# StudentJob.nl Scraper — Dutch Student & Graduate Jobs (`studio-amba/studentjob-nl-scraper`) Actor

Scrape student and graduate job listings from studentjob.nl, a major Dutch student jobs board. Search by keyword and get titles, companies, locations, salary, education level and full descriptions. No login or cookies required.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/studio-amba/studentjob-nl-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [Studio Amba](https://apify.com/studio-amba) (community)
- **Categories:** Jobs
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $7.00 / 1,000 result scrapeds

This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events.
Since this Actor supports Apify Store discounts, the price gets lower the higher subscription plan you have.

Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/actors/running/actors-in-store.md#pay-per-event

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# README

## StudentJob.nl Scraper

Extract student and graduate job listings from [studentjob.nl](https://www.studentjob.nl), the Netherlands' dedicated student jobs board, as clean structured JSON. Search by keyword and get job titles, companies, locations, pay, education level and full descriptions in one run.

No login. No cookies. No browser automation. The actor reads studentjob.nl's own sitemap to find listings, then parses the `JobPosting` structured data embedded on each job page — the same data Google reads to power its job search results.

### What this actor does

Given a search keyword, this actor finds matching listings on studentjob.nl and returns one row per job with:

- Job title
- Hiring company and company website
- Workplace city, region, postal code and country (plus every city for multi-location postings)
- Employment type (fulltime, parttime, temporary, internship, ...)
- Hourly, monthly or fixed pay, when the recruiter published it
- Accepted education level and job category
- Requested skills and benefits text
- Full job description
- Posted date, company logo and direct job URL

studentjob.nl is a dedicated student and graduate jobs board — a different market than general boards like Werk.nl or Randstad in this catalog. Listings skew toward part-time hospitality, retail, delivery and promotion work, plus internships and graduate roles, and most postings carry an hourly rate rather than an annual salary.

### Why use it

- **Student labour market research** — track how many part-time/bijbaan roles match a keyword, city or sector across the Netherlands.
- **Recruitment and sourcing** — build a live feed of open student and graduate positions for a role or region.
- **Hourly pay benchmarking** — a meaningful share of listings publish an hourly rate, giving a real market signal for student work that general job boards rarely expose.
- **Aggregators and job boards** — feed Dutch student/graduate listings into your own product.

### How to scrape studentjob.nl data

1. Open the actor and set a **Search Query** (for example `horeca`, `vakkenvuller`, `stage marketing`, `bezorger`). Dutch keywords work best since studentjob.nl is a Dutch board. Multiple words are matched as an AND against the job title.
2. Set **Max Results** to how many listings you want.
3. Leave the proxy on the default automatic setting and click **Start**.

The actor first reads studentjob.nl's XML sitemap to find job URLs whose title slug matches your search query, then fetches each matching detail page and parses the structured `JobPosting` data (the same schema.org markup studentjob.nl feeds to Google for its job-search rich results) plus the full description. Results are written to the dataset as they're collected. Export as JSON, CSV or Excel.

Leave **Search Query** empty (or use `{}` as input) and the actor falls back to a default `bijbaan` search — studentjob.nl's own term for a student side job — so a run with no input still returns data. Set it to `*` to fetch listings from the sitemap with no keyword filter at all.

### Input

| Field | Type | Description |
|-------|------|-------------|
| `searchQuery` | string | Keyword to filter job titles by. Dutch works best. Default: `bijbaan`. Use `*` for no filter. |
| `maxResults` | integer | Maximum number of listings to return. Default: `50`. |
| `proxyConfiguration` | object | Apify proxy settings. studentjob.nl has no anti-bot protection, so the default automatic proxy is sufficient — no residential tier needed. |

#### Example input

```json
{
    "searchQuery": "horeca",
    "maxResults": 50,
    "proxyConfiguration": {
        "useApifyProxy": true
    }
}
```

