, and descriptions. It handles pagination and includes reliability features like proxy support and configurable delays.

Key Features

• Extracts detailed job information using a consistent schema.
• Supports custom searches by keyword and location.
• Automatically navigates through multiple pages of results.
• Includes proxy support to avoid blocks.
• Configurable request delays and concurrency for respectful scraping.
• Debug mode for troubleshooting.

Input Parameters

Configure the scraper using these input parameters:

• searchQuery (string): Job search keywords, e.g., "developer".
• location (string): Target city or region, e.g., "Lahore".
• maxItems (number): Max jobs to collect. Default: 100.
• maxPages (number): Max listing pages to visit. Default: 3.
• proxyConfiguration (object): Proxy settings for requests.
• delayBetweenRequests (number): Delay between requests in ms. Default: 1500.
• maxConcurrency (number): Max concurrent requests. Default: 3.
• debugMode (boolean): Enable verbose logging. Default: false.

Output

The actor outputs job data to the default dataset. Each item is structured as:

{
  "title": "Frontend Developer",
  "company": "Talent Group",
  "location": "Karachi, Pakistan",
  "url": "https://www.talent.com/view?id=xxxx",
  "salary": "PKR 180,000/month",
  "date_posted": "2025-10-18",
  "description_html": "<div>Job details here...</div>",
  "description_text": "Job details here..."
}

How to Use

On the Apify Platform

1. Select this actor on the Apify platform.
2. Set your desired input parameters.
3. Run the actor and view the results in the dataset.

Running Locally

1. Set up your local environment.
2. Create an INPUT.json file in your project root with your configuration:
   json { "searchQuery": "developer", "location": "Lahore", "maxItems": 20, "maxPages": 2 }
3. Execute the scraper.

Configuration Notes

• Use proxyConfiguration to help bypass rate limits or access restrictions.
• Tune delayBetweenRequests and maxConcurrency to balance speed and reliability.
• Enable debugMode for detailed logs if you encounter issues.

Troubleshooting

• No results: Double-check your searchQuery and location values.
• Slow scraping: Try reducing maxConcurrency or increasing delayBetweenRequests.
• 403/429 errors: Enable proxies or increase request delays.
• Other errors: Check the logs, especially with debugMode set to true.