Recruiter company lists from public hiring activity
Build a target-company list that connects hiring activity to the roles and locations you serve. This playbook is for recruiters, staffing firms and employer-brand teams working from public job listings without collecting individual profiles.
Start with public job listings and company names, keeping the role, location and posting context together. A listing provides a reason to research a company, but you still need to confirm that the opportunity is current and relevant before contacting it.
Turn hiring activity into a focused company list
- Choose the roles and locations that match your recruiting, staffing or employer-brand service.
- Review relevant public listings and group them by company while preserving the role, location and posting context.
- Check repeated listings before treating them as separate hiring needs.
- Keep companies where the advertised work gives you a specific, relevant reason to make contact.
What to verify before you contact
- Confirm which company is hiring and whether the listing names the employer or an intermediary.
- Check the employer's own hiring information, where available, to confirm that the role is still advertised.
- Read the role and location carefully enough to explain how your service relates to the advertised need.
- Use a public company contact route and keep your research to company and role data.
Where this breaks
- An old or repeated listing can make hiring activity appear more current or extensive than you have verified.
- An unnamed employer or unclear company match can prevent you from identifying a suitable target.
- A public vacancy does not establish that the company wants an external recruiting or staffing service.
- Set aside listings whose employer, role or current status you cannot confirm.
Questions
Should I collect personal profiles to build the list?
Keep this workflow to company and role data. Use the public hiring context to assess relevance without collecting individual profiles.
Do several listings mean several vacancies?
Do not assume each listing represents a separate vacancy. Check whether listings describe the same role and preserve any uncertainty in your assessment.
What if the employer is not named?
Set the listing aside unless you can verify the hiring company from public company information. Avoid assigning it to a company based on a guess.
How should I use the list in outreach?
Refer to the verified role and location, then explain how your service relates to that hiring need. Ask whether external support is relevant without assuming the listing signals an intention to buy.
Lists to start from
Run this
LinkedIn Jobs Scraper with Salary & Company Enrichment. $0.99 per 1,000 + $0.10/GB start, plus Apify platform usage.
- Open LinkedIn Jobs Scraper with Salary & Company Enrichment on the Apify Store and sign in or create a free account.
- In Search keywords, enter your search.
- Set Maximum jobs to the number of rows you want.
- Start it, then download the results as CSV or Excel from the run's Output tab.