Le Forem Scraper: Belgium Wallonia Jobs, Offres d'Emploi and Employers

Extract job listings from Le Forem (leforem.be), Belgium's official Wallonia French-speaking public employment service (Service public wallon de l'Emploi et de la Formation professionnelle). Returns structured job data including title, company, Walloon province, employment type, salary and full description.

Covers Wallonia and Brussels Capital Region - the French-speaking half of Belgium, home to major employers in Charleroi, Liège, Namur, Mons, Wavre and the Walloon economic corridor. Flanders uses a separate PES (VDAB - see Related Actors).

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What It Does

• Searches Le Forem for any keyword in French (or English)
• Uses the official Forem public JSON API - no browser, no JavaScript required
• Extracts job cards: title, company, location, Walloon province, contract type, posted date
• Fetches full job detail: salary, complete description, contact details, skills required
• Maps Belgian employment types: CDI/CDD, interim, stage, apprentissage, etudiant, independant
• Maps locations to Walloon provinces: Brabant wallon, Hainaut, Liège, Luxembourg, Namur
• Resolves city names to the Forem GUFID location registry for accurate geographic filtering
• Returns data instantly - plain HTTP, 128 MB RAM, sub-second response per record

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Sample Output

{
  "_type": "job",
  "id": "2029707",
  "title": "Chef d'Atelier - Menuiserie Bois (H/F/X)",
  "job_url": "https://www.leforem.be/recherche-offres/offre-detail/2029707",
  "source_url": "https://www.leforem.be/recherche-offres/offre-detail/2029707",
  "source_platform": "leforem.be",
  "company_name": "BOIS ET DESIGN",
  "company_website": null,
  "company_logo_url": null,
  "location": "Liège",
  "country": "BE",
  "region": "Liège",
  "posted_at_text": "12/08/2026",
  "posted_at_datetime": "2026-08-12T00:00:00Z",
  "listing_expires_at": "2026-09-30T00:00:00Z",
  "employment_type": "permanent",
  "workplace_type": "on-site",
  "open_positions": 1,
  "occupation": "Menuisier / Menuisière",
  "employer_sector": "Fabrication de menuiseries et parquets en bois",
  "salary_min": 2850,
  "salary_max": null,
  "salary_currency": "EUR",
  "salary_period": "month",
  "salary_text": "2850 EUR/mois",
  "description": "Vous gérez et animez une équipe de menuisiers. Vous organisez le travail en atelier, contrôlez la qualité des productions et veillez au respect des délais et des normes de sécurité.",
  "description_full": "Vous gérez et animez une équipe de menuisiers.\nVous organisez le travail en atelier...",
  "description_html": "<p>Vous gérez et animez une équipe de menuisiers.</p>...",
  "description_md": "Vous gérez et animez une équipe de menuisiers.\n\nVous organisez...",
  "contact_emails": ["candidature@boisetdesign.be"],
  "contact_phones": ["+32472456789"],
  "contact_urls": [],
  "contact_person_name": "Marie Dupont",
  "apply_url": "https://www.leforem.be/recherche-offres/offre-detail/2029707",
  "apply_redirect_url": null,
  "partner_board": null,
  "partner_ref": null,
  "languages_required": [],
  "experience_required": [
    { "occupation": "Menuisier d'atelier", "level": "5 ans ou plus" }
  ],
  "driving_licence": null,
  "benefits_other": ["Cheque-repas", "13eme mois"],
  "competencies": [
    { "code": "1234", "label": "Effectuer le montage d'equipements industriels", "required": true }
  ],
  "soft_skills": [
    { "code": "5678", "label": "Esprit d'equipe", "required": true },
    { "code": "5679", "label": "Autonomie", "required": false }
  ],
  "education_required": [
    { "level": "Enseignement secondaire superieur (CESS)", "field_of_study": "Menuiserie" }
  ],
  "position_start_date": "2026-10-01T00:00:00Z",
  "position_end_date": null,
  "search_query": "chef atelier in Liège",
  "scraped_at": "2026-09-14T09:00:00Z"
}

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Pricing

Event	When triggered	Price
actor-start	Once per run	$0.001
job-serp-result	Per job returned (SERP only mode)	$0.003
job-detail-result	Per job returned (with detail fetch)	$0.005

