Prompt

What's the easiest way to collect job postings from multiple job boards?

Latest observation

Jul 15, 2026 · OpenAI APIWeb search: off

The easiest way is usually to avoid scraping each job board manually and instead use one of these approaches:

1) Use a job data API or aggregation service

This is the simplest and most reliable option.

Examples:

  • Adzuna API
  • SerpAPI (Google Jobs results)
  • RapidAPI job search APIs
  • The Muse / Remotive / Arbeitnow APIs for specific sources
  • Apify actors for scraping job boards without building everything yourself

Pros: fast to set up, less maintenance, fewer legal/anti-bot issues
Cons: cost, rate limits, coverage may vary


2) Use RSS feeds or built-in board APIs when available

Some boards or company career pages provide:

  • RSS feeds
  • JSON endpoints
  • ATS feeds from Greenhouse, Lever, Workday, Ashby, etc.

Pros: clean data, easy to automate
Cons: not all boards support it


3) Build a lightweight scraper for a few target boards

If you only need a small number of sites, use:

  • Python + Requests + BeautifulSoup for static pages
  • Playwright or Selenium for dynamic sites

Store results in:

  • SQLite / PostgreSQL
  • Google Sheets
  • Airtable

Pros: full control
Cons: more maintenance, blocked requests, site changes


4) Use a no-code automation tool

Good if you want speed over engineering:

  • Apify
  • Browse AI
  • Zapier / Make
  • Airtable + automation

Pros: quickest setup
Cons: less flexible, can get expensive


Best practical recommendation

If your goal is “collect job postings from multiple job boards” with minimal effort:

  1. Start with a job search API or aggregator
  2. Add ATS feeds/API sources for companies you care about
  3. Only scrape sites directly when necessary

A simple architecture

  • Source layer: API / scraper / RSS
  • Normalizer: clean fields like title, company, location, salary, URL, date
  • Deduplicator: remove duplicates across boards
  • Storage: database or spreadsheet
  • Scheduler: cron/GitHub Actions/Airflow to run daily

If you want, I can recommend the best option based on your stack:

  • no-code
  • Python
  • JavaScript
  • small budget
  • large-scale collection

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