Feed Information

There are two steps in listing your jobs automatic on Surffe Jobs

1. Write an XML file in UTF-8 and our Feed Format or Other Supported Formats
2. Add your XML file with our Feed Form

We will check your feed daily for new jobs

Feed Format

The UTF-8 XML file starts with a <surffe> tag and ends with a </surffe> tag. In between one or more job elements can be included, each starting with a <job> tag and ending with a </job> tag. Job elements contain the following fields:

Required fields

• id: the unique reference id of the job element, format: numeric, alphabetic, or alphanumeric
• url: the url link to the job on your website, including http://
• date: placement date, format: %a, %d %b %Y %H:%M:%S GMT
• function: the function title of the job, format: text
• description: the description of a job, format: text

Optional fields

• country: country, format: text ( more countries can be specified comma delimited )
• region: region, format text ( more regions can be specified comma delimited )
• location: city, format: text
• postal_code: postal code, format: alphanumeric
• company: company name, format: text
• salary: salary; format: alphanumeric ( example: salary range, extras, ... )
• salary_numeric: salary, format: numeriek ( example: €50.000,- ; commas, points and € will be stripped )
• currency: currency isocode, format: text ( example: USD, GBP, ... )
• hours: working hours, format: numeric
• expertise: the expertise of a job, format: text
• experience: experience in years, format: numeric
• employment: type of employment, format: text ( example: Permanent, Temporary, ... )
• profession: profession category, format: text ( example: Construction, IT, ... )
• education: education level, format: text ( example: Masters, Bachelors, ... )
• career: career level, format: text ( example: Senior, Starter, ... )

Feed Example

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<surffe>
<job>
<id><![CDATA[A201]]></id>
<url><![CDATA[http://www.yourwebsite.com/yourjob/]]></url>
<date><![CDATA[Wed, 21 Apr 2009 03:31:05 GMT]]></date>
<function><![CDATA[Manager]]></function>
<description><![CDATA[Manager with strong people skills...]]></description>
<profession><![CDATA[Finance]]></profession>
<country><![CDATA[United Kingdom]]></country>
<region><![CDATA[Yorkshire and the Humber]]></region>
<location><![CDATA[York]]></location>
<postal_code><![CDATA[PA 17404]]></postal_code>
<company><![CDATA[The Jobs Company]]></company>
<salary><![CDATA[£30.000 - £50.000]]></salary>
<salary_numeric><![CDATA[50000]]></salary_numeric>
<currency><![CDATA[GBP]]></currency>
<hours><![CDATA[40]]></hours>
<expertise><![CDATA[Six Sigma Black Belt]]></expertise>
<experience><![CDATA[8]]></experience>
<employment><![CDATA[Permanent]]></employment>
<education><![CDATA[Masters]]></education>
<career><![CDATA[Senior]]></career>
</job>
<job>
...
</job>
</surffe>

Other Support Formats

Are you already using an XML feed on other sites? We also support feeds of other sites. In that case please select the according format in our Feed Form