Example costs:

• 100 jobs (SERP only): $0.001 + 100 x $0.003 = $0.31
• 100 jobs (with details): $0.001 + 100 x $0.005 = $0.51
• 1000 jobs (SERP only): $0.001 + 1000 x $0.003 = $3.00

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Input Fields

Field	Type	Default	Description
searchQueries	array	-	Keywords in French (e.g. "developpeur", "infirmier", "comptable", "ingenieur"). Each runs as a separate search.
location	string	-	Walloon city or province filter (e.g. "Liege", "Namur", "Charleroi", "Mons", "Wavre"). Applied to all keyword searches.
searchUrls	array	-	Paste Le Forem search URLs directly. Filters are preserved.
maxResults	integer	100	Total result cap across all queries
maxResultsPerQuery	integer	100	Cap per keyword or URL
includeJobDetails	boolean	true	Fetch full job detail (salary, description, contacts) via the Forem detail API
maxConcurrency	integer	5	Concurrent API requests (1-20). Higher values speed up detail fetches; Le Forem's public API tolerates bursts well.
sortBy	string	"newest"	Result order. Le Forem's public API only exposes native newest-first ordering with no sort dropdown or URL parameter; enum is ["newest"] for fleet consistency.

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Output Fields

Field	Type	Description
_type	string	Always "job"
id	string	Le Forem offer ID
title	string	Job title
job_url	string	Canonical vacancy URL on leforem.be
source_url	string	Same as job_url
source_platform	string	Always "leforem.be"
company_name	string|null	Employer name
company_logo_url	string|null	Employer logo (when available)
company_website	string|null	Employer website (when extractable from description)
location	string	City or municipality (joined when multiple)
country	string	Always "BE"
region	string|null	Walloon province: Brabant wallon / Hainaut / Liège / Luxembourg / Namur / Bruxelles-Capitale
posted_at_text	string|null	French date text: "Publié aujourd'hui" or "DD/MM/YYYY"
posted_at_datetime	string|null	ISO 8601 UTC date
listing_expires_at	string|null	ISO 8601 UTC date the listing closes (from dateFinDiffusion)
employment_type	string|null	permanent / fixed-term / temporary / internship / apprenticeship / student / freelance
workplace_type	string|null	on-site / hybrid / remote (when mentioned in description)
open_positions	integer|null	Number of open positions for this vacancy (nombrePostes)
occupation	string|null	Forem occupation label (metier) for this role
employer_sector	string|null	NACE sector of the employing company (secteurActiviteEmployeur)
salary_min	number|null	Minimum salary in EUR (from benefits.basePay - monthly brut)
salary_max	number|null	Maximum salary in EUR
salary_currency	string|null	Always "EUR"
salary_period	string|null	month / year / hour / week / day
salary_text	string|null	Salary as displayed or "a discuter" (negotiable)
description	string|null	Job description snippet (first 500 chars)
description_full	string|null	Full plain-text description with line breaks preserved
description_html	string|null	Full HTML description
description_md	string|null	Full Markdown description
contact_emails	array	Email addresses extracted from howToApply and all description fields
contact_phones	array	Belgian phone numbers from howToApply and description
contact_urls	array	External URLs found in description
contact_person_name	string|null	Contact person full name (from howToApply.formattedName)
apply_url	string|null	Canonical Le Forem vacancy URL
apply_redirect_url	string|null	Partner board direct apply URL (e.g. Jobat, Stepstone) when listing is syndicated
partner_board	string|null	Name of the partner job board that syndicated this listing (e.g. "Jobat")
partner_ref	string|null	Partner board reference ID for the listing
languages_required	array	Language requirements: [{"language","code","required","proficiency"}]
experience_required	array	Experience requirements: [{"occupation","level"}]
driving_licence	string|null	Driving licence requirement (e.g. "Permis de conduire validé pour une catégorie C1")
benefits_other	array	Additional benefits beyond base salary (e.g. ["Cheque-repas","13eme mois"])
competencies	array	Technical competencies from the Forem skills taxonomy: [{"code","label","required"}] (e.g. "Effectuer le montage d'equipements industriels")
soft_skills	array	Soft skills / personality traits from the Forem taxonomy: [{"code","label","required"}] (e.g. "Esprit d'equipe", "Autonomie", "Sens des responsabilites")
education_required	array	Required education/diploma levels: [{"level","field_of_study?"}] (e.g. level="Formation superieure initiale de type court (Baccalaureat)", field_of_study="Informatique")
position_start_date	string|null	Fixed position start date in ISO 8601 UTC (from positionDateInfo.startDate)
position_end_date	string|null	Expected contract end date in ISO 8601 UTC (from positionDateInfo.expectedEndDate; present on CDD/interim roles)
search_query	string|null	Query that returned this result
scraped_at	string	ISO 8601 UTC scrape timestamp

