# Recruiter Lead Scraper — Companies Hiring + Verified Email (`qualifyops/recruiter-leads`) Actor

Recruiter lead generation: point it at a LinkedIn job search for the roles you place; get each company hiring now, why they're hiring, the decision-maker to pitch, and a verified deliverable email. Built for recruiters and staffing agencies. Pay only per verified lead.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/qualifyops/recruiter-leads.md
- **Developed by:** [QualifyOps](https://apify.com/qualifyops) (community)
- **Categories:** Lead generation, Business
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $30.00 / 1,000 verified recruiter leads

This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events.

Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/platform/actors/running/actors-in-store#pay-per-event

## What's an Apify Actor?

Actors are web data automations that power AI and operations. They run on the Apify platform to scrape websites, process data, connect APIs, and automate workflows.
In Batch mode, an Actor accepts a well-defined JSON input, performs an action which can take anything from a few seconds to a few hours,
and optionally produces a well-defined JSON output, datasets with results, or files in key-value store.
In Standby mode, an Actor provides a web server which can be used as a website, API, or an MCP server.
Actors are written with capital "A".

## How to integrate an Actor?

If asked about integration, you help developers integrate Actors into their projects.
You adapt to their stack and deliver integrations that are safe, well-documented, and production-ready.
The best way to integrate Actors is as follows.

- **AI agents and MCP clients** — the [Apify MCP server](https://docs.apify.com/integrations/mcp.md) at `https://mcp.apify.com` (remote, streamable HTTP, OAuth on first use).
- **Agentic workflows and local Actor development** — [Agent Skills](https://apify.com/.well-known/agent-skills/index.json) with the [Apify CLI](https://docs.apify.com/cli/docs.md): `npm install -g apify-cli`, then `apify login`.
- **JavaScript/TypeScript projects** — the official [JS/TS client](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs.md): `npm install apify-client`.
- **Python projects** — the official [Python client](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs.md): `pip install apify-client`.
- **Any other language** — the [REST API](https://docs.apify.com/api/v2.md).

For usage examples, see the [API](#api) section below.

For more details, see Apify documentation as [Markdown index](https://docs.apify.com/llms.txt) and [Markdown full-text](https://docs.apify.com/llms-full.txt).

# README

## Recruiter Leads — Companies Hiring Now + Verified Emails

**For recruiters and recruitment agencies.** Every company actively posting the roles you place is a placement prospect with live budget. This actor turns a LinkedIn job search into your pitch list.

**You give:** one or more public LinkedIn job-search URLs for the roles you recruit (e.g. `software engineer` in `Sydney`).
**You get:** one row per company hiring those roles **right now** — company, what they're hiring, why now, the decision-maker to pitch, and a **verified, deliverable email address**.
**You pay:** **only per verified lead — $0.03.** Companies where no email verifies are returned as SKIP rows, free.

### What each row gives you

| Column | Meaning |
|---|---|
| `action` | **SEND\_NOW** (verified email) or **SKIP** (free, with reason) |
| `company` | The hiring company |
| `roles_hiring` | The live roles they posted (your placement opening) |
| `why_now` | The hiring signal that makes this timely |
| `decision_maker` / `decision_maker_role` | Who to pitch |
| `verified_email` | Deliverability-checked address — live SMTP check, catch-all excluded |
| `confidence` | 0–1 deliverability confidence |

### How it works

1. Your job-search URL goes to a proven LinkedIn jobs source (we rent the primitive, we don't rebuild it).
2. Companies are deduplicated, freshness-filtered and scored by hiring intensity.
3. Each company's public site is scanned for real published contacts.
4. The best decision-maker candidate email goes through **syntax → MX → live SMTP mailbox check → catch-all detection**.
5. Only verified, non-catch-all, confident addresses are returned as SEND\_NOW — and only those are billed.

### Honest by design

Public data only (public job posts, public company sites). "Verified" means a real mail server accepted the specific mailbox during a live check and the domain is not catch-all — hard bounces and catch-alls are excluded rather than sold to you. SKIP rows always state their reason and cost nothing. You are responsible for compliant outreach in your jurisdiction. B2B research tool, not a licence to spam.