### Output

Each dataset item looks like this (description shortened for readability):

```json
{
    "jobTitle": "Bijbaan Sales Agent in Groningen",
    "company": "Fonky",
    "companyUrl": "http://www.fonky.nl",
    "city": "Groningen",
    "region": "NL-GR",
    "postalCode": "9711et",
    "country": "Netherlands",
    "locations": ["Groningen"],
    "employmentType": "Parttime",
    "salaryMin": 16,
    "salaryMax": 30,
    "salaryCurrency": "EUR",
    "salaryPeriod": "Per uur",
    "educationLevel": "high school, professional certificate, bachelor degree",
    "occupationalCategory": "Commercieel / Verkoop / Inkoop; Promotiewerk / Hostess",
    "skills": "Nederlands sprekend",
    "jobBenefits": "Wekelijks bepaal je je eigen werkdagen; Bovengemiddeld verdienen; Bonussen voor het aandragen van nieuwe medewerkers",
    "jobDescription": "Bijbaan Sales Agent bij Fonky in Groningen\nAls Sales Agent ben je promotor en verkoper voor verschillende opdrachtgevers zoals KPN, Nationale Postcode Loterij, VriendenLoterij...",
    "postedDate": "2026-08-02T14:39:03+02:00",
    "companyLogoUrl": "https://www.studentjob.nl/rails/active_storage/representations/redirect/....jpg",
    "jobId": "3240360",
    "url": "https://www.studentjob.nl/vacatures/3240360-bijbaan-sales-agent-bij-fonky-in-groningen",
    "scrapedAt": "2026-09-02T14:06:21.796Z"
}
```

#### Output fields

| Field | Type | Description |
|-------|------|-------------|
| `jobTitle` | string | Title of the job listing |
| `company` | string | null | Name of the hiring company or recruiter |
| `companyUrl` | string | null | Hiring company's website, when provided |
| `city` | string | null | Primary workplace city |
| `region` | string | null | Primary workplace region/province (ISO 3166-2 code, e.g. `NL-NH`) |
| `postalCode` | string | null | Primary workplace postal code |
| `country` | string | null | Workplace country |
| `locations` | string\[] | All city names for multi-location postings (e.g. staffing agencies advertising one role across several cities) |
| `employmentType` | string | null | Employment type(s), e.g. `Fulltime`, `Parttime`, `Stage` |
| `salaryMin` | number | null | Minimum pay. Null when the recruiter did not publish a rate — see Limitations. |
| `salaryMax` | number | null | Maximum pay. Null when the recruiter did not publish a rate — see Limitations. |
| `salaryCurrency` | string | null | Currency for the pay, when published (always EUR on studentjob.nl) |
| `salaryPeriod` | string | null | Pay period, e.g. `Per uur` (hourly), `Per maand` (monthly) |
| `educationLevel` | string | null | Accepted education level(s) for the role, when provided |
| `occupationalCategory` | string | null | Job category/sector, e.g. `Horeca / Catering` |
| `skills` | string | null | Requested skills text, when provided |
| `jobBenefits` | string | null | Benefits text, when provided |
| `jobDescription` | string | null | Full job description, HTML tags stripped |
| `postedDate` | string | null | ISO 8601 date the listing was posted/refreshed |
| `companyLogoUrl` | string | null | Company/recruiter logo image URL |
| `jobId` | string | Unique studentjob.nl job identifier |
| `url` | string | Full job listing URL on studentjob.nl |
| `scrapedAt` | string | ISO 8601 timestamp of collection |

### Cost estimate

This actor uses plain HTTP requests (sitemap XML + server-rendered detail pages) with no browser, so runs are cheap and fast. Each result costs one detail-page request plus a small, shared, one-time cost for the sitemap at the start of a run. Exact cost depends on your Apify plan and proxy usage — check your run's usage summary for the exact figure. That figure only settles after the run reports SUCCEEDED; reading it mid-run shows a cost far below the eventual total.

