How to Scrape Job Information from CareerBuilder using ScrapeStorm
In this article, we will tell you how to scrape job data from CareerBuilder using ScrapeStorm’s “Smart mode“.
Introduction to the scraping tool
ScrapeStorm (www.scrapestorm.com) is a new generation of Web Scraping Tool based on artificial intelligence technology. It is the first scraper to support both Windows, Mac and Linux operating systems.
Introduction to the scraping object
CareerBuilder is an online employment website, founded in 1995 and with offices in the United States, Canada, Europe and Asia. In 2008, it had the largest market share among online employment websites in the United States, where it was founded.
Official Website: www.careerbuilder.com
Scraping fields
Position, title_link, Company, Address, Nature / Pay, Description, Posted Time, Job Snapshot
Function point directory
How to extract the list page plus the detail page
Preview of the scraped result
Export to Excel2007:
Let’s take a closer look at how to scrape job information from CareerBuilder. The specific steps are as follows:
1. Download and install ScrapeStorm, then register and log in
(1) Open the ScrapeStorm official website, download and install the latest version.
(2) Click Register/Login to register a new account and then log in to ScrapeStorm.
2. Create a task
(1) Copy the URL of CareerBuilder
Click here to learn more about how to enter the URL correctly.
(2) Create a new smart mode task
You can create a new scraping task directly on the software, or you can create a task by importing rules.
Click here to learn how to import and export scraping rules.
3. Configure the scraping rules
(1) Set the fields
Intelligent mode automatically recognizes the fields on the page. You can right-click the field to rename the name, add or delete fields, modify data, and so on.
Click here to learn how to how to configure the extracted field.
Add or remove fields as needed, and rename the fields. The results of the field settings are as follows:
(2) Manually set the page
Some web pages have special buttons on the next page, and the system may not recognize them. In this case, you need to manually set the page to “Select Page Button”, then click the symbol for next page.
Click here to learn how to manually select the page.
(3) Use the “Scrape into” feature to scrape the detail page data
There is only partial data on the list page, you can use the “scrape into” function to enter the detail page to scrape the data.
Click here to learn how to extract the list page plus the detail page.
On the details page we add the required fields: Posted Time, Job Snapshot
4. Set up and start the scraping task
(1) Running and Anti-block settings
Click “Setting”, set waiting time based on web page open speed. You can check “Block Images” and “Block Ads”. The anti-block settings follow the system default settings. Then click “Save”.
Click here to learn more about how to configure the scraping task.
P.S. “Block Images” will reduce the load time and speed up the scraping process. And this operation does not affect the scraping and downloading of images.
(2) Start scraping data
Premium Plan and above users can use “Scheduled job” and “Sync to Database”. If you want to download images, you can check “Download images while running”. Then click “Start”.
Click here to learn about scheduled job.
Click here to learn about sync to database.
Click here to learn about download images.
(3) Wait a moment, you will see the data being scraped.
5. Export and view the data
(1) Click “Export” to download your data.
(2) Choose the format to export according to your needs.
Click here to learn more about how to view the extraction results and clear the extracted data.
Click here to learn more about how to export the result of extraction.
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