SEEK Job Ad Scraper — Turn Job Ads Into Clients
Kolvera monitors public SEEK job ads and turns them into a business development pipeline: which Australian companies are hiring, what roles, and since when — matched to verified ABN-registered companies with decision-maker contacts. Built for recruitment agencies, not data engineers. Plans from A$119/mo.
What you get from every job ad
Every SEEK job ad Kolvera captures is parsed, deduplicated, and matched into a structured record you can act on the same day.
| Field | What Kolvera extracts |
|---|---|
| Company | Matched to the ABN-registered entity behind the ad — not the raw advertiser text. |
| Role + seniority | Job title, normalised role family, and seniority level for fast desk mapping. |
| Location | City, state, and suburb — so you can filter ads to the patch you actually work. |
| Salary band | Advertised salary range, captured whenever the ad publishes one. |
| Posting date + days live | When the ad went up and how long it has been running — long-lived ads signal a struggling search. |
| Hiring signals | Posting velocity and repeat ads per company, surfacing who is hiring hardest right now. |
DIY scraping vs Kolvera
You can build and babysit your own scraping scripts — plenty of recruiters have tried. Here is the honest comparison.
| Aspect | DIY scraper tools | Kolvera |
|---|---|---|
| Setup | Build and maintain scripts, schedulers, and parsers yourself. | Sign in. Scraping runs are configured in the app in minutes. |
| Deduplication | Manual — the same ad lands in your spreadsheet again every run. | Automatic weekly dedup across runs and across job boards. |
| Company matching | Raw advertiser text — "Acme Pty Ltd", "ACME", and "Acme Group" stay three rows. | ABN/ASIC-verified entities, so every ad attaches to one real company. |
| Contacts | None — a job ad gives you a company name and nothing to call. | Verified emails and AU phone numbers for decision-makers at the hiring company. |
| Maintenance | Breaks whenever the site changes; you fix it on your weekend. | Managed — Kolvera maintains the pipeline so your data keeps flowing. |
| Output | A CSV you re-import and re-clean every week. | A live BD pipeline with CRM sync, campaigns, and enrichment built in. |
How recruitment agencies use it
Map a new desk in a week
Starting a new vertical or territory? Scrape every live SEEK ad in the niche and you have the full universe of hiring companies — with contacts — before your first BD call.
Monitor competitor job ads
Flag rival agencies' advertised roles with Kolvera's competitor flag, then watch which clients they are working and which searches keep relisting — those are your openings.
Time BD to hiring surges
Posting velocity shows when a company suddenly lists three roles in a fortnight. That is the moment they are stretched — and the moment your call lands best.
Frequently asked questions
Is scraping SEEK job ads legal?
Kolvera aggregates publicly visible job-ad information for market intelligence, respects volume limits, and removes duplicates. Users are responsible for compliance with their own agreements and applicable law.
How fresh is the data?
Scrapes run on your schedule — typically daily or weekly. Each job ad records its posting date and days live, so you can see exactly how fresh every hiring signal is and act while the role is still open.
Does it cover Indeed and LinkedIn too?
Yes. Kolvera also scrapes Indeed and LinkedIn job ads, plus Reed for UK roles. All sources feed the same deduplicated pipeline, so the same company advertising across multiple boards appears once with every ad attached.
What does it cost?
Included in every plan from A$119/mo (Pro, annual) with 6,000 scrapes — no separate scraping fees.