Sources Data - Intro
JobFront maintains a detailed profile for every source — a company or job board we track. Each source carries identifying details, links, branding, and a set of classifications that describe what kind of organization it is.
A source can be a single employer hiring for its own roles, a staffing agency posting on behalf of clients, or a job board that aggregates listings from many companies. The fields below describe the source itself and are available externally.
Identity
Name
The display name of the company or job board
Slug
A URL-friendly version of the name, used in links
Description
A short summary of who the source is and what they do
Links
Website
The source's primary homepage
Careers page
The source's careers / jobs landing page
Job board
The page where the source's open jobs are actually listed — often an applicant tracking system (ATS) such as Greenhouse or Lever
We also expose simple indicators for whether a source has a careers page, a job board, and a logo on file.
Branding
Logo
An image URL for the source's logo / icon
Logo placeholder
A compact BlurHash string used to render a blurred placeholder while the logo image loads
Brand colors
The source's primary brand colors
Classification
Every source is classified along several independent dimensions. Each describes a different aspect of the organization, so a single source carries a value for all of them.
Source type
How the source relates to the jobs it posts.
Corporate
A company posting jobs for its own open roles
Agency
A staffing or recruiting agency posting jobs on behalf of client companies
Aggregator
A platform that collects and re-posts job listings from many different employers
Sector
The sector the organization belongs to.
For-profit
A commercial company that operates to generate profit
Non-profit
A nonprofit, NGO, charity, foundation, or association
Government
A public-sector employer at the federal, state, or local level
Education
A school, college, university, or school district
Ownership
For companies, whether the business is publicly traded or privately held.
Publicly traded
Shares trade on a public stock exchange
Privately held
Privately owned — private, PE/VC-backed, or family-owned
Not applicable
Used for government, non-profit, and education sources, where public/private ownership doesn't apply
Geographic scope
The operating footprint of the organization.
Local
A single city or metro area
Regional
A state, or a multi-state region within one country
National
Operates across most of a single country
Multinational
Operates in more than one country
Company size
A size tier based on employee headcount.
Small business
Fewer than 100 employees
Mid-market
100 to 999 employees
Enterprise
1,000 or more employees
Firmographics
Employee count
The approximate number of people employed by the source
Headquarters
The source's primary location — city, state, and country
Industries
The industries the source operates in
Tags
Descriptive labels attached to the source
Job board platform
The ATS or platform powering the source's job board (e.g. Greenhouse, Lever, Workday)
Job activity
Active jobs
The number of currently open jobs for this source
Most recent posting
When the source last posted a new job
Most recent deactivated job
When the source last deactivated an active job
How it works
Source data comes from a mix of signals: details submitted or confirmed through JobFront, automated discovery of a source's website and job board, and enrichment that fills in firmographic details like employee count and headquarters.
The classification fields — source type, sector, ownership, geographic scope, and company size — are determined automatically by analyzing the source's name, website, description, industries, and a sample of its job postings. Company size is taken directly from the known employee count when available. Each classification carries a confidence level, and classifications are re-evaluated periodically so they stay current as a source changes.
Classifications describe the source itself, not the individual jobs it posts. For an aggregator or a staffing agency that represents many companies, the classification reflects the operator of the board or agency — not its clients.
Not every field is available for every source, coverage depends on public availability of data for that given source. We're always looking for new fields to add to our source data, please contact us if you have any requests.
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