LinkedIn Job Listings Scraper with Human Login

Brief

Workflow Name: LinkedIn Job Listings Scraper with Human Login

Purpose: Automatically extract comprehensive job information from LinkedIn job search results, with manual login verification for account security.

Key Feature: Uses human interaction for LinkedIn login instead of automated credentials to avoid account lockdown and security issues.

Workflow Description

This workflow automates the process of extracting job listings from LinkedIn's job search results page. It's designed to help recruiters, job analysts, and researchers collect structured job data at scale while maintaining account security through manual login.

Target Use Cases

Talent Research: Collect competitive intelligence on job market trends

Salary Analysis: Gather salary range data across different roles and companies

Market Monitoring: Track hiring patterns and job availability by location

Data Analysis: Extract job descriptions and requirements for analysis

Content Creation: Generate job market reports and insights

Node Configuration Details

1. START Node

Parameters:

TargetURL: https://www.linkedin.com/jobs/

keywords: Search job keywords (e.g., "Product Manager", "AI Marketing")

City: Target location (e.g., "New York", "San Francisco")

2. VISIT PAGE Node

URL: TargetURL parameter

Access Mode: Current Tab Access

Purpose: Navigate to LinkedIn jobs search page

Error Handling: Stop Task on failure

3. CONDITION Node (Detect Login)

Question: "Is there a login page?"

True Branch: → Human Interaction (Manual Login)

False Branch: → Input Text (Already logged in, skip login)

Error Handling: Stop Task

4. HUMAN INTERACTION Node

Instruction: "Please log in username and password"

Time Limit: 15 Minutes

Purpose: Manual LinkedIn login with security verification

5. INPUT TEXT Nodes

Input Text_1 (Keywords)

Field Position: first-of-type "title, skill or company" box

Text to Input: ${keywords}

Press Enter: No

Error Handling: Stop Task

Wait_1

Duration: 5 seconds

Purpose: Allow search page to load

Input Text_2 (Location)

Field Position: second-of-type "City, state, or zip code" box

Text to Input: ${City}

Press Enter: No

Error Handling: Stop Task

6. CLICK ELEMENT Node (Search Button)

Description: "Click the first option in the dropdown menu."

Purpose: Trigger job search or confirm location selection

Error Handling: Stop Task

7. LOOP LIST Node

Description:

"Job listings in the left section of the LinkedIn search results page. Each job card represents one job posting to be processed."

Configuration:

Auto-click "Load More" button when present to load more items: ✓ enabled

Max items to focus: Up to 10 (auto-stops if no more new items)

Error Handling: Stop Task

Scope:

Target: All job cards in left panel

Selector: .base-card or equivalent

Auto-stops when: 10 jobs processed OR no more jobs available

8. CLICK ELEMENT ITEM Node

Description: "Click on the job card title or link"

Purpose: Open job detail panel on right side

Scope: Current job from Loop List

Error Handling: Stop Task

9. EXTRACT DATA Node

Capture Range: Full Page

Data Fields:

Extract only from the job detail part of the page, not from job post list.

Extract the following fields:

job_title;

company_name;

location;

salary_range: look for the tag list under job title, you should extract all text from the salary tag, if found;

employment_type: look for the tag list under job title, extract related tags, separated by comma, e.g. Full-time, Part-time, Contract, remote, etc;

posted_date;

number_of_applicants;

about_job_detail: extract all text from the job detail part of the page.

Important Notes:

Extract ONLY from right-side detail panel (after clicking job card)

Do NOT extract from left-side job list panel

If a field is not available, leave it empty

For salary and employment type, extract exact text shown on tags

For job description, capture complete text including all sections

10. FINISH: OUTPUT DATA Node

Output Format: CSV

Output as File: ✓ enabled

Workflow Arrangement & Flow Logic

Phase 1: Initialization (Nodes 1-2)

START

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Set Parameters (TargetURL, keywords, City)

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VISIT LinkedIn Jobs Page

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Check login status

Phase 2: Authentication (Node 3-4)

CONDITION: Is login page shown?

├─ YES → HUMAN INTERACTION (manual login, 15 min timeout)

└─ NO → Skip, already logged in

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Continue to search

Phase 3: Search Setup (Nodes 5-6)

INPUT keywords into search box

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WAIT 5 seconds for page response

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INPUT location into location box

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CLICK search button

Phase 4: Job Extraction Loop (Nodes 7-9)

FOR each job in LOOP LIST (max 10):

├─ CLICK job card in left panel

├─ WAIT for detail panel to load (implicit)

└─ EXTRACT all job information from right panel

Phase 5: Output (Node 10)

COMPILE extracted data

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FORMAT as CSV

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SAVE as file

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END

Security & Compliance

✅ Best Practices:

Use human login to avoid account lockdown

Add delays between requests (5-second waits included)

Extract only displayed information (no hidden data)

Respect LinkedIn's Terms of Service

Use data for legitimate purposes only

⚠️ LinkedIn ToS Compliance:

This workflow extracts publicly visible job posting data

Intended for business intelligence and research purposes

Not for commercial scraping or data reselling

User must have active LinkedIn account

Recommended: Extract during non-peak hours