Job Alert — New Job Posting Watch

Watch a saved job search on jobs.ch, XING Jobs (DACH) or Boss.az and get only the postings that are NEW since your last check, not the same 20 listings you already scrolled past last week. The three board adapters run directly inside this Actor: there is no child Actor run, buyer token hand-off, or second Actor charge.

What you get

• A named "watch" (one board + that board's own search filter) that remembers what it has already shown you.
• Every scheduled run reports ONLY postings that were not there last time — title, company, location, employment type and the posting URL.
• Choose from 3 live boards: jobs.ch (Switzerland), XING Jobs (DACH region) and Boss.az (Azerbaijan).
• Run several independent watches from one Actor (e.g. one on jobs.ch for "marketing" in Zurich, one on XING for remote engineering roles) — each has its own memory.
• The very first run for a new watch tells you honestly that it's establishing a baseline, not hiding a "no new postings" run as if it found something.
• Runs on Apify: schedule it daily, monitor it, call it from the API, export to JSON/CSV/Excel or push straight into your own pipeline.

How to run it

1. Click Try for free — no card needed on the free plan.
2. Pick a Board to watch, then paste that board's own filter into Board filter (JSON) — e.g. {"keywords":["marketing"]} for jobs.ch or {"keyword_filter":"marketing"} for XING/Boss.az. See the Input table below for every board's fields.
3. Hit Start. The first run creates the baseline; schedule it to run again (daily or weekly) to get a stream of only the NEW postings each time.

Pricing

Pay-per-event. The Actor accepts only Apify's exact six-tier contract: FREE $0.005/$0.010, BRONZE $0.00475/$0.0095, SILVER $0.0045/$0.009, GOLD $0.00425/$0.0085, PLATINUM $0.0041/$0.0082, or DIAMOND $0.004/$0.008 per run start/result. A paid result is a NEW posting or a baseline snapshot from a source-confirmed complete scan. Partial snapshots, quiet checks, and error rows are free and never change the baseline. A malformed pricing contract, exhausted budget, or unconfirmed charge fails closed and never advances the baseline.

Input

Field	Required	What it does
board	yes	Which board to watch: jobs-ch-swiss, xing-jobs, boss-az.
filter	yes	Search fields understood by this Actor's in-process adapter for the selected board. See "Board filter fields" below.
watch_name	no	Name for this watch, so you can run several independent watches. Defaults to a single watch if left empty.
max_items	no	Max NEW-posting rows delivered (and charged) per run, even if more were found (1-200, default 20).

Migration: older API clients and saved Tasks may still send baseline_key. Runtime accepts that legacy alias only when watch_name is absent, preserving the same stored baseline. New integrations should use watch_name; an explicitly empty watch_name selects the documented fallback and never revives a legacy value.

Board filter fields

Board	Required filter fields	Example
jobs-ch-swiss	keywords (array of search terms)	{"keywords":["marketing"],"location":"Zurich"}
xing-jobs	none (walks its own job sitemap)	{"keyword_filter":"marketing","freshness_days":7}
boss-az	none (walks its own job sitemap)	{"keyword_filter":"marketing","freshness_days":14}

Any max_items/max_pages you set inside filter are capped at 10/2 regardless of the board's own limits, to keep each watch check fast and cheap (max_pages only applies to jobs.ch — the other two boards walk a sitemap and don't page).

{
    "board": "jobs-ch-swiss",
    "filter": { "keywords": ["marketing"], "max_items": 3, "max_pages": 1 },
    "watch_name": "zurich-marketing"
}

Output

Baseline-created row (first run for a watch — real output, live run 30.07.2026):

{
    "baselineKey": "selftest-live-run",
    "board": "jobs-ch-swiss",
    "found": true,
    "isNew": false,
    "baselineCreated": true,
    "url": null,
    "jobId": null,
    "title": null,
    "company": null,
    "location": null,
    "country": null,
    "employmentType": null,
    "postedDate": null,
    "salaryRaw": null,
    "currentJobsCount": 3,
    "newJobsCount": null,
    "sourcePartial": false,
    "partialReason": null,
    "sourceStats": null,
    "error": "",
    "summary": "First check for \"selftest-live-run\" (jobs-ch-swiss) — baseline created with 3 current posting(s) matching the filter. Future runs report only NEW postings against this baseline.",
    "checkedAt": "2026-07-30T10:26:40.213Z"
}

New-posting row (real output, live run 30.07.2026 — detected via a controlled re-run after the baseline's own stored copy of this posting was removed, to prove the diff catches a real removal-then-reappearance rather than only a lucky live change):

{
    "baselineKey": "selftest-live-run",
    "board": "jobs-ch-swiss",
    "found": true,
    "isNew": true,
    "baselineCreated": false,
    "url": "https://www.jobs.ch/en/vacancies/detail/bfa292a6-5a59-44e9-934b-8106a6454e29/",
    "jobId": "bfa292a6-5a59-44e9-934b-8106a6454e29",
    "title": "Stv. Leiter/in Lager",
    "company": "Plan B Personal & Marketing GmbH",
    "location": "Wil ZH",
    "country": "CH",
    "employmentType": "Permanent position",
    "postedDate": "2026-07-27T06:10:24.000Z",
    "salaryRaw": null,
    "currentJobsCount": null,
    "newJobsCount": 1,
    "sourcePartial": false,
    "partialReason": null,
    "sourceStats": null,
    "error": "",
    "summary": "New posting for \"selftest-live-run\" (jobs-ch-swiss): Stv. Leiter/in Lager — Plan B Personal & Marketing GmbH, Wil ZH.",
    "checkedAt": "2026-07-30T10:27:09.481Z"
}

Field	Meaning
baselineKey	Which watch this row belongs to.
board	Which job board this watch scans with its built-in adapter.
found	true for a real result row (new posting or baseline-created); false for a notice/error row.
isNew	true only for an actual new-posting row.
baselineCreated	true only on the first-ever run for this watch.
url, jobId, title, company, location, country, employmentType, postedDate, salaryRaw	The posting's own fields, straight from the board.
currentJobsCount	Only set on the baseline-created row: how many postings matched at that moment.
newJobsCount	Total new postings detected this run (may exceed the rows actually delivered if capped by max_items or your remaining budget).
sourcePartial / partialReason / sourceStats	true on a free partial-evidence notice when the board could not confirm a complete snapshot. jobs.ch reports failed keyword scans; XING and Boss propagate numeric sitemap/detail failure and cap counters. Partial snapshots are never billed or written as a baseline.
error	Empty string when the check completed cleanly (including "nothing new"); non-empty only on a real problem.
summary	Human-readable one-liner.

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FAQ / Limitations

Can I watch several boards at once? Not from a single watch — each watch_name watches one board. Run several watches (different watch_name values) from the same Actor, one per board, to cover more than one job market.

What happens if I change my filter for an existing watch_name? The watch keeps comparing against whatever it last saw, so changing the filter can produce a burst of "new" postings that simply weren't checked for under the old filter. Use a new watch_name for an intentionally different watch.

If every jobs.ch keyword scan fails, the run returns source_error and does not create or update a baseline. A present but malformed stored baseline is also a fatal integrity error; it is never treated as a first run.

What this is NOT. This is not a job-application or ATS tool — it does not apply to jobs or contact employers. It surfaces public posting data only.

Found a bug or need a custom watch (e.g. tracking when a posting gets pulled)? Issues on the Actor's page.