ESS Slovenia Scraper - ZRSZ Public Job Listings

What does ESS Slovenia Scraper do?

ESS Slovenia Scraper extracts job listings from ess.gov.si — the Zavod Republike Slovenije za zaposlovanje (ZRSZ), Slovenia's national Public Employment Service. Every employer that reports a vacancy to ZRSZ (mandatory for public-sector and majority state-owned employers) is published in this official register. No login or cookies required — the actor talks directly to ZRSZ's own public JSON API and returns structured data.

Why use ESS Slovenia Scraper?

• Public-sector coverage — ZRSZ is the mandatory channel for Slovenian public-sector and state-owned-enterprise vacancies, plus thousands of private-sector employers who publish for free.
• Richer than a commercial job board — every listing includes the employer's address, a named contact person, phone, email, application method, and (when disclosed) an indicative wage.
• Labour-market signal — each listing carries ZRSZ's own occupation barometer (shortage / balance / surplus) so you can track which occupations are understaffed nationally.
• Employer reputation flags — listings surface ZRSZ's positive and negative employer reference badges, useful for due diligence before applying.
• Market research — track hiring demand by occupation, region, or employer across the Slovenian labour market.

How to scrape ESS Slovenia job data

1. Go to the ESS Slovenia Scraper input page.
2. Enter a Slovenian search keyword (e.g. "kuhar" for cook), or leave it empty to browse the entire public vacancy register.
3. Optionally set a location (city or municipality) to limit results to a region.
4. Click Start and wait for the run to finish.
5. Download your data as JSON, CSV, Excel, or connect via API.

Input

Field	Type	Required	Description
searchQuery	String	No	Slovenian search keyword matched against job title, company, or occupation (e.g. "kuhar" = cook, "voznik" = driver, "inženir" = engineer). Leave empty to browse all public listings.
location	String	No	Slovenian city or municipality to filter by (e.g. "Ljubljana", "Maribor", "Koper").
maxResults	Integer	No	Maximum number of job listings to return (default: 100).
proxyConfiguration	Object	No	Proxy settings. The default Apify proxy is sufficient — no anti-bot protection was found on ZRSZ's API.

Output

Each result contains:

Field	Type	Example
jobTitle	String	"KUHAR/KUHARICA - M/Ž"
occupation	String	"Kuhar"
company	String	"Univerzitetni rehabilitacijski inštitut Republike Slovenije Soča, LJUBLJANA"
companyAddress	String	"Linhartova cesta 51 , 1000 LJUBLJANA"
location	String	"LJUBLJANA"
employmentType	String	"nedoločen čas" (permanent)
workingHours	String	"40 ur/teden"
educationLevel	String	"srednja poklicna; Gostinstvo in turizem..."
wage	String or null	"2.500,00 EUR bruto mesečno" (only when disclosed)
description	String	Full job description (HTML stripped)
otherConditions	String or null	Extra conditions or benefits
experienceRequired	String or null	"ni zahtevano" (not required)
languageRequirements	String or null	Required language skills
drivingLicense	String or null	Required driving license category
computerSkills	String or null	Required computer skills
applicationMethod	String or null	How to apply
contactPerson	String or null	Named contact for the vacancy
contactPhone	String or null	Contact phone number
contactEmail	String or null	Contact email
contactAddress	String or null	Contact postal address
postedDate	String or null	ISO 8601
applicationDeadline	String or null	ISO 8601, null if not disclosed
registrationNumber	String	ZRSZ registration number for the vacancy notice
numberOfPositions	Integer or null	Number of open positions
views	Integer or null	View count on ess.gov.si
employerReference	Boolean	ZRSZ positive employer reference flag
negativeReference	Boolean	ZRSZ negative employer reference flag
referralOffered	Boolean	Whether ZRSZ actively refers matching jobseekers
occupationOutlook	String or null	"primanjkljaj" (shortage) / "ravnovesje" (balance) / "presezek" (surplus)
sourceSystem	String	Always "ZRSZ"
jobId	String	ZRSZ internal vacancy identifier
url	String	Direct link to the listing
scrapedAt	String	ISO 8601 timestamp

