# Jobs.ch Scraper (`shahidirfan/jobs-ch-scraper`) Actor

Automate job data extraction from Jobs.ch. Scrape listings with salaries, locations, company details, and descriptions. Perfect for job aggregation, market research, and career analytics. Handles pagination and filters automatically.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/shahidirfan/jobs-ch-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [Shahid Irfan](https://apify.com/shahidirfan) (community)
- **Categories:** Jobs, Automation, Developer tools
- **Stats:** 4 total users, 3 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

Pay per usage

This Actor is paid per platform usage. The Actor is free to use, and you only pay for the Apify platform usage, which gets cheaper the higher subscription plan you have.

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

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

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# README

## Jobs.ch Scraper

Extract comprehensive job listings from jobs.ch — Switzerland's largest job platform. Collect job titles, company names, locations, workload percentages, employment types, and publication dates at scale. Perfect for job market research, recruitment intelligence, and salary benchmarking across Switzerland.

### Features

- **Flexible Search** — Search by keyword, location, or paste a jobs.ch search URL directly
- **User Input Priority** — Keyword and location fields always override URL parameters
- **Automatic Pagination** — Collects across multiple pages to reach your desired result count
- **Workload Extraction** — Captures Swiss-style employment percentages (e.g. 80% – 100%)
- **Employment Type** — Identifies Permanent, Temporary, Freelance, and Internship positions
- **Deduplication** — Ensures no duplicate listings in your dataset
- **Fast & Lightweight** — Completes in seconds, no timeouts

### Use Cases

#### Job Market Research

Analyze hiring trends across Switzerland. Track which roles are growing, which cities are hiring most, and how workload expectations vary by industry.

#### Recruitment & Talent Intelligence

Build candidate pipelines by identifying companies actively hiring for specific roles. Monitor competitor hiring activity and stay ahead of talent demand.

#### Salary & Benefits Benchmarking

Collect job postings at scale to analyze compensation trends, workload norms, and benefit patterns across Swiss industries.

#### Data Aggregation & Reporting

Automate regular collection of job listings for HR dashboards, job board aggregators, or automated reporting workflows.

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### Input Parameters

| Parameter | Type | Required | Default | Description |
|-----------|------|----------|---------|-------------|
| `startUrl` | String | No | — | A jobs.ch search URL (e.g. `https://www.jobs.ch/en/vacancies/?term=developer`). Keyword and location are extracted from the URL automatically. |
| `keyword` | String | No | — | Job search keyword (e.g. `software engineer`, `admin`, `nurse`). Takes priority over URL keyword. |
| `location` | String | No | — | City or region in Switzerland (e.g. `Zurich`, `Basel`). Takes priority over URL location. Leave empty for all Switzerland. |
| `results_wanted` | Integer | No | `20` | Maximum number of job listings to collect. |
| `max_pages` | Integer | No | `5` | Maximum number of result pages to visit (20 results per page). |
| `proxyConfiguration` | Object | No | — | Proxy settings for reliable data collection. |

***

### Output Data

Each job listing in the dataset contains:

| Field | Type | Description |
|-------|------|-------------|
| `id` | String | Unique job listing ID |
| `title` | String | Job position title |
| `company` | String | Hiring company name |
| `location` | String | City or place of work |
| `workload` | String | Employment workload (e.g. `80% - 100%`) |
| `job_type` | String | Employment type (Permanent, Temporary, etc.) |
| `date_posted` | String | Publication date (ISO 8601 format) |
| `url` | String | Direct link to the job listing on jobs.ch |

***

### Usage Examples

#### Search by Keyword

Extract software engineering jobs across Switzerland:

```json
{
    "keyword": "software engineer",
    "results_wanted": 50
}
```

#### Search by Keyword and Location

Find nurse jobs in Zurich:

```json
{
    "keyword": "nurse",
    "location": "Zurich",
    "results_wanted": 30,
    "max_pages": 3
}
```

#### Use a Search URL Directly

Paste any jobs.ch search URL:

```json
{
    "startUrl": "https://www.jobs.ch/en/vacancies/?term=admin&location=Basel",
    "results_wanted": 100,
    "max_pages": 5
}
```

***

### Sample Output

```json
{
    "id": "3c4152c9-cc33-4d13-8e96-627aff715227",
    "title": "CRM Admin (m/w/d) - 100%",
    "company": "Sodexo (Suisse) SA",
    "location": "Glattbrugg",
    "workload": "100%",
    "job_type": "Permanent",
    "date_posted": "2026-05-15T11:10:09+02:00",
    "url": "https://www.jobs.ch/en/vacancies/3c4152c9-cc33-4d13-8e96-627aff715227/"
}
```

