Spider/Scraper Option
If you have larger numbers of jobs to post, but prefer not to setup a bulkpost file or provide us with an RSS/XML feed, we may be able to spider your site and import jobs to your HERC account. Not all sites are suitable for spidering, so we will need to evaluate your site to determine if this is a viable option for you. Please email support@hercjobs.org the URL of the page(s) to be spidered for evaluation. Once set up, your HERC jobs will be updated every night to reflect the jobs on your institution’s website.
Cost*: $1,000 setup fee per spider. Any adjustments/fixes to broken spiders: $600 per spider.
Pros: No staff time or resources are required to setup or maintain your spider; however, we may need assistance from you if changes are made to your website that impact the functionality of the spider.
Cons: Sometimes in the spidering process, full job descriptions and information can be lost, so it’s possible your jobs may lose some content. In addition, because we will only have access to the fields you use on your site, your jobs may not map to all of HERC’s search options. That means your jobs could show up in fewer search results, job alerts, and dual career searches than those jobs posted by other methods.
*Costs are passed through from our job board provider, Boxwood Technology, Inc.