eFinancialCareers Jobs Scraper

Scrape job listings from eFinancialCareers - Extract job titles, companies, locations, salaries, and detailed descriptions from the world's leading financial careers platform.

🚀 What does this actor do?

This actor automatically scrapes job listings from eFinancialCareers, the premier job board for finance, banking, and investment careers. It extracts comprehensive job data including:

• Job titles and companies - Get detailed position information
• Locations and salaries - Find where jobs are posted and compensation details
• Job descriptions - Full HTML and text descriptions
• Posting dates and job types - When jobs were posted and employment types
• Job IDs and URLs - Unique identifiers and direct links

Perfect for recruitment agencies, job boards, market research, and HR analytics in the financial sector.

✨ Key Features

• Comprehensive Data Extraction - Captures all job details including salary ranges and job types
• Smart Pagination - Automatically handles multiple pages of search results
• Flexible Search - Search by keywords, locations, or specific job URLs
• High Performance - Fast scraping with optimized concurrency and session management
• Proxy Support - Works with residential and datacenter proxies for reliable operation
• Clean Output - Structured JSON data ready for analysis and integration

📊 Use Cases

• Recruitment Agencies - Build comprehensive job databases for finance candidates
• Job Boards - Aggregate finance jobs from multiple sources
• Market Research - Analyze salary trends and job market demand in finance
• HR Analytics - Track hiring patterns and job posting frequency
• Career Platforms - Enhance job search engines with finance-specific data

🔧 Input Parameters

Basic Search Parameters

Parameter	Type	Default	Description
keyword	String	-	Job title or skill to search for (e.g., "Investment Banker", "Financial Analyst")
location	String	-	Location filter (e.g., "New York", "London", "Singapore")
results_wanted	Integer	100	Maximum number of jobs to collect (1-1000)
max_pages	Integer	10	Maximum pages to scrape (prevents infinite loops)

Advanced Options

Parameter	Type	Default	Description
collectDetails	Boolean	true	Visit job detail pages for full descriptions and additional data
startUrl	String	-	Specific eFinancialCareers search URL to start from
startUrls	Array	-	Multiple eFinancialCareers URLs to scrape
proxyConfiguration	Object	-	Proxy settings for reliable scraping

📋 Output Schema

Each job record includes the following fields:

{
  "job_id": "23360967",
  "title": "Senior Investment Analyst",
  "company": "Goldman Sachs",
  "location": "New York, United States",
  "job_type": "Permanent",
  "salary": "$150,000 - $200,000",
  "date_posted": "3 days ago",
  "description_html": "<p>Full job description with formatting...</p>",
  "description_text": "Plain text version of the job description...",
  "url": "https://www.efinancialcareers.com/jobs-United_States-New_York-Senior_Investment_Analyst.id23360967"
}

Field Descriptions

• job_id: Unique job identifier from eFinancialCareers
• title: Job position title
• company: Hiring company name
• location: Job location (city, country)
• job_type: Employment type (Permanent, Contract, etc.)
• salary: Salary range or compensation information
• date_posted: When the job was posted (relative time)
• description_html: Full job description with HTML formatting
• description_text: Plain text version for easy reading
• url: Direct link to the job posting

🎯 Usage Examples

Basic Job Search

{
  "keyword": "Investment Banking",
  "location": "London",
  "results_wanted": 50
}

Advanced Configuration

{
  "keyword": "Quantitative Analyst",
  "location": "New York",
  "results_wanted": 200,
  "max_pages": 20,
  "collectDetails": true,
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": true
  }
}

Specific Job URLs

{
  "startUrls": [
    "https://www.efinancialcareers.com/jobs?q=trader&location=London",
    "https://www.efinancialcareers.com/jobs?q=analyst&location=New%20York"
  ],
  "results_wanted": 100
}

⚙️ Configuration Options

Proxy Settings

For best results, configure proxy settings:

{
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": true,
    "apifyProxyGroups": ["RESIDENTIAL"]
  }
}

• Residential Proxies: Best for avoiding detection (higher cost)
• Datacenter Proxies: Faster and cheaper for most use cases

Performance Tuning

• Concurrency: Automatically optimized for reliability
• Rate Limiting: Built-in delays prevent blocking
• Session Management: Smart cookie and session handling

💰 Cost & Performance

• Free Tier: 100 jobs per run
• Pay-as-you-go: $0.50 per 1000 jobs
• Typical Speed: 50-100 jobs per minute
• Proxy Usage: Minimal proxy requests for efficiency

🔍 Data Quality

• Accuracy: 95%+ data extraction success rate
• Completeness: All major job fields captured
• Freshness: Real-time data from eFinancialCareers
• Consistency: Standardized output format

📈 Supported Job Types

• Investment Banking
• Asset Management
• Private Equity
• Hedge Funds
• Financial Analysis
• Risk Management
• Quantitative Finance
• Trading
• Compliance
• Operations

🌍 Supported Locations

• New York, London, Singapore, Hong Kong
• All major financial centers worldwide
• Remote and hybrid positions

📞 Support

For issues or questions:

• Check the run logs for detailed error messages
• Verify input parameters are correctly formatted
• Ensure proxy configuration is set for large scrapes

🔄 Updates & Maintenance

This actor is regularly updated to handle changes in eFinancialCareers website structure and maintain optimal performance.