Targeted job board backfill

Targeted backfill for niche job boards

The jobs your niche audience actually wants. Choose which employer career pages to scrape — YubHub delivers structured XML feeds you can import into any job board platform.

What is job board backfill

Backfill is the process of supplementing your job board with listings sourced from external career pages. Instead of relying solely on employers posting directly to your board, you pull jobs in from their own websites and display them alongside organic listings.

Most job boards need backfill. Without it, a new board launches empty — and an empty board attracts neither job seekers nor paying employers. Backfill solves the cold-start problem and keeps your board populated between direct postings.

The question is where those backfill jobs come from — and whether they're relevant to your audience.

The relevance problem

Bulk feed providers sell access to millions of job listings scraped from across the internet. For a niche job board — one focused on a specific industry, location, or role type — most of those listings are irrelevant. You end up filtering out 99% of what you pay for. YubHub takes the opposite approach: you choose the sources, and every job in your feed is one you selected.

Bulk feeds vs targeted scraping

Bulk backfill providers like Techmap and fantastic.jobs sell large generic feeds. YubHub does something different — you choose which employer career pages to scrape.

Bulk feed providers YubHub (targeted)
Job source Aggregated from thousands of employers You choose which employer career pages to scrape
Relevance Low — generic listings across every industry High — only jobs from companies your audience cares about
Volume 50,000+ jobs per feed 50–500 jobs per feed, all relevant
Duplicates Common — same jobs appear on multiple boards None — scraped direct from employer sites
Data quality Varies — minimal enrichment AI-enriched: salary, skills, work arrangement, company info
Niche fit Poor — requires heavy filtering Perfect — you control every feed source
Pricing High — pay for millions of jobs you don't need From £0/mo — pay only for what you use

How YubHub backfill works

Three steps from careers page URL to structured XML feed in your job board.

01

Add a careers page URL

Paste the URL of any employer's careers page. YubHub detects the ATS platform automatically — Greenhouse, Lever, Workday, or any custom site.

02

YubHub scrapes and enriches

Jobs are discovered via ATS APIs or JS-rendered page scraping. Each listing is enriched with AI: salary extraction, skills tagging, work arrangement, company research.

03

Import the XML feed

Your structured XML feed updates on a schedule you set. Import it into jboard, Niceboard, Jobboardly, SmartJobBoard, WordPress, or any platform that accepts XML.

What AI enrichment adds to every job

Salary range
Skills & tags
Work arrangement
Company info

Every job is processed by AI to extract structured fields that most career pages don't provide. Your feed includes data your board can use for filters, search, and display.

Who uses targeted backfill

Niche job boards

Running a board for a specific industry, location, or role type? Pick exactly which employers to include. 50 relevant jobs from the right companies beat 50,000 random listings.

WordPress job sites

Use the YubHub WordPress plugin or any XML importer to display jobs from specific employers on your site. Auto-refreshes daily or weekly.

Recruitment agencies

Monitor client career pages for new openings. Get structured data on every role — salary, skills, location, work arrangement — without manual checking.

Programmatic job ad platforms

Feed structured job data into your ad distribution system. YubHub's enriched XML includes the fields programmatic platforms need: title, location, salary, company, apply URL.

Works with any job board platform

YubHub outputs standard XML. If your platform can import an XML feed, YubHub can supply it.

Scrapes jobs from 11 ATS platforms

YubHub detects the applicant tracking system behind each careers page and uses the best extraction method — native API, sitemap parsing, or full JavaScript rendering.

Greenhouse Lever Workday Workable Pinpoint Oracle HCM SmartRecruiters Ashby Phenom SuccessFactors SmartDreamers + any custom careers page

No schema.org markup required. No structured data needed. If the page has jobs, YubHub can scrape them.

Pricing

Start free. Upgrade when you need more feeds or faster refresh.

Free

£0 /mo

  • 50 jobs/mo
  • 1 feed
  • Weekly refresh
Start for free

Basic

£9.99 /mo

  • 250 jobs/mo
  • 5 feeds
  • Weekly refresh
Start for free
Popular

Publisher

£29.99 /mo

  • 2,500 jobs/mo
  • 15 feeds
  • Daily refresh
Start for free

Pro

£99.99 /mo

  • 7,500 jobs/mo
  • Unlimited
  • Daily refresh
Start for free

Stop paying for jobs your audience will never see

50 relevant jobs from the right employers beat 50,000 random listings. Choose your sources, get a structured feed, and import it into your job board in minutes.