How to Scrape Job Listings from Indeed and LinkedIn Jobs

Job data scraping is valuable for market research, salary analysis, and recruitment. Here's how to do it ethically.

Indeed Job Search

Indeed has a public search that returns results without login:

const cheerio = require('cheerio');

async function searchIndeed(query, location) {
  const url = `https://www.indeed.com/jobs?q=${encodeURIComponent(query)}&l=${encodeURIComponent(location)}`;
  const res = await fetch(url, {
    headers: { 'User-Agent': 'Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64) AppleWebKit/537.36' }
  });
  const html = await res.text();
  const $ = cheerio.load(html);

  const jobs = [];
  $('.job_seen_beacon, .resultContent').each((i, el) => {
    jobs.push({
      title: $(el).find('.jobTitle span').text().trim(),
      company: $(el).find('.companyName').text().trim(),
      location: $(el).find('.companyLocation').text().trim(),
      snippet: $(el).find('.job-snippet').text().trim()
    });
  });
  return jobs;
}

Better Alternative: Job Board APIs

Several job boards have free or cheap APIs:

Platform	API	Free Tier
Indeed	Publisher API	Application required
Adzuna	Search API	250 calls/day free
The Muse	Public API	Free, no key
GitHub Jobs	JSON endpoint	Free
RemoteOK	JSON feed	Free

RemoteOK (Easiest — No Key)

async function getRemoteJobs() {
  const res = await fetch('https://remoteok.com/api');
  const jobs = await res.json();
  return jobs.slice(1).map(j => ({
    title: j.position,
    company: j.company,
    tags: j.tags,
    salary: j.salary_min ? `$${j.salary_min}-${j.salary_max}` : 'Not specified',
    url: j.url,
    date: j.date
  }));
}

Use Cases

1. Salary research — what do web scrapers earn?
2. Skill demand — which technologies are most requested?
3. Market trends — which industries are hiring?
4. Competitive intelligence — who are competitors hiring?
5. HR analytics — time-to-fill, posting frequency

Resources

• LinkedIn Data Guide
• 9 Free APIs for Research
• 77 Free Scrapers

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