***

### Tips for Best Results

#### Choose the Right Input Method

- Use **Start URL** when you have a specific jobs.ch search already configured with filters
- Use **Keyword + Location** for simple, direct searches from scratch
- If both are provided, explicit **Keyword** and **Location** fields always take priority

#### Scale Efficiently

- Start with `results_wanted: 20` for testing, then scale up for production runs
- Set `max_pages` high enough to reach your desired count (each page = 20 results)
- Use proxy configuration for large-scale or frequent runs

#### Proxy Configuration

For reliable large-scale collection, enable Apify Proxy:

```json
{
    "proxyConfiguration": {
        "useApifyProxy": true,
        "apifyProxyGroups": ["DATACENTER"]
    }
}
```

***

### Integrations

Connect your jobs.ch data with:

- **Google Sheets** — Analyze job trends in spreadsheets
- **Airtable** — Build a searchable job intelligence database
- **Slack** — Get alerts when new positions appear
- **Make / Zapier** — Trigger automated recruitment workflows
- **Webhooks** — Send results to your own systems

#### Export Formats

Download your dataset in:

- **JSON** — For developers and APIs
- **CSV** — For spreadsheet analysis
- **Excel** — For business reporting
- **XML** — For system integrations

***

### Frequently Asked Questions

#### Does this work with any jobs.ch URL?

Yes. Paste any jobs.ch vacancy search URL and the actor automatically extracts the keyword and location from the URL parameters.

#### How many results can I collect?

The actor can collect thousands of results — jobs.ch lists over 48,000 active positions. Set `results_wanted` and `max_pages` accordingly.

#### What is workload percentage?

Swiss job listings commonly specify employment percentage (e.g. 80%–100%) instead of full-time/part-time labels. This field captures that value directly.

#### Do I need a proxy?

Not for standard usage. For high-frequency or large-scale runs, enabling a proxy is recommended to ensure reliability.

#### Can I run this on a schedule?

Yes. Use Apify Schedules to run the actor daily or weekly for automated job market monitoring.

***

### Support

For issues or feature requests, contact support through the Apify Console.

#### Resources

- [Apify Documentation](https://docs.apify.com/)
- [API Reference](https://docs.apify.com/api/v2)
- [Scheduling Runs](https://docs.apify.com/schedules)

***

### Legal Notice

This actor is designed for legitimate data collection purposes. Users are responsible for ensuring compliance with jobs.ch terms of service and applicable laws. Use data responsibly and respect rate limits.

# Actor input Schema

## `startUrl` (type: `string`):

A jobs.ch search URL to scrape, e.g. https://www.jobs.ch/en/vacancies/?term=developer. If provided, keyword and location from the URL are used (unless you also fill the keyword/location fields below — those take priority).

## `keyword` (type: `string`):

Job search keyword, e.g. 'software engineer', 'admin', 'nurse'. Takes priority over keyword in Start URL.

## `location` (type: `string`):

City or region in Switzerland, e.g. 'Zurich', 'Basel', 'Bern'. Leave empty for all Switzerland.

## `results_wanted` (type: `integer`):

Maximum number of job listings to collect.

## `max_pages` (type: `integer`):

Maximum number of result pages to visit. Each page returns up to 20 results.

## `proxyConfiguration` (type: `object`):

Proxy settings for reliable scraping. Datacenter proxy is sufficient for this actor.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "startUrl": "https://www.jobs.ch/en/vacancies/?term=software+engineer",
  "results_wanted": 20,
  "max_pages": 5,
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": false
  }
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `overview` (type: `string`):

No description

# 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 = {
    "startUrl": "https://www.jobs.ch/en/vacancies/?term=software+engineer",
    "results_wanted": 20,
    "max_pages": 5
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("shahidirfan/jobs-ch-scraper").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 = {
    "startUrl": "https://www.jobs.ch/en/vacancies/?term=software+engineer",
    "results_wanted": 20,
    "max_pages": 5,
}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("shahidirfan/jobs-ch-scraper").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 '{
  "startUrl": "https://www.jobs.ch/en/vacancies/?term=software+engineer",
  "results_wanted": 20,
  "max_pages": 5
}' |
apify call shahidirfan/jobs-ch-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

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

```

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/Wg92p4gkCqMvcgdZC/builds/76nwtjpuh0GZVWgJe/openapi.json