Help job seekers reach the hiring manager behind a job posting
Let a career-coaching or job-search platform show members who likely owns each open role and how to reach them directly.
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Uses POST /job_search/, POST /person_role_search/ · Job postings API reference
What it costs: 5 credits per email found. A mobile or email lookup that returns nothing costs 0 credits. Enrichment and search are charged per request: credit pricing.
- Job postings API
- People search
- Work emails
- API
- Embedded in a platform
- HR tech
How the data flows
POST /job_search/ - work email
- kim@samplelabs.example
- name
- Kim Exemplar
- title
- Senior Software Engineer
- mobile
- +1 (416) 555-0186
- company
- Sample Labs
Steps
- Pull matching postings for the member's target titles and locations with
POST /job_search/ - Find the likely hiring manager and team lead at the employer with
POST /person_role_search/(department, seniority,organization_domains) - Fetch
work_emailfrom/person_contacts_lookup/work_emails/ - Draft a short direct note for the member and track replies per application
import json, os, requests BASE = "https://api-v2.forager.ai/api/{account_id}/datastorage" HEADERS = {"X-API-KEY": os.environ["FORAGER_KEY"]} body = json.load(open("request.json")) # request fields: see the API reference # 1. Pull matching postings for the member's target titles and locations # with POST /job_search/ r1 = requests.post(f"{BASE}/job_search/", headers=HEADERS, json=body) # 2. Find the likely hiring manager and team lead at the employer with POST # /person_role_search/ (department, seniority, organization_domains) r2 = requests.post(f"{BASE}/person_role_search/", headers=HEADERS, json=body) # 3. Fetch work_email from /person_contacts_lookup/work_emails/ # 4. Draft a short direct note for the member and track replies per # application
# 1. POST /job_search/ curl -X POST \ https://api-v2.forager.ai/api/{account_id}/datastorage/job_search/ \ -H "X-API-KEY: $FORAGER_KEY" \ -H "Content-Type: application/json" \ -d @request.json # 2. POST /person_role_search/ curl -X POST \ https://api-v2.forager.ai/api/{account_id}/datastorage/person_role_search/ \ -H "X-API-KEY: $FORAGER_KEY" \ -H "Content-Type: application/json" \ -d @request.json
Run it yourself: Job postings API reference
- Free API key
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Inputs and outputs
| Inputs | Outputs |
|---|---|
| target titles | job posting |
| locations | hiring manager |
| saved postings | work_email |
Questions about this recipe
How can I find the hiring manager for a job I'm applying to?
Pull matching postings for the member's target titles and locations with POST /job_search/. Find the likely hiring manager and team lead at the employer with POST /person_role_search/ (department, seniority, organization_domains).
What does it cost to help job seekers reach the hiring manager behind a job posting?
Job postings API: 2 credits per request, charged whether or not data comes back. People search: people search 1 credit per request and people search: role details 1 credit per request, charged whether or not data comes back. Work emails: 5 credits per work email found, and a work email lookup that finds nothing costs 0 credits. Growth's 8,250 monthly credits cover 1,650 emails or 8,250 search requests, or a mix. Self-serve plans are Starter, Growth, Pro and Scale. See plans and prices
What do I need to run this recipe, and what comes back?
You send locations, saved postings and target titles. You get back hiring manager, job posting and work_email, as JSON. You also need a Forager API key, which comes with a free account.
Is there an API that links job postings to the people hiring for them?
This recipe uses Forager Job postings API, People search and Work emails. Job postings API: Search live and historical job postings by company, title and location to spot hiring signals. Let a career-coaching or job-search platform show members who likely owns each open role and how to reach them directly.
Can I test the job postings API for free?
Yes. Create a free account at app.forager.ai: it comes with $5 in free credits and an API key, and there is no credit card to sign up. Run it on records you already know, or book a demo and send us a list: we run it and show you what we find.
When should I run this workflow?
When a member saves a job posting or asks the coach which roles to pursue this week. Coached job seekers get conversations with decision makers instead of waiting in applicant queues.
Which Forager products does this recipe use?
Job postings API, people search and work emails. Job postings API: search live and historical job postings by company, title and location to spot hiring signals. People search: find the people who hold a role at target companies, filtered by title, seniority, department and location.
How do you check data quality?
The test that counts is your own: send a list of profiles you care about. We run it and show you what we find, number by number, so you can measure hit rate and connect rate yourself.
How do I find the hiring manager for a job posting?
Pull matching postings for the member's target titles and locations with POST /job_search/. Find the likely hiring manager and team lead at the employer with POST /person_role_search/ (department, seniority, organization_domains).
Which tools can run this workflow?
Native in Clay and Zapier, partner-built in Deepline and Cargo and called through the API from your own code, Make and n8n. Or call the endpoints in the steps above from your own code with one API key.
How many steps is this workflow?
4 steps: pull matching postings for the member's target titles and locations with POST /job_search/, find the likely hiring manager and team lead at the employer with POST /person_role_search/ (department, seniority, organization_domains), fetch work_email from /person_contacts_lookup/work_emails/ and draft a short direct note for the member and track replies per application.
Do I need a subscription?
Not to test: a free account comes with $5 in credits. To keep using Forager, choose a monthly or yearly plan. Monthly plans cancel anytime and unused credits roll over; yearly plans grant all credits upfront and cost 10% less. Larger volumes are agreed with our team.
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- $5 free credits
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