# Competitor job monitor: new jobs at companies you track

**Use case:** 

Watch your competitors' career pages and get their new jobs the day they are posted: who they hire, for which team, where and at what pay. Replace the four sample companies (Tailscale, PointClickCare, Linear and Gcore: 183 open jobs on Oct 20, 2026; the first run takes the last 7 days, about $0.04) with any companies on Greenhouse, Lever, Ashby or SmartRecruiters, then schedule the task daily.

## Input

```json
{
  "companies": [
    "greenhouse:tailscale",
    "lever:pointclickcare",
    "ashby:linear",
    "smartrecruiters:gcore"
  ],
  "mode": "changes",
  "watchName": "competitors",
  "firstRunDays": 7,
  "remoteOnly": false,
  "includeDescription": true
}
```

## Output

```json
{
  "changeStatus": {
    "label": "Status",
    "format": "text"
  },
  "company": {
    "label": "Company",
    "format": "text"
  },
  "title": {
    "label": "Title",
    "format": "text"
  },
  "department": {
    "label": "Department",
    "format": "text"
  },
  "location": {
    "label": "Location",
    "format": "text"
  },
  "country": {
    "label": "Country",
    "format": "text"
  },
  "workplaceType": {
    "label": "Workplace",
    "format": "text"
  },
  "employmentType": {
    "label": "Type",
    "format": "text"
  },
  "salaryMin": {
    "label": "Salary min",
    "format": "number"
  },
  "salaryMax": {
    "label": "Salary max",
    "format": "number"
  },
  "salaryCurrency": {
    "label": "Currency",
    "format": "text"
  },
  "salaryPeriod": {
    "label": "Per",
    "format": "text"
  },
  "publishedAt": {
    "label": "Published",
    "format": "date"
  },
  "url": {
    "label": "Link",
    "format": "link"
  }
}
```

## How it works

### 1. Sign up on Apify or log in

The Job Monitor - New Job Alerts from Career Pages Actor is ready to run with the inputs already set for "Competitor job monitor: new jobs at companies you track". [Sign up or log in](https://console.apify.com/create-task-from-example/veOdrEJPZkCYpMblj) and you'll land in Apify Console with a copy of this exact task.

### 2. Start the "Competitor job monitor: new jobs at companies you track" task

The Job Monitor - New Job Alerts from Career Pages Actor will start running based on the input automatically. You can also change all the input fields, like companies to monitor, what to return, and more, to match your specific use case.

### 3. Receive the "Competitor job monitor: new jobs at companies you track" output

Monitor the progress in real time. You will be notified as soon as your dataset is complete and ready for review. Each result includes data such as status, company, title, and more.

### 4. Integrate into your workflow

The final output is delivered in JSON, CSV, or Excel format, ready to be plugged into your workflow. You can also [run the "Competitor job monitor: new jobs at companies you track" task via API](https://apify.com/firsthand-data/career-page-job-monitor.md).

## About this Actor

This example demonstrates how to use [Job Monitor - New Job Alerts from Career Pages](https://apify.com/firsthand-data/career-page-job-monitor.md) with a specific input configuration. Visit the [Actor detail page](https://apify.com/firsthand-data/career-page-job-monitor.md) to learn more, explore other use cases, and run it yourself.


## How to integrate an Actor?

This Task's input is already configured above. Use it as-is rather than inventing a new one.

Do not guess an integration path. Every one of them is in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md: the Apify MCP server, Agent Skills with the Apify CLI, the JavaScript and Python clients, the REST API, and the account-free path for an agent with no human to sign in. It also carries the rule on stating cost before the first paid run.

For full API examples (JavaScript, Python, CLI, MCP, OpenAPI), see this Task's Actor page: https://apify.com/firsthand-data/career-page-job-monitor.md

Each client library has reference documentation the quickstart does not restate: [JavaScript/TypeScript](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs.md) (`npm install apify-client`) and [Python](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs.md) (`pip install apify-client`).