Careerjet.nl Scraper

Extract structured job data from careerjet.nl — one of the Netherlands' largest job aggregators with 200,000+ listings across all industries and regions. Filter by keyword, location, radius, and recency. No API key required.

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Why this scraper?

📋 Full job descriptions in three formats

Every detail page is fetched and the full job description is returned as raw HTML, plain text, and Markdown — ready to feed into downstream pipelines, LLMs, or document stores without additional processing.

💰 Structured salary data

Salary information is extracted from the schema.org JobPosting markup on every detail page, returning clean numeric fields — no regex required on your end:

Field	Example
salary	"€ 3.700 - € 4.800 per maand"
salaryMin	3700
salaryMax	4800
salaryType	"monthly"
salaryCurrency	"EUR"

🏢 Employment type classification

Employment types are extracted from structured markup and normalised to human-readable labels:

"Fulltime", "Parttime", "Freelance/ZZP", "Tijdelijk", "Stage" — ready to filter without post-processing.

🔄 Cross-run repost detection

Careerjet aggregates listings from hundreds of sources, including duplicates. The scraper tracks content hashes across runs using Apify's Key-Value Store (90-day TTL). Each result includes an isRepost flag, and reposts can be automatically skipped with skipReposts: true.

⚡ Lightweight & fast

Careerjet.nl uses server-side rendering — no headless browser required. The scraper works with direct HTTP requests, keeping compute costs and run times low.

🔗 Start URL support

Pass any Careerjet search URL or direct job URL as startUrls to scrape a specific result set — useful for scheduled monitoring of saved searches.

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Input parameters

Parameter	Type	Description	Default
searchQuery	string	Keyword or job title — e.g. "developer", "marketing manager"	—
location	string	City or region — e.g. "Amsterdam", "Rotterdam"	—
radius	integer	Search radius around location in km	10
maxResults	integer	Maximum number of results to return	100
daysOld	integer	Only return jobs posted within the last N days	— (all)
fetchDetails	boolean	Fetch detail pages for full description + structured salary	true
skipReposts	boolean	Skip listings seen in previous runs	false
startUrls	array	Direct job or search URLs to scrape	—

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Output schema

Each result is a flat JSON object:

{
  "title": "Software Developer",
  "company": "Norm",
  "location": "Amsterdam, Noord-Holland",
  "city": "Amsterdam",
  "region": "Noord-Holland",
  "country": "Nederland",
  "url": "https://www.careerjet.nl/jobad/nl1061ced6773729536bb0288ee1b2b538",
  "applyUrl": "https://www.careerjet.nl/jobad/nl1061ced6773729536bb0288ee1b2b538",
  "salary": "€ 4.800 per maand",
  "salaryMin": 4800,
  "salaryMax": 4800,
  "salaryType": "monthly",
  "salaryCurrency": "EUR",
  "employmentTypes": ["Fulltime", "Freelance/ZZP"],
  "description": "<p>Word Software Developer bij Norm...</p>",
  "descriptionText": "Word Software Developer bij Norm...",
  "descriptionMarkdown": "Word Software Developer bij Norm...",
  "snippet": "Norm. Energie voor iedereen. Word Software Developer...",
  "datePosted": "2026-04-04T07:29:15Z",
  "validThrough": "2026-07-03T07:29:15Z",
  "isSponsored": false,
  "hasEasyApply": true,
  "isRepost": false,
  "source": "careerjet.nl",
  "scrapedAt": "2026-04-04T10:00:00.000Z",
  "contentHash": "a1b2c3d4e5f6..."
}

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Example runs

1. Developers in Amsterdam

{
  "searchQuery": "developer",
  "location": "Amsterdam",
  "maxResults": 50
}

2. Recent marketing jobs in the Netherlands

{
  "searchQuery": "marketing manager",
  "location": "Nederland",
  "daysOld": 7,
  "maxResults": 100
}

3. Nationwide scrape — no filters, all industries

{
  "searchQuery": "",
  "location": "Nederland",
  "maxResults": 500,
  "skipReposts": true
}

4. Direct search URL

{
  "startUrls": [
    { "url": "https://www.careerjet.nl/vacatures?s=java&l=Utrecht&p=1" }
  ],
  "maxResults": 20
}

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Pricing

This actor uses pay-per-result pricing — you only pay for successfully scraped job listings.

Volume	Cost
1,000 results	$1.50
10,000 results	$15.00
100,000 results	$150.00
Actor start	$0.00005 (one-time)

Compared to flat-rate subscriptions: A typical job data subscription costs $200–500/month for fixed access. At $1.50/1,000 results, this actor delivers equivalent data for a fraction of the cost — and you only pay when you actually run it.

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Performance

Performance measured with fetchDetails: true on a residential connection:

Run type	Results	Duration	Notes
Keyword + city, 100 results	100	~45s	5 list pages + 100 detail fetches
Nationwide, 500 results	500	~4 min	25 list pages + 500 detail fetches
fetchDetails: false, 200 results	200	~20s	List-only, no detail requests

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Known limitations

• applyUrl is the Careerjet listing URL. The actual employer apply link is behind a JavaScript modal and cannot be retrieved without browser interaction.
• salary is null for listings where the employer has not disclosed salary — this is common on Careerjet (~40% of listings).
• employmentTypes is an empty array for listings where the employer has not specified employment type in structured markup.
• Aggregator listings: Careerjet is a job aggregator — some listings may originate from other job boards. The source field is always "careerjet.nl" regardless of the underlying publisher.

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Technical details

• Respects Careerjet's server-side rate limits with polite request delays
• Automatic retry with exponential backoff on transient errors
• 403-storm circuit breaker: aborts run after 5 consecutive blocks to prevent proxy cost overruns
• Proxy escalation: starts without proxy; automatically switches to Apify AUTO proxy on access denial
• Memory: 256 MB default

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Additional services

Need a custom scraper, scheduled data delivery, or integration with your data pipeline?

📧 info@unfencedgroup.nl

We build and maintain custom Apify actors for HR tech teams, recruitment platforms, and data vendors across Europe.

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