How to scrape SimplyHired

SimplyHired is a leading employment website that helps millions of companies find qualified applicants for their job openings and millions of job seekers find jobs with competitive salaries.

The platform generates over 3 million visitors per month.

Scraping data from SimplyHired can open up tons of opportunities for businesses to perform better candidate research and find more qualified applicants.

On the other hand, applicants have more opportunities to research companies before applying for a job.

In this tutorial, we will show you:

#1 How to scrape SimplyHired job listings.

#2 How to scrape a single SimplyHired job opening.

Step 1: Go to the Public Recipe Library

From your dashboard, select Recipe Library to access the public scraping recipes. 

Step 2: Capture the URL of the targeted pages

Go to https://www.simplyhired.com/ and capture the URLs of the listings you want to scrape. 

For example,

Step 3: Select the “SimplyHired job listings” recipe

From the Recipe Library, select the “SimplyHired job listings” recipe and click the “Use with data input” option. 

Step 4: Add the captured listings URL(s) via data input

Add the listings URL(s) captured from SimplyHired.com via data input. You have the option of adding a single URL or a list of URLs. 

Step 5: Add the “SimplyHired job listings” recipe to the workflow

Next, add the “SimplyHired job listings” recipe to the workflow, selecting data input as the source.

Step 6: Run the workflow

You can now run the workflow to get the results. 

Step 7: View and Save the results

Once the workflow has finished running, you can view the results and export them to CSV or Google Sheets. 

#2 How to scrape a single SimplyHired job opening

Let’s see how you can scrape a single SimplyHired job opening in detail, including the position title, full description, qualifications, benefits, and more. 

Step 1: Go to the Public Recipe Library

From your dashboard, select Recipe Library to access the public scraping recipes. 

Step 2: Capture the targeted single job posting page URL(s)

Go to https://www.simplyhired.com/  and capture the URLs of the single job openings pages you want to scrape. 

For example,

Step 3: Select the “SimplyHired job postings” recipe 

From the Recipe Library, search and select the “SimplyHired job postings” recipe and click the “Use with data input” option.

Step 4: Add the captured URL(s) via data input

Add the page URL(s) you have captured previously via data input. You have the option of adding a single URL and a list of URLs. 

Step 5: Add the “SimplyHired job postings” recipe to the workflow

Next, add the “SimplyHired job postings” recipe to the workflow, selecting data input as the source. 

Then, click Continue.

Step 6: Run the workflow

You can now run the workflow to get the results. 

Step 7: View and Save the results

Once the workflow has finished running, you can view the results and export them to CSV or Google Sheets. 

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