Indeed Resume Scraper

Indeed Resume (resumes.indeed.com) is a resume search platform for finding candidate profiles by keyword and filters. This actor collects structured resume search result data from Indeed Resume search pages.

Introduction

The Indeed Resume scraper starts from Indeed Resume search URLs and extracts structured profile data such as name, location, current title, current company, education, skills, credentials, highlights, and experience history.

Use Cases

• Candidate sourcing: Build structured candidate lists from selected search keywords and filters.
• Talent market research: Analyze skill distribution, job titles, locations, and experience patterns.
• Recruiting pipelines: Export resume search results into ATS, CRM, or enrichment workflows.
• Analytics pipelines: Feed BI tools, dashboards, and internal warehousing.

Input

Provide the following fields:

• startUrls (array, required): Indeed Resume search URLs. Each URL must include a search keyword (the q parameter).
• maxItems (integer, optional): Maximum number of resume search result items to extract per start URL.
• proxyConfiguration (object, required): Apify proxy settings. Use Apify Residential proxies with the US country code for the actor to work reliably.

Notes:

• Crawling stops per source URL when maxItems is reached.

Input Examples

1) Start URLs

{
  "startUrls": [
    {
      "url": "https://resumes.indeed.com/search?q=software&nl=false&ts=1778162438285&start=0&sort=date"
    }
  ],
  "maxItems": 5,
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": true,
    "apifyProxyGroups": ["RESIDENTIAL"],
    "apifyProxyCountry": "US"
  }
}

Output

Each dataset item contains fields like:

{
  "sourceUrl": "https://resumes.indeed.com/search?q=software&nl=false&ts=1778162438285&start=0&sort=date",
  "rcpRequestId": "ddb79d09-1c2d-4463-9f89-990f6046d1b1",
  "totalMatchCount": "6600000",
  "overallMatchCount": 996,
  "matchId": "0",
  "name": "Lead Software Engineer",
  "location": "New York, NY",
  "resumeType": "INDEED_RESUME",
  "isFreeToContact": false,
  "currentTitle": "Lead Software Engineer",
  "currentCompany": "Example Company",
  "experiences": [
    {
      "title": "Lead Software Engineer",
      "company": "Example Company",
      "fromDate": "2021-12",
      "toDate": "2024-12",
      "years": "2021 - 2024"
    }
  ],
  "educations": [
    {
      "degree": "Bachelor's degree",
      "school": "Example University"
    }
  ],
  "educationText": "Bachelor's degree, Example University",
  "credentials": ["AWS Certification"],
  "skills": ["JavaScript", "Python", "React", "Node.js"],
  "highlights": ["software"]
}

The scraper saves unique resume profiles only, and stops when maxItems is reached per start URL or when no more new profiles are found.

Why use the Indeed Resume Scraper?

• Focused: Built specifically for Indeed Resume search result pages.
• Per-URL limits: maxItems is enforced per start URL.
• Flexible input: Supports Indeed Resume search URLs with existing filters.
• Apify-native: Works with Apify datasets, request queue, and proxy config.

FAQ

• How many resume results can it extract?
  Controlled by maxItems per source URL.

• Do I need proxies?
  Yes. Use Apify Residential proxies with the US country code. Other countries are often blocked by Indeed. This is the default configuration.

• What if Indeed changes their website structure?
  The actor may require updates to keep extraction stable.

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Image credit: resumes.indeed.com