Example output

{
    "jobTitle": "KUHAR/KUHARICA - M/Ž",
    "occupation": "Kuhar",
    "company": "Univerzitetni rehabilitacijski inštitut Republike Slovenije Soča, LJUBLJANA",
    "companyAddress": "Linhartova cesta 51 , 1000 LJUBLJANA",
    "location": "LJUBLJANA",
    "employmentType": "nedoločen čas",
    "workingHours": "40 ur/teden",
    "educationLevel": "srednja poklicna; Gostinstvo in turizem, šport, osebne storitve, drugo",
    "wage": null,
    "description": "IZBRANI/A KANDIDAT/KA BO DELO NA DELOVNEM MESTU »KUHAR/KUHARICA«...",
    "otherConditions": "Poznavanje pravil HACCP sistema...",
    "experienceRequired": "ni zahtevano",
    "languageRequirements": "slovenski jezik: razumevanje tekoče, govorjenje tekoče, pisanje tekoče",
    "drivingLicense": null,
    "computerSkills": null,
    "applicationMethod": "kandidati naj pošljejo vlogo po pošti;kandidati naj pošljejo vlogo po e-pošti",
    "contactPerson": "IVANA GAJIĆ TJAŠA OBREZA",
    "contactPhone": "01 47 58 106",
    "contactEmail": "kadri@ir-rs.si",
    "contactAddress": "Linhartova cesta 51 , 1000 LJUBLJANA",
    "postedDate": "2026-08-24T22:00:00.000Z",
    "applicationDeadline": "2026-09-24T00:00:00.000Z",
    "registrationNumber": "RE64930",
    "numberOfPositions": 1,
    "views": 242,
    "employerReference": true,
    "negativeReference": false,
    "referralOffered": false,
    "occupationOutlook": "primanjkljaj",
    "sourceSystem": "ZRSZ",
    "jobId": "3467416",
    "url": "https://www.ess.gov.si/iskalci-zaposlitve/iskanje-zaposlitve/iskanje-dela/?idp=3467416/#/pdm/3467416",
    "scrapedAt": "2026-09-12T14:14:45.947Z"
}

How much does it cost to scrape ess.gov.si?

This actor calls ZRSZ's own JSON search API directly (no browser rendering needed), which keeps compute usage low:

• This actor charges $0.02 per run (start fee) plus $0.002 per result — a 100-job run costs about $0.22.
• Note: usage cost only settles once a run reports SUCCEEDED — reading the dataset mid-run will undercount what the run actually costs.

Tips

• Leave searchQuery empty to pull from the full public vacancy register (thousands of live listings at any time).
• Use location to limit results to a specific Slovenian city or municipality.
• wage is only populated when the employer discloses an indicative salary — most listings leave it blank, so treat it as optional, not missing data.
• occupationOutlook reflects ZRSZ's national labour-market barometer for that occupation, not this specific vacancy.
• Use maxResults to control costs during testing.

FAQ and support

• Is it legal? This actor scrapes publicly available data from ess.gov.si, Slovenia's official public employment service. Always respect the website's terms of service and use data responsibly.
• Do I need a login? No — ZRSZ's job search is fully public. No account required to read listings.
• Found a bug? Open an issue in the Issues tab and we will fix it quickly.
• Need a custom solution? Contact us for tailored scraping solutions.

Support and maintenance

This Actor is actively maintained by Studio Amba. We monitor health daily and fix breaking changes within 24 hours.

• Found a bug? Open an issue on the Issues tab — we reply within one business day.
• Need a schema change? Request it in the issues tab; most field additions ship within a week.
• Need a custom integration? Reach out via studioamba.dev for tailored scraping solutions.

About Studio Amba

We build reliable, production-grade scrapers for European websites. Our actors share a common core:

• No cookies, no login — public data only, no account management headaches
• Fast APIs over headless browsers where possible — lower cost, higher throughput
• Proactive health monitoring — we watch every actor 24/7 and ship fixes before you notice

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Changelog

See commit history in the GitHub repo for a full changelog of bug fixes and schema changes.