# Hiring Signals API: Companies Hiring Now (Sales Leads) (`cleanrowdata/hiring-signals-api`) Actor

Find companies hiring right now, from 17,000+ career sites (Greenhouse, Lever, Workday, Ashby...) refreshed hourly. One row per company: new jobs by function and seniority, locations, salary, closed jobs, sample job links. Buying-intent signals for sales, recruiting and investors.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/cleanrowdata/hiring-signals-api.md
- **Developed by:** [Clean Row Data](https://apify.com/cleanrowdata) (community)
- **Categories:** Lead generation, Jobs, AI
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $5.00 / 1,000 company results

This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events.

Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/actors/running/actors-in-store.md#pay-per-event

## What's an Apify Actor?

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Apify vocabulary and the platform model are defined once, in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md.

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You adapt to their stack and deliver integrations that are safe, well-documented, and production-ready.

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For examples already wired to this Actor's own input schema, see the [API](#api) section below.

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# README

## Hiring Signals API: companies hiring right now, from 17,000+ career sites

**Find the companies that are hiring right now, and for what.** One row per company, built from **1,170,000+ open jobs on 17,000+ companies' own career sites** (Greenhouse, Lever, Ashby, Workday, Workable, SmartRecruiters, Recruitee, Personio, Rippling), refreshed **every hour** (Workday daily). Ask *"which US companies opened 3+ sales roles this week?"* and get a ranked list of companies, each with new-job counts by **function and seniority**, top departments and locations, remote share, published **salary range**, jobs **closed** in the last 7 days, the careers page and **links to the newest jobs**.

Hiring is the most reliable public **buying-intent signal**: a company opening 10 sales roles needs sales tools, onboarding and recruiting help; a company hiring its first security engineers is about to buy security software. This Actor turns raw job postings into **lead lists** for sales teams, recruiters, agencies and investors. No scraping happens during your run, so the default run finishes in **a few seconds**.

### Why people use it

- 🎯 **Company-level, not job-level**: one row per hiring company, with counts and breakdowns, instead of thousands of job rows you have to group yourself.
- 🧭 **Hiring by function**: every job is classified into Sales, Engineering, AI / ML, Data, Security, Product, Design, Marketing, Customer success, Finance, People / HR, Legal, Healthcare, Operations. Filter to the teams you sell to.
- 📈 **Signal strength**: `high` / `medium` / `low` from the number of new jobs (and growth vs. open jobs when available), so you can work the hottest accounts first.
- 🔗 **Evidence included**: up to 25 newest job titles and links per company for personalized outreach ("saw you're hiring 6 AEs in Texas...").
- ⏱️ **Fresh**: windows of the last **24 hours, 7 days or 30 days**, from an index refreshed hourly.
- 🧹 **Real employers only**: job aggregators and recruiting marketplaces are excluded by default; a company's duplicate boards are merged.
- 💸 **$0.005 per company row** ($5 per 1,000 companies). Sample job links, breakdowns and filters are free.

### Quick start

1. Click **Start**. The prefilled input returns **25 US companies that opened 3+ sales jobs in the last 7 days** (about $0.13).
2. Change **Job functions** to the teams you sell to (or recruit for), and **Locations** to your market.
3. Export to **CSV, Excel, JSON or Google Sheets**, push to your CRM or Clay with Make, Zapier or n8n, or call it from the API or an AI agent.

### Use cases and ready-to-paste inputs

#### 1. Sales prospecting: companies building teams you sell to

Selling a sales tool? Companies opening several sales roles at once are your best accounts this week.

```json
{
  "timeRange": "7d",
  "jobFunctions": ["sales"],
  "locationSearch": ["United States"],
  "minNewJobs": 5,
  "limit": 200
}
```

#### 2. Security, data and AI vendors: who is investing in your space

```json
{
  "timeRange": "30d",
  "jobFunctions": ["security"],
  "minNewJobs": 3,
  "sortBy": "growth",
  "limit": 100
}
```

30 days scans all 1.17M open jobs (1-2 minutes) and adds `open_jobs_matching` and `new_share_of_open`, so **Growth** ranks companies whose security team is growing fastest relative to its size.

#### 3. Recruiting and staffing agencies: companies hiring roles you place

```json
{
  "timeRange": "7d",
  "titleSearch": ["data engineer", "analytics engineer", "machine learning engineer"],
  "minNewJobs": 2,
  "sampleJobsPerCompany": 10,
  "limit": 300
}
```

#### 4. Leadership hiring: new VPs and directors (a classic trigger event)

New leaders buy new tools in their first 90 days.

```json
{
  "timeRange": "7d",
  "seniority": ["executive"],
  "jobFunctions": ["marketing", "sales", "engineering"],
  "minNewJobs": 1,
  "sortBy": "latest",
  "limit": 200
}
```

#### 5. Investors and market research: who is scaling, where

```json
{
  "timeRange": "30d",
  "minNewJobs": 20,
  "ats": ["ashby", "greenhouse", "lever"],
  "limit": 500
}
```

Startups mostly hire on Ashby, Greenhouse and Lever, so this surfaces fast-growing private companies.

