Careerbuilder Scraper

👋 Welcome to the Careerbuilder Scraper! This actor extracts job listings and details from CareerBuilder (careerbuilder.com). Use it to gather information about openings, companies, locations, and application attributes for labor market research and competitor analysis.

Introduction

The scraper collects job data from listing and detail pages. It supports starting from direct startUrls or building a search URL from parameters such as query, location, posted, radius, workType, jobType, salary, and sort.

Use Cases

• Labor market research: Analyze job, region, and contract-type trends.
• Competitive analysis: Track openings for specific companies/industries.
• Aggregators: Collect and display jobs on your own platform.
• Recruitment monitoring: Track opportunities that match your filters.

Input 📥

To use this actor, provide the following input fields:

• startUrls (array, optional): URLs to start with (listing/detail). Editor: requestListSources.
• query (string, optional): Search keyword.
• maxItems (integer, required): Maximum number of items to extract.
• proxyConfiguration (object, required): Apify proxy configuration. Must use US proxy. Defaults to Apify RESIDENTIAL group with country set to US.
• debugMode (boolean, optional): Enable detailed logs. Default: false.
• location (string, optional): Search location (e.g., Austin, TX).
• posted (string, optional): Posting age. Options: 1 (24 Hours), 3, 7, 30, 30+ days.
• radius (string, optional): Search radius. Options: 5, 10, 30, 50 (miles).
• workType (array[string], optional): Work arrangement. Options: all, onsite, remote, hybrid.
• jobType (array[string], optional): Job type. Options: all, part-time, full-time, contractor, contract-to-hire, seasonal-temp, gig-work.
• salary (string, optional): Salary threshold. Options: any, 20, 40, 60, 80, 100, 120 (thousand USD+).
• sort (string, optional): Sort order. Options: relevance_desc, date_desc.
• quickApply (boolean, optional): Only jobs with Quick Apply.
• supportsVeterans (boolean, optional): Only jobs that support veterans. Note: You must provide either startUrls or query. At least one of them is required for the actor to run.

Minimal input example:

{
  "query": "software engineer",
  "location": "Austin, TX",
  "maxItems": 50,
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": true,
    "apifyProxyGroups": ["RESIDENTIAL"],
    "apifyProxyCountry": "US"
  }
}

Example using startUrls:

{
  "startUrls": [
    {
      "url": "https://www.careerbuilder.com/jobs?posted=&radius=30&cb_apply=false&keywords=Sales&location=Albany%2C+NY&pay=&emp=&cb_veterans=false&cb_workhome=all&sort=relevance_desc"
    }
  ],
  "maxItems": 10,
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": true,
    "apifyProxyGroups": ["RESIDENTIAL"],
    "apifyProxyCountry": "US"
  }
}

Output 📤

The output is a dataset of product objects with the following fields:

{
  "title": "Front Desk Sales Associate",
  "description": "<p>Earn Up To $25 Per Membership Sold + Your Base Hourly Rate.... ",
  "datePosted": "2025-09-10",
  "validThrough": "2025-10-09",
  "employmentType": "Full-Time",
  "hiringOrganization": "Massage Envy",
  "address": "Henderson, NV, US undefined",
  "addressLocality": "Henderson",
  "addressRegion": "NV",
  "addressCountry": "US",
  "identifier": "J3V31J5Y0671BGJ1830",
  "refNumber": "2851dd2b9634485a9d76a4b64167809a",
  "onet": "41-2031.00",
  "companyName": "Massage Envy",
  "experience": "Not Specified",
  "screener": "false",
  "jobCategory": "Other",
  "degreeRequired": "Not Specified",
  "adid": "A7B0L86XT95MGYTKP9Z",
  "caroteneCode": "41.1",
  "caroteneTitle": "Retail Sales Associate",
  "hasVideo": false,
  "hasStreetAddress": false,
  "hasAppSessionEmail": false,
  "jobThemeType": "default",
  "partnerIdTag": "PGM-Agency",
  "productId": "JCPGM2",
  "partnerId": "PGMPTNRJ",
  "isPgm": true,
  "applyOnline": false,
  "sharedApply": "false",
  "hasScreener": "false",
  "resumeCapture": false,
  "externalApply": "true",
  "skipResume": false,
  "emailRequired": "true",
  "contactCapture": "false"
}

FAQ 💬

• How many jobs can it extract? Up to the number specified in maxItems. Pagination continues while results are available.

• Do I need a proxy? Yes. This actor requires a US-based proxy. If the proxy IP is not from the United States, the target website will block access. Defaults to Apify RESIDENTIAL group with country set to US.

• What if the site changes? If CareerBuilder changes its structure, the actor may need updates. Please open an issue or request an update.

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👀 Need help or a custom solution?

Lexis Solutions can help with custom data extraction projects. Contact us via email: info@lexis.solutions or on LinkedIn.