Targeted backfill for niche job boards
The jobs your niche audience 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.
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.
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.
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
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 20 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.
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.
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.