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Use with AI Agents (MCP)

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "apify": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "@apify/mcp-server"],
      "env": { "APIFY_TOKEN": "your_token" }
    }
  }
}

Then ask your AI: "Search Le Forem for developpeur jobs in Liege and return the results as JSON."

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Why This Scraper

• Official public API: Le Forem exposes a clean JSON API powering their search interface. All data is publicly accessible without authentication.
• HTTP-only Go: No browser, no Playwright, no Puppeteer. Fast, cheap, reliable - 128 MB RAM per run.
• Wallonia market coverage: Le Forem is the primary job board for French-speaking workers in Belgium, covering all 5 Walloon provinces and Brussels.
• French-language optimized: Correct parsing of French employment type labels (CDI, CDD, Interim, Stage, Apprentissage) and date formats.
• Province mapping: Automatically maps Walloon municipalities to their province using the official Forem location registry (GUFID lookup).
• Rich data from API: Salary (basePay), contact person (name, email, phone), skills, languages and soft skills are all available from the detail endpoint.
• Apprenticeship and training paths: Forem specifically lists alternance, apprentissage and CIP (Cellule d'Insertion Professionnelle) pathways not found on commercial boards.
• German-speaking community: Eastern cantons around Eupen and Malmedy (Deutschsprachige Gemeinschaft) are included - Forem covers all of Wallonia.

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Common Use Cases

• Market research: Track job postings across Walloon provinces and sectors
• Salary benchmarking: Extract monthly brut salaries for Belgian roles (Forem basePay field)
• Talent pipeline: Monitor which companies are hiring in Wallonia
• Public sector jobs: Le Forem lists Belgian government, CPAS, commune, education and healthcare vacancies
• Apprenticeship tracking: Monitor alternance and formation-professionnelle openings
• French-language job market: Monitor the Walloon economy, distinct from the Flemish VDAB ecosystem
• Labour market analytics: Analyze employment trends in the French-speaking Belgian economy
• German-community coverage: The Ostkantone (Eupen area) listings are included

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Notes and Limits

• Coverage: Wallonia and Brussels Capital Region only. Flanders (Dutch-speaking) uses VDAB (see Related Actors).
• Language: Most listings are in French (fr-BE). Some Brussels listings may be bilingual (French/Dutch) or in English.
• Results per query: Le Forem returns up to 25 results per API page. Pagination is handled automatically up to your maxResults cap.
• Salary data: Belgian salaries from Forem are typically gross monthly (brut par mois). "a discuter" means negotiable.
• Employment types: CDI (permanent), CDD (fixed-term), interim, stage (internship), apprentissage (apprenticeship dual training), etudiant (student job), independant (freelance).
• Location resolution: City names are resolved against the Forem GUFID location registry (4500+ entries) for accurate filtering. Partial matches are supported.
• Update frequency: Forem listings refresh continuously. Run daily for fresh data.

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Related Actors

Working across the Belgian job market? These complement Le Forem:

• VDAB.be Scraper - Belgium Flanders public employment service (Dutch-speaking regional peer to this Walloon gov portal). Together, VDAB + Forem cover both Belgian language regions.

Broader coverage:

• Job Feed Aggregator - Multi-country job aggregator including Belgium.
• Career Site Jobs Scraper - Scrape any company careers page.
• Website Job Extractor - Extract jobs from any website.
• Indeed Scraper - Global jobs including Belgium.
• CVLibrary Scraper - UK job board.
• Prospects UK Scraper - UK graduate jobs.

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