elempleo Colombia Job Scraper

Scrape job listings (empleos) from elempleo.com, Colombia's leading job board, in bulk. This elempleo scraper and Colombia job scraper turns a keyword into a structured dataset of ofertas de trabajo — title, company, city, salary, contract type and more — ready to export to CSV, JSON or Excel.

Built for recruiters, sourcers, HR-tech platforms, job aggregators and labor-market research: feed a list of roles, scrape Colombia's biggest bolsa de trabajo at scale, and load the results straight into your ATS, CRM or analysis. No login and no browser needed.

What you get

One structured record per job offer, with these fields:

• jobId — stable elempleo job ID (dedupe key)
• title — job title
• company — hiring employer
• city — city / location
• salary — salary (when published, e.g. $5 a $7 millones)
• contractType — Término indefinido, Prestación de servicios, Término fijo, …
• workMode — remote / on-site / hybrid (Remoto, Presencial, Híbrido)
• publishedText — relative publish date (Hoy, Ayer, …)
• url — direct job URL
• keyword — the search keyword that matched it
• source — elempleo.com

Export the dataset to JSON, CSV or Excel, or pull it via the Apify API.

Use cases

• Recruiting & sourcing — build live lists of open roles, competitors' postings and hiring companies in Colombia.
• HR-tech & job aggregators — ingest fresh empleo postings into your platform or job board.
• Labor-market research — analyze demand, salaries and hiring trends by role, city and industry.
• Sales prospecting — companies actively hiring are a strong buying signal; pull the company field and prospect them.
• Salary benchmarking — collect published salary ranges across thousands of vacantes.

How to use

1. Add Search keywords — Spanish terms return the most results (desarrollador, contador, ventas, enfermera); English tech terms also work (developer, data, devops).
2. Set Max pages per keyword (20 offers per page) and/or Max results to control volume.
3. (Optional) Configure a Proxy — a residential Colombia proxy is recommended for large daily runs.
4. Run, then export to CSV / JSON / Excel or pull via the Apify API.

Example input

{ "keywords": ["developer", "contador", "ventas"], "maxPagesPerKeyword": 10 }

Sample record

{
  "jobId": "1886720012",
  "title": "Backend Developer",
  "company": "Tech Company SAS",
  "city": "Bogotá",
  "salary": "$5 a $7 millones",
  "contractType": "Término indefinido",
  "workMode": "Híbrido",
  "publishedText": "Hoy",
  "url": "https://www.elempleo.com/co/ofertas-trabajo/backend-developer-1886720012",
  "keyword": "developer",
  "source": "elempleo.com"
}

FAQ

Which country and site does it cover?

Colombia, via elempleo.com/co — the country's dominant job board for empleos and ofertas de trabajo.

Should I search in Spanish or English?

Spanish keywords return the most results, but English tech terms (developer, data, devops, qa) also work well.

How many jobs can I get, and can I schedule it?

As many as the search returns — raise Max pages per keyword and add more keywords for full coverage. Set up an Apify Schedule to capture newly posted jobs daily or weekly; results are de-duplicated by jobId.

Do I need a proxy?

Not for small/medium runs. For large daily pipelines, a residential Colombia proxy is recommended for stability.

Is this an elempleo API alternative?

Yes. elempleo has no public API, so this actor works as an unofficial elempleo API alternative — feed keywords and get structured job data back without building or maintaining any scraper yourself.

How do I export elempleo jobs to CSV or JSON?

Run the actor, then export the resulting dataset to CSV, JSON or Excel from the Apify console, or pull it programmatically via the Apify API.

Can I scrape elempleo without login?

Yes. The scraper needs no elempleo account, login or browser — it extracts public Colombia job listings directly, so there is no credential or session to manage.

Pairs well with

• Website Tech Stack Detector & Website Contact Scraper → enrich hiring companies with stack + contact data.
• Bulk Email Verifier → clean any contact emails before outreach.

📝 Changelog

2026-06-15

• Reliability pass: re-verified end-to-end on live data with real-world inputs. Routine maintenance build.

2026-06-07

• Docs: added coverage for elempleo API alternative usage, exporting elempleo jobs to CSV/JSON, and scraping elempleo without login.

2026-06-05

• 🛡️ Reliability fix: results are no longer dropped by strict output validation — runs now complete cleanly even at high volume (thousands of results).
• ⚡ Stability & performance hardening; fresh rebuild.

2026-06-04

• Verified live & refreshed build — reliability/maintenance pass.