#### 6. Account monitoring: watch a list of target accounts

Schedule a daily run with **Only these companies** set to your account list and **Minimum new jobs** = 1.

### Sample output

Real rows from the default input (US sales hiring, last 7 days), October 2026:

| Company | Signal | New sales jobs (7d) | Top department | Seniority mix |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Johnson & Johnson | high | 59 | MedTech Sales | 45 mid, 8 entry, 3 manager, 2 executive |
| AbbVie | high | 53 | Sales | 39 mid, 8 executive, 4 manager |
| Renuity | high | 32 | Field | 18 entry, 14 mid |
| Johnson Controls | high | 31 | Sales & Marketing | 28 mid, 3 manager |
| Citi | high | 27 | Consumer Sales | 21 mid, 5 executive |
| AECOM | high | 22 | Business Development | 11 manager, 11 executive |
| Spoton | medium | 19 | Territory Sales Representative | 19 mid |

One full row (trimmed to 2 sample jobs):

```json
{
  "company": "Spoton",
  "ats": "ashby",
  "board": "Spoton",
  "careers_url": "https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/Spoton",
  "signal_strength": "medium",
  "time_range": "7d",
  "new_jobs": 19,
  "open_jobs_matching": null,
  "closed_jobs_7d": 0,
  "top_function": "sales",
  "new_jobs_by_function": {"sales": 19},
  "new_jobs_by_seniority": {"mid": 19},
  "top_departments": [{"name": "Territory Sales Representative", "count": 19}],
  "top_locations": [{"name": "San Mateo, CA", "count": 1}, {"name": "Cincinnati, OH", "count": 1}],
  "countries": ["United States"],
  "remote_share": 0.11,
  "salary_range_annual": {"currency": "USD", "min": 120000, "max": 275000, "jobs_with_salary": 19},
  "first_new_job_at": "2026-10-12T14:40:07Z",
  "latest_new_job_at": "2026-10-16T19:47:00Z",
  "sample_jobs": [
    {"title": "Territory Sales Representative / Restaurant Specialist - San Mateo, CA", "job_function": "sales", "seniority": "mid", "location": "San Mateo, CA", "posted_at": "2026-10-16T19:47:00Z", "job_url": "https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/Spoton/8a4af80f-2b12-42da-a99f-7923e522c5c2"},
    {"title": "Territory Sales Representative / Restaurant Specialist - San Luis Obispo, CA", "job_function": "sales", "seniority": "mid", "location": "San Luis Obispo, CA", "posted_at": "2026-10-14T21:44:06Z", "job_url": "https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/Spoton/81c256b9-90e5-4136-90ad-4f81d818e3b3"}
  ],
  "index_updated_at": "2026-10-19T01:53:32Z"
}
```

**Example dataset** (a full default run, free to download): [CSV](https://api.apify.com/v2/datasets/mdRqdzRcA3WazebMa/items?format=csv) · [JSON](https://api.apify.com/v2/datasets/mdRqdzRcA3WazebMa/items?format=json) · [Excel](https://api.apify.com/v2/datasets/mdRqdzRcA3WazebMa/items?format=xlsx)

Each run also writes a **Run summary** (`RUN_SUMMARY`): companies matched and returned, and **when the index was last refreshed**.

#### Output fields

| Field | What it is |
|---|---|
| `company`, `ats`, `board`, `careers_url` | Who is hiring and where their careers page is |
| `signal_strength` | `high` (20+ new jobs, or 5+ that are 30%+ of open roles), `medium` (5+), `low` |
| `new_jobs` | New matching jobs in the window |
| `open_jobs_matching`, `new_share_of_open` | All open matching jobs and the new share (30d, Growth sort, or **Include open-job counts**) |
| `closed_jobs_7d` | Matching jobs that closed (filled or pulled) in the last 7 days |
| `top_function`, `new_jobs_by_function`, `new_jobs_by_seniority` | What kind of hiring |
| `top_departments`, `top_locations`, `countries`, `remote_share` | Where and which teams |
| `salary_range_annual` | Annualized pay range across new jobs that publish salary |
| `first_new_job_at`, `latest_new_job_at` | Timing |
| `sample_jobs` | Newest matching jobs: title, function, seniority, location, posted date, link |

