Most job boards and company career pages don't keep public archives. Once a position is filled, the listing disappears. But there are ways to find old job postings if you know where to look.
Here are six methods, starting with the most effective.
1. Job posting data providers
Companies like TheirStack, Revelio Labs, and Webspidermount collect and store historical job posting data from company websites, job boards, and professional networks.
This data is used for market analysis, competitive intelligence, talent mapping, and research.
What you get: Job title, description, seniority, salary ranges, skills required, location, and more.
Availability: TheirStack offers a free tier to search historical job postings dating back to 2021. Other services are typically subscription-based for businesses and researchers.
2. Internet Archive (Wayback Machine)
The Wayback Machine takes snapshots of websites over time. If a company's career page was crawled, you might find historical versions.
How to use it:
- Go to
archive.org/web - Enter the company's career page URL (e.g.,
companyname.com/careers) - Browse snapshots by date to find archived job listings
Limitation: Coverage depends on whether the page was crawled. Many job postings won't be captured.
3. Company career pages
Some companies maintain archives of past openings on their websites—though this is rare.
How to check:
- Go to the company's careers section
- Look for "past openings," "job archives," or "closed positions"
Limitation: Most companies remove expired listings to keep their career pages current.
4. Job boards and professional networks
LinkedIn's public search only shows active jobs. Older posts might appear on profiles of people who previously held those roles. LinkedIn does offer data services for businesses, but these aren't publicly available.
Indeed, Glassdoor, and others
These platforms remove expired listings. Some job posting data providers aggregate from these sources before listings disappear.
Specialized job boards
Academic institutions, government agencies, and industry-specific boards sometimes maintain their own archives.
5. Advanced Google searches
Google may have indexed or cached job postings that are no longer live.
Search operators to try:
site:companyname.com "job title"site:companyname.com "careers" "previous openings""company name" "job title" + "archive""company name" "software engineer" 2020..2022(year range)
Limitation: You'll likely find fragments or mentions, not complete listings.
6. Professional associations
Industry associations and professional bodies sometimes maintain job boards with archives of past opportunities.
How to find them: Identify professional organizations in the company's industry and check their career resources.
Key considerations
Data retention varies. Companies and job boards have different policies on how long they keep job data. Most remove listings once positions are filled.
Match method to purpose. Need hiring trends? Use a data provider. Trying to verify a specific past job existed? Try the Wayback Machine or company archives.
A complete historical list of all jobs posted by a company is rarely available to the public—but with the right tools, you can find what you need.
Need a faster solution? Our step-by-step guide shows you how to find old job postings using TheirStack. Search any company's hiring history back to 2021, including expired listings removed from other job boards.