### Limitations

- **Pay** is only populated when the recruiter filled it in on studentjob.nl — a meaningful minority of listings leave it blank, so `salaryMin`/`salaryMax`/`salaryCurrency`/`salaryPeriod` are `null` on those results. This is a fact about the source data, not a scraping gap.
- **Postal code is nulled when it fails a Dutch postal-code format check** (4 digits + 2 letters). A handful of recruiters on studentjob.nl publish the city name in the postal-code field instead of a real code — this actor drops that bad value rather than passing it through as a fake postal code.
- **Search matches the job title slug**, not the full description — studentjob.nl's own listing/search pages are disallowed by `robots.txt`, so this actor works entirely off the sitemap and detail pages instead, which is robots-compliant but means keyword matching happens against the title rather than a full-text search index.
- Only currently **open** listings are scraped — closed/expired postings are not returned.

### Related scrapers

Building a Dutch or European student/graduate jobs dataset? These sibling actors follow the same clean-JSON approach:

- **Jobbird Scraper** — a major Dutch general job board
- **Werk.nl Scraper** — the Dutch public employment service's job board
- **Randstad Scraper** — pan-European staffing agency listings
- **JobTeaser Scraper** — European student and graduate careers platform
- **Gradireland Scraper** — Irish graduate careers board

### Disclaimer

This actor collects publicly available data from studentjob.nl for legitimate research and aggregation use. Respect studentjob.nl's terms of service and applicable data protection law when using the output.

# Actor input Schema

## `searchQuery` (type: `string`):

Keyword to filter job listings by (matched against the job title/slug, e.g. 'horeca', 'vakkenvuller', 'stage marketing'). Dutch keywords work best since studentjob.nl is a Dutch board. Leave empty for the default 'bijbaan' feed, or use '\*' to fetch listings with no filter at all.

## `maxResults` (type: `integer`):

Maximum number of job listings to return.

## `proxyConfiguration` (type: `object`):

Apify proxy settings. studentjob.nl has no anti-bot protection, so the automatic default proxy is sufficient.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "searchQuery": "bijbaan",
  "maxResults": 5,
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": true
  }
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `results` (type: `string`):

No description

# API

You can run this Actor programmatically using our API. Below are code examples in JavaScript, Python, and CLI, as well as the OpenAPI specification and MCP server setup.

## JavaScript example

```javascript
import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

// Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
// Replace the '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token
const client = new ApifyClient({
    token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',
});

// Prepare Actor input
const input = {
    "searchQuery": "bijbaan",
    "maxResults": 5,
    "proxyConfiguration": {
        "useApifyProxy": true
    }
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("studio-amba/studentjob-nl-scraper").call(input);

// Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any)
console.log('Results from dataset');
console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`);
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
items.forEach((item) => {
    console.dir(item);
});

// 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs

```

## Python example

```python
from apify_client import ApifyClient

# Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
# Replace '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")

# Prepare the Actor input
run_input = {
    "searchQuery": "bijbaan",
    "maxResults": 5,
    "proxyConfiguration": { "useApifyProxy": True },
}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("studio-amba/studentjob-nl-scraper").call(run_input=run_input)

# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
print(f"💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/{run.default_dataset_id}")
for item in client.dataset(run.default_dataset_id).iterate_items():
    print(item)

# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{
  "searchQuery": "bijbaan",
  "maxResults": 5,
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": true
  }
}' |
apify call studio-amba/studentjob-nl-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,studio-amba/studentjob-nl-scraper"
        }
    }
}

```

The hosted server signs you in with OAuth on first connect, so no API token belongs in this config. Clients without OAuth support can send an `Authorization: Bearer <APIFY_API_TOKEN>` header instead, using a token from API & Integrations in Apify Console (https://console.apify.com/settings/integrations).

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/4xZphP52wsgCmBHIT/builds/4osI8R4kfhEE8hDkX/openapi.json