Job Feed Specification

Data Fields

The fields that we accept are:

• title
• job-code
• job-board-name
• job-board-url
• detail-url
• apply-url
• posted-date
• modified-date
• close-date
• job-category
• action

• summary
• required-skills
• required-education
• required-experience
• full-time
• part-time
• flex-time
• internship
• volunteer
• exempt
• contract
• permanent
• temporary
• telecommute

• salary-range
• salary-amount
• salary-currency

• address
• city
• state
• zip
• country
• area-code

• name
• email
• phone
• fax
• hiring-manager-name
• hiring-manager-email

• name
• description
• industry
• url

1. job company
2. job title
3. job reference id
4. job description (full)
5. job location ( city & state, city & province/territory, or zip)
6. job "apply to" url

If the required fields are missing, the job will be filtered out by our importing program and will not make it to searchjobs.com's listings.

3.1. Standard XML Format

There is no formal DTD specification yet for the standard xml format (used right now by searchjobs.com, simplyhired.com and others), but for now you can reference this simple xml skeleton of the layout for the files. XML data values can come in the following formats:

<tag value="VALUE" />

or

<tag>VALUE</tag>, and special characters can either be escaped or the item can be enclosed in

Below is the skeleton XML format:

<jobs>
   <job>
      <title/>					required
      <job-code/>				required
      <action/>
      <job-board-name/>
      <job-board-url/>
      <detail-url/>
      <apply-url/>				required
      <job-category/>
      <description>				required
         <summary/>
         <required-skills/>
         <required-education/>
         <required-experience/>
         <!-- below are all boolean -->
         <full-time/>
         <part-time/>
         <flex-time/>
         <internship/>
         <volunteer/>
         <exempt/>
         <contract/>
         <permanent/>
         <temporary/>
         <telecommute/>
      </description>
      <compensation>
         <salary-range/>
         <salary-amount/>
         <salary-currency/>
         <benefits/>
      </compensation>
      <posted-date/>				
      <modified-date/>				
      <close-date/>
      <location>
         <address/>
         <city/>				required (city & state, city & province/territory,  or  zip)
         <state/>				required (city & state, city & province/territory,  or  zip)
         <zip/>					required (city & state, city & province/territory,  or  zip)
         <country/>
         <area-code/>
      </location>
      <contact>
         <name/>
         <email/>
         <hiring-manager-name/>
         <hiring-manager-email/>
         <phone/>
         <fax/>
         </contact>
         <company>				required
         <name/>
         <description/>
         <industry/>
         <url/>
      </company>
   </job>
</jobs>

United States and Canada.

All active jobs.  Include United States and Canada in the same feed.

Option 1: The easiest method is to have a URL on your web server where the XML file will sit.
Simply tell us what the URL is and how often it gets updated. We can then automatically pick
up the file ourselves.

Option 2: Drop off your file on the SearchJobs FTP server. We will give you username and
password and address to login and drop off your feed in the appropriate directory.

Option 3: If you have a FTP server, you can supply us with the login and password information
and we will pick up your feed.

For more information, please fill out the form provided and a SearchJobs representative will contact you.