### Sibling products

- [Email Finder + Verifier](https://apify.com/qualifyops/email-finder-verified) — one specific person's email from name + domain.
- [Domain Email Finder](https://apify.com/qualifyops/domain-email-finder-verified) — every verified email reachable at a domain.
- [Google Maps Leads](https://apify.com/qualifyops/maps-leads-verified) — local-business lists with verified emails.

# Actor input Schema

## `jobSearchUrls` (type: `array`):

One or more public LinkedIn job-search result URLs describing the roles you recruit for (role + location). Every company posting those jobs is a placement prospect.

## `maxJobs` (type: `integer`):

Upper bound on raw job rows from the upstream scraper. Start small (10-25) for a fast first run.

## `roleKeywords` (type: `array`):

Only keep jobs whose title contains one of these keywords (e.g. your placement specialties).

## `freshnessDays` (type: `integer`):

Only companies with jobs posted within this many days — recent postings mean active budget.

## `maxCompanies` (type: `integer`):

Return only the top N hiring companies by opportunity score. Start small (3-5), then raise.

## `sendNowOnly` (type: `boolean`):

If on, SKIP rows are omitted and you get only verified, pitch-ready leads.

## `verifyDeliverability` (type: `boolean`):

Run the live SMTP deliverability check (recommended). Off = candidate emails without verification.

## `verifierActorId` (type: `string`):

Store validator used for the SMTP check. Default is a proven high-volume validator.

## `requestTimeoutSecs` (type: `integer`):

How long to wait for each company web page.

## `maxPagesPerSite` (type: `integer`):

Pages scanned per company site for public contacts.

## `maxConcurrency` (type: `integer`):

How many company sites to scan in parallel.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "jobSearchUrls": [
    {
      "url": "https://www.linkedin.com/jobs/search/?keywords=software%20engineer&location=Sydney"
    }
  ],
  "maxJobs": 10,
  "roleKeywords": [],
  "freshnessDays": 30,
  "maxCompanies": 3,
  "sendNowOnly": false,
  "verifyDeliverability": true,
  "verifierActorId": "michael.g/email-verifier-validator",
  "requestTimeoutSecs": 10,
  "maxPagesPerSite": 2,
  "maxConcurrency": 5
}
```

# API

You can run this Actor programmatically using our API. Below are code examples in JavaScript, Python, and CLI, as well as the OpenAPI specification and MCP server setup.

## JavaScript example

```javascript
import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

// Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
// Replace the '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token
const client = new ApifyClient({
    token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',
});

// Prepare Actor input
const input = {
    "jobSearchUrls": [
        {
            "url": "https://www.linkedin.com/jobs/search/?keywords=software%20engineer&location=Sydney"
        }
    ],
    "maxJobs": 10,
    "roleKeywords": [],
    "freshnessDays": 30,
    "maxCompanies": 3,
    "requestTimeoutSecs": 10,
    "maxPagesPerSite": 2
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("qualifyops/recruiter-leads").call(input);

// Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any)
console.log('Results from dataset');
console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`);
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
items.forEach((item) => {
    console.dir(item);
});

// 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs

```

## Python example

```python
from apify_client import ApifyClient

# Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
# Replace '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")

# Prepare the Actor input
run_input = {
    "jobSearchUrls": [{ "url": "https://www.linkedin.com/jobs/search/?keywords=software%20engineer&location=Sydney" }],
    "maxJobs": 10,
    "roleKeywords": [],
    "freshnessDays": 30,
    "maxCompanies": 3,
    "requestTimeoutSecs": 10,
    "maxPagesPerSite": 2,
}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("qualifyops/recruiter-leads").call(run_input=run_input)

# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
print("💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/" + run["defaultDatasetId"])
for item in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items():
    print(item)

# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{
  "jobSearchUrls": [
    {
      "url": "https://www.linkedin.com/jobs/search/?keywords=software%20engineer&location=Sydney"
    }
  ],
  "maxJobs": 10,
  "roleKeywords": [],
  "freshnessDays": 30,
  "maxCompanies": 3,
  "requestTimeoutSecs": 10,
  "maxPagesPerSite": 2
}' |
apify call qualifyops/recruiter-leads --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "command": "npx",
            "args": [
                "mcp-remote",
                "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=qualifyops/recruiter-leads",
                "--header",
                "Authorization: Bearer <YOUR_API_TOKEN>"
            ]
        }
    }
}

```

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/YGmGfesDNenjeJDs2/builds/UQVxT1XohQzlnlDyA/openapi.json