CareerBuilder API

Overview

The CareerBuilder APIs allow you to integrate our database of over 1.5 million jobs with your software or website. The various APIs provide services for basic job searching, retrieving data for a specific job, and applying to a job. These services are free to use and available to anyone.

CareerBuilder API is still under development and is subject to change at any time.

Please contact us at any time if you have any questions, to report bugs, or to leave feedback.

Important Stuff

Developer Key

To get started, you'll need to register as a developer with us and receive your unique private developer key. Your private developer key is required for all CareerBuilder web service requests and should be kept secret.

Public Web Key

You will also be sent a public web key. This key is to be used for exposed calls like iframes or javascript. Use this key where explicitly specified in the documentation.

Daily Limits

Requests are limited each day by request type. Your account will be frozen for 24 hours if you exceed your daily quota. The default request limits are:
  • Job Search: 1000 per day
  • Job: 500 per day
  • Application: 100 per day
  • Blank Application: 100 per day
If you feel you will exceed these, please let us know in advance so we can work to prevent your account being frozen.

Legal Notes

  • Your use of CareerBuilder API is at your own risk. We make no warranty that these services will be uninterrupted, timely, secure, or error-free.
  • We are not responsible for any damages or losses that occur as a result of the use of (or inability to use) CareerBuilder API.
  • We reserve the right to throttle, limit, or disallow your use of CareerBuilder API, at any time, without notice.
  • Please let us know if you intend to use CareerBuilder API in software or services available to the public. We'd appreciate the notice, and would like to work with you to ensure everything is well tested.
  • If you are using CareerBuilder API in software or services available to the public, your software or service must not submit applications on a user's behalf without the user's explicit direction.
  • If you are an internal CareerBuilder developer or CareerBuilder partner, please let us know that you will be using the API.
  • Please use a separate Developer Key for each product you develop.
  • Please make sure you have read and understand the End User License Agreement (EULA).

EULA

By registering for a Developer Key, you are agreeing to the terms and conditions as laid out in our End User License Agreement (EULA).

Please go read the EULA!

Endpoints

  • Application - Find out whats needed to apply to a particular job and submit applications.
  • Categories - Find out what category names and codes to use when searching for a job.
  • Education Codes - Find out what education codes to use when searching for a job.
  • Employee Types - Find out what employee types to use when searching for a job.
  • Job - Get detailed info about a particular job.
  • Job Search - Search for jobs by keyword, location, or date posted.
  • Recommendations - Fetch recommended jobs based on an existing user or job.
  • Company Details - Get detailed info about a particular company.