### How it compares

| | **Hiring Signals API (this Actor)** | Job scrapers (LinkedIn, Indeed, single ATS) | Other hiring-signal Actors |
|---|---|---|---|
| Output | One row per company, with breakdowns | One row per job | One row per company you supply |
| Find companies you don't know yet | ✅ all 17,000+ indexed companies | ✅ but you group jobs yourself | ❌ you must provide the company list |
| Function / seniority classification | ✅ 15 functions, 8 levels | ❌ | partial |
| Speed | Seconds (pre-built hourly index) | Minutes, proxies | Minutes (live checks per company) |
| Closed jobs | ✅ last 7 days | ❌ | rarely |
| Price | $0.005 per company returned | per job | $0.004-$0.012 per company checked |

Need the individual jobs instead? Use the [Job Postings API](https://apify.com/cleanrowdata/fresh-jobs-index). Need full job descriptions for a list of companies? Use the [Careers Page Jobs Scraper](https://apify.com/cleanrowdata/careers-jobs-feed).

### Pricing (pay per event)

| Event | Price |
|---|---|
| Company returned (row in the dataset) | **$0.005** (= **$5 per 1,000 companies**) |
| Actor start | $0.00005 (Apify's standard start event) |

Examples: the default input (25 companies) = **$0.13**. A weekly list of 200 accounts = **$1/week**. You only pay for company rows; set **Max companies** and the run stops there, and it also stops at your run's maximum cost.

### Coverage and freshness

- **1,177,389 open jobs** from **20,281 verified job boards** of **17,500+ companies** on 9 ATS platforms. In a typical week **9,000+ companies** post new jobs and **3,500+** post five or more.
- Greenhouse, Lever, Ashby, Workable, SmartRecruiters, Recruitee, Personio and Rippling are refreshed **every hour**; Workday **once a day**. `index_updated_at` shows the last refresh.
- "New" means posted (or first seen) inside the window. When a company is first added to the index, its existing jobs are dated by the company's own posting date, not by when we found them.
- The 24h and 7d windows read the hourly "recent jobs" part of the index and answer in seconds. 30d, Growth and open-job counts scan all open jobs (1-2 minutes).

### FAQ

**How is the job function decided?**
From the job title, department and team, using keyword rules (e.g. "Account Executive", "SDR", "Sales" department = Sales). It is accurate for the vast majority of titles; unusual titles fall into "Other".

**Why does a big company show many new jobs every week?**
Large employers (retail, healthcare, banks) post constantly. Use **Job functions**, **Seniority**, **Title contains**, a higher **Minimum new jobs**, or **Growth** sorting to find the companies whose hiring is unusual.

**Can I get the company website / domain?**
`company_domain` is filled only when the ATS publishes it (rare). Use `careers_url` and `company` to match accounts in your CRM, or enrich with your usual tool.

**Can I get contacts or emails?**
No. This Actor only uses public job postings. It contains no personal data.

**Can I run it on a schedule?**
Yes. Schedule it daily with "Last 24 hours" or weekly with "Last 7 days" and send results to Google Sheets, Slack, HubSpot, Salesforce or Clay via Apify integrations.

**Is it legal?**
The index only contains job postings that companies publish on their ATS's public job-board endpoints, the same data their careers pages show to everyone.

### Limitations

- Company names come from the ATS. Large Workday employers are mapped to their real names (e.g. "Wells Fargo"), but some smaller Workday companies still show their short Workday id.
- A company with boards on two different ATS platforms appears once per ATS.
- No job descriptions; functions are classified from titles and departments.
- Up to 2,000 companies per run.

### Related Actors (same hourly jobs index)

- [Job Postings API: 1M+ Fresh Jobs](https://apify.com/cleanrowdata/fresh-jobs-index): search individual jobs by title, location and time window.
- [Remote Jobs API: Remote Jobs by Region](https://apify.com/cleanrowdata/remote-jobs-api): remote-only jobs filtered by where you can work from, with function, seniority and salary filters.
- [Careers Page Jobs Scraper](https://apify.com/cleanrowdata/careers-jobs-feed): live scrape of the companies you choose, with full descriptions and a new/closed jobs feed.

Questions or a missing feature? Open an issue on the Actor's **Issues** tab.

# Changelog

This Actor's version history is a separate document: https://apify.com/cleanrowdata/hiring-signals-api/changelog.md

# Actor input Schema

## `timeRange` (type: `string`):

Counts jobs that companies posted in this window. 24h and 7d answer in seconds. 30d scans the full index (1-2 minutes) and also returns open-job counts.

## `jobFunctions` (type: `array`):

Count only these kinds of roles, classified from title and department. E.g. Sales = companies building sales teams (great for selling sales tools); Engineering; Security; AI / ML. Empty = all.

