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Backfilling a job board

Learn why TheirStack is the best job board backfill solution and how to backfill a job board using webhooks

What is backfilling a job board?

Backfilling a job board involves augmenting its own job listings with external postings from various sources. This integration allows job boards to present a broader array of opportunities to their users, helping to attract more traffic, boost user engagement, and ultimately enhance their overall value proposition.

Why TheirStack is the best job board backfill solution

Backfilling job boards is a common use case for our Job data platform and it was built with this in mind:

  • Original job link to company website When a job originates from a company's career page, we include the URL (final_url) so you can redirect users to the correct source. You can also get only jobs from career pages with the final_url_exists filter.
  • Standardized job descriptions Our job descriptions are standardized across all information sources in Markdown format, ensuring consistency.
  • Company information Most of our jobs are enriched with company information, so can use the company logo, domain, industry, headcount, revenue, type, location and technologies used for your company profile page. Additionally, media assets such as company logos are downloaded and stored in our own infrastructure, allowing you to access them reliably via stable URLs for use in your own applications.
  • Up-to-date data The data is up-to-date, with new jobs being added to our database every minute.
  • Filters If you are a niche job board, you can use the job_title_or filter to get specific jobs, or the company industry_id_or filter to get only jobs from companies in a specific industry or any of our 20+ filters.
  • 16k+ job data sources so you can get a wide range of jobs from all over the world. Learn more

How to backfill a job board

You have two options:

Webhook (Recommended)

Set up a webhook to listen for the new.job event. By applying the necessary filters, you can ensure that you only receive the job postings that meet your specific criteria. This approach allows you to automatically receive new job listings as soon as they are published.

  • Step 1 - Create a job search with your desired criteria (e.g: location, company, technology, etc). You can create as many as you want. It's important to create exclusive criteria to avoid receiving duplicate job postings.

  • Step 2 - Set up a webhook to listen for the new.job event. How to set up a webhook

API

We strongly recommend using our webhooks instead of the Jobs API to fetch jobs periodically. Using the Jobs API is much more complex, harder to implement and you won't have real time updates.

Use our Jobs API to fetch jobs periodically. Check out our Fetch jobs periodically guide for more details.

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Adding a technology or job filter to your company search

Learn how to add a technology or job filter to your search.

How to fetch jobs periodically using the Jobs API

This guide demonstrates how to fetch jobs periodically from the TheirStack API, ensuring fresh data and minimizing API costs.

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What is backfilling a job board?
Why TheirStack is the best job board backfill solution
How to backfill a job board
Webhook (Recommended)
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