Get your jobs published on Jora with an XML feed

Why should you get your job ads on Jora?

We are #1 job search website in Australia by number of ads and #3 by traffic and have a large volume of job ads and users in many other countries, too.

We operate across 3 platforms: desktop, mobile web and native mobile apps (Jora Jobs on iOS and Android with strong traffic growth).

End-user features include:

• simple and intuitive job search
• email alerts and push notifications on new job ads
• saved searches
• saved jobs
• quick apply

Jora is partnering with main job boards around the world to deliver more opportunities for job seekers.

On the hirers’ side, we offer a free job ads posting facility and have a number of unique job ads in most countries.

Benefits of feed integration on Jora

When your feed is integrated on Jora, you gain a trouble-free traffic source and as a consequence, additional applications from candidates. You keep the ownership of the application process since we redirect users to apply on your site.

While we can also crawl websites to integrate your job ads, an XML or JSON feed offers a much more reliable and faster way of getting your job ads published on Jora.

The best part of it? This integration is FREE.

XML format

Here is the XML standard: https://www.w3schools.com/xml/xml_syntax.asp

The feed must namely respect the following two rules:

• xml document must have a root element (e.g. <jobs>)
• xml elements must be properly nested (e.g. <jobs><job>...</job></jobs>)

Additional rules:

• Zip and gzip files are accepted
• No RSS feeds
• Please include formatting in your job description (see below)

File encoding

We accept XML feeds encoded in Unicode. Please include the encoding of the content data in the XML declaration.

Please note, we are only accepting Html and DecimalCode, not Hex Code.

Job description formatting

To render job description properly, it must be formatted in HTML in the original feed. Your job descriptions should not be a flat block of text or text using newlines but should include HTML formatting tags like the below in their job description:

• div
• ul
• li
• p
• br

You can also use heading tags like strong, h1, h2, etc.

CDATA

Jora accepts XML files both with and without CDATA sections.

If CDATA sections are not used, please make sure that the content of the XML tags is properly escaped.

Left angle brackets and ampersands may not occur in their literal form and must be escaped using < and &.

XML structure

This section describes the structure of a job advertisement XML file.

The root element is <jobs> and each ad should be enclosed in a <job> tag.

NB: Don’t duplicate the tags within the same job, e.g. don’t repeat <URL> twice.

Example

See an example XML Schema for job feeds here.

The overall structure of the XML file is as follows:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?>
  <jobs>
    <job>
      ...
    </job>
    <job>
      ...
    </job>
  </jobs>
  ...

Here is an example of an XML file structure:

<source>
  <publisher>samplejobs.com</publisher>
  <lastBuildDate>2018-12-04 00:00:00 UTC</lastBuildDate>
  <job>
    <title>
      <![CDATA[ Baristas - Monday to Friday.]]>
    </title>
    <id>
      <![CDATA[ 2550886 ]]>
    </id>
    <listed_date>
      <![CDATA[ Mon, 4 Sep 2018 01:33:48 EDT ]]>
    </listed_date>
    <closing_date>
      <![CDATA[ 10/12/2018 ]]>
    </closing_date>
    <organisation>
      <![CDATA[ Heaven Coffee Roasters ]]>
    </organisation>
    <location>
      <![CDATA[ Docklands, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia ]]>
    </location>
    <city>
      <![CDATA[ Melbourne ]]>
    </city>
    <state>
      <![CDATA[ Victoria ]]>
    </state>
    <postcode>3000</postcode>
    <country>
      <![CDATA[ Australia ]]>
    </country>
    <description>
      <![CDATA[
        <b>About our company:</b> We are the longest established coffee
        roasters in the Melbourne CBD. <br><br><b>About you:</b> We pride
        ourselves on our dedicated team of highly trained coffee experts.<b>The
        job:</b> As one of three baristas working our state-of-the-art coffee
        machines you will be the life and soul of Dukes and get to know the
        hundreds of regulars who have been with us for many years. You will
        have at least two years experience, a passion for coffee, a flair to
        upsell the right food items and thrive in a fast-paced
        environment<br><br><b>How to apply:</b>Click on the link to send us a
        cover letter and a brief CV.
      ]]>
    </description>
    <salary>
      <type>hourly</type>
      <min>18.50</min>
      <max>24.00</max>
      <currency>AUD</currency>
      <additionalText>Award rates</additionalText>
    </salary>
    <jobtype>
      <![CDATA[ Full Time ]]>
    </jobtype>
    <url>
      <![CDATA[ https://www.samplejobs.com/jobs/2550886-baristas.html ]]>
    </url>
  </job>
  <job>
    ...
  </job>
</source>

Please refer to the following table for full feed specifications:

<salary>
  <type>
  One of: hourly/daily/weekly/monthly/yearly</type>
  <min>100000</min>
  <max>200000</max>
  <currency>AUD</currency>
  <additionalText>any commission information</additionalText>
</salary>

XML Feed Hosting

You will have to cater for the feed hosting. Jora can work with any of the following hosting solutions:

• S3 (Amazon)
• HTTP

If you already integrate with a ATS who hosts your jobs, please get in touch to discuss further. We no longer support FTP hosting.

Feed content requirements

There are some criteria that advertised jobs must meet in order to be published on Jora:

• A clear location for the work;
• A clear job title and description which describes the true nature of the work;
• Clear working hours (one only of: full-time, part-time, casual, temporary);
• A clear closing date for the job;
• It is clear who the employer is;
• The advertisement is a true position paid working for an employer and not a franchise opportunity, training or certification scheme, business opportunity, marketing scheme or self-employment of contractors. We do not accept ‘work from home’ / ‘self employment’ model sites advertising the opportunity to join their database rather than actual jobs.
• The jobs included in your feed should be unique, posted directly on your platform, not copied from another source and not redirecting to a third party website.

Tracking parameters

Jora provides UTM tracking parameters. Please get in touch if you have specific requirements.

Feed update frequency and removal of expired ads

Jora can crawl your feed and add new ads at a set frequency between every 2 hours and every 24 hours, depending on the number of job ads and how often they get updated on your side.

We remove expired jobs from Jora live sites after they are removed from your feed. Please note they must be actually removed from the feed, not marked as ‘filled’ or ‘deleted’.

We can also remove the ads based on expiry date if it is provided.

If there is no expiry date provided, we expire the ads 60 days after they were posted.

We don’t publish permanently open positions as we wish to make sure jobseekers using Jora sites have access to genuine and up-to-date job openings where they have a good chance to actually get a job.

Communication along the way

For technical questions regarding your feed, please contact us.

For any commercial questions, please contact sales@jora.com.

If you plan to update your feed, change your sponsoring strategy or have any questions at all, please get in touch.