## `locationSearch` (type: `array`):

Count only jobs whose location contains any of these (case-insensitive): countries, states, cities. E.g. 'United States', 'Texas', 'London', 'Remote'.

## `titleSearch` (type: `array`):

Count only jobs whose title contains any of these words or phrases. E.g. 'account executive', 'SDR', 'data engineer'.

## `titleExclusionSearch` (type: `array`):

Skip jobs whose title contains any of these. E.g. 'intern'.

## `keywords` (type: `array`):

Count only jobs mentioning any of these in title, department, team or company. E.g. 'Salesforce', 'Kubernetes'.

## `excludeKeywords` (type: `array`):

Skip jobs mentioning any of these.

## `seniority` (type: `array`):

Count only these levels (parsed from the title). E.g. Director / VP to find leadership hiring. Empty = all.

## `remoteOnly` (type: `boolean`):

Count only remote roles.

## `minNewJobs` (type: `integer`):

Only return companies with at least this many new matching jobs in the window. Raise it (e.g. 10) for the strongest signals.

## `sortBy` (type: `string`):

How to rank companies. 'Growth' ranks by new jobs divided by all matching open jobs, so smaller companies scaling fast rise to the top; it turns on open-job counts.

## `limit` (type: `integer`):

Maximum company rows to return. You pay per company row.

## `sampleJobsPerCompany` (type: `integer`):

Include up to this many of the newest matching jobs (title, location, link) in each company row. Free; set 0 for smaller rows.

## `includeOpenJobCounts` (type: `boolean`):

Also count all open matching jobs per company and the new/open share. Scans the full index (1-2 minutes). Always on for 30d.

## `companies` (type: `array`):

Only companies whose name or ATS board contains any of these. E.g. 'stripe', 'Wells Fargo'.

## `companyExclusion` (type: `array`):

Skip companies whose name or board contains any of these (e.g. your own company, or staffing agencies).

## `ats` (type: `array`):

Only companies on these applicant tracking systems. Leave empty for all 9.

## `excludeAggregators` (type: `boolean`):

Skip job aggregators and recruiting marketplaces (e.g. Jobgether) that repost other companies' jobs, so every row is a real employer.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "timeRange": "7d",
  "jobFunctions": [
    "sales"
  ],
  "locationSearch": [
    "United States"
  ],
  "remoteOnly": false,
  "minNewJobs": 3,
  "sortBy": "new_jobs",
  "limit": 25,
  "sampleJobsPerCompany": 5,
  "includeOpenJobCounts": false,
  "excludeAggregators": true
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `companies` (type: `string`):

One row per company, strongest signal first.

## `summary` (type: `string`):

Companies matched/returned and index freshness.

# API

You can run this Actor programmatically using our API. Below are code examples in JavaScript, Python, and CLI, as well as the OpenAPI specification and MCP server setup.

## JavaScript example

```javascript
import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

// Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
// Replace the '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token
const client = new ApifyClient({
    token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',
});

// Prepare Actor input
const input = {
    "timeRange": "7d",
    "jobFunctions": [
        "sales"
    ],
    "locationSearch": [
        "United States"
    ],
    "minNewJobs": 3,
    "limit": 25
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("cleanrowdata/hiring-signals-api").call(input);

// Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any)
console.log('Results from dataset');
console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`);
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
items.forEach((item) => {
    console.dir(item);
});

// 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs

```

## Python example

```python
from apify_client import ApifyClient

# Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
# Replace '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")

# Prepare the Actor input
run_input = {
    "timeRange": "7d",
    "jobFunctions": ["sales"],
    "locationSearch": ["United States"],
    "minNewJobs": 3,
    "limit": 25,
}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("cleanrowdata/hiring-signals-api").call(run_input=run_input)

# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
print(f"💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/{run.default_dataset_id}")
for item in client.dataset(run.default_dataset_id).iterate_items():
    print(item)

# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{
  "timeRange": "7d",
  "jobFunctions": [
    "sales"
  ],
  "locationSearch": [
    "United States"
  ],
  "minNewJobs": 3,
  "limit": 25
}' |
apify call cleanrowdata/hiring-signals-api --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,cleanrowdata/hiring-signals-api"
        }
    }
}
```

The hosted server signs you in with OAuth on first connect, so no API token belongs in this config. Clients without OAuth support can send an `Authorization: Bearer <APIFY_API_TOKEN>` header instead, using a token from API & Integrations in Apify Console (https://console.apify.com/settings/integrations).

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/0yC3hL92bvNuqDtmU/builds/OgEGxN6qldgL65zMc/openapi.json