XML Job Feed for Job Boards and Aggregators
An XML job feed publishes your open jobs from your careers website in the formats Indeed and LinkedIn read, plus a standard feed. It updates roughly every hour, and it is included from the Happydance Essential plan.
By the Happydance team. Updated November 2026.
A job feed is how your jobs reach other places. If your careers website is the home of your jobs, the feed is the front door for job boards and aggregators, and it works without anyone retyping a thing.
A structured file of your open jobs that job boards and aggregators collect, so your vacancies appear there and send candidates back to apply.
The Happydance plans page lists an XML job feed for job boards and aggregators in the Essential plan, so it is part of every plan. Compare the plans.
Why an XML job feed matters
- Your jobs can appear on boards and aggregators without anyone retyping them
- The jobs stay in step with the jobs in your ATS and on your careers website
- Candidates who find a job elsewhere can still land on your careers website
- Your team manages one source of jobs, not many
What to know about the feed
Indeed and LinkedIn formats, and a standard feed
Happydance publishes your jobs in the formats Indeed and LinkedIn read, and in a standard feed.
Roughly hourly
The feed updates roughly every hour, so closed jobs leave and new jobs arrive without a manual step.
Only what your ATS holds
A job shows only the detail your ATS holds, so complete records in the ATS make better jobs in the feed.
Job boards collect the jobs from the feed. We do not push them out, which means each board decides when to read the feed and what to do with it. If a board seems slow to update, check the board first.
How the feed gets your jobs
- 1. Your ATSRecruiters keep creating and closing jobs in your ATS, as they do today.
- 2. Your careers websiteJobs reach your careers website roughly every hour, showing the detail your ATS holds.
- 3. The feedThe same jobs are published in the Indeed and LinkedIn formats and in a standard feed.
- 4. The boardsJob boards collect the jobs from the feed and send candidates back to apply.
How it fits with your ATS
Your ATS remains the system of record, and the feed carries only what the ATS holds. So the fastest way to improve your feed is to improve your ATS records. See partners and ATS integrations.
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A job feed carries your jobs to places where candidates first meet you. An old, unclear or wrong job there is a small broken promise. Keep your ATS records complete and honest, and every place that collects them inherits the benefit.
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A quick truth test for this page:
- Is each job title the one a candidate would search for?
- Does a closed job leave promptly?
- Does the detail match what you say on your careers website?
Job feed field checklist
Job feed field checklist
A job in the feed shows only what your ATS holds, so check each of these in your ATS first.
1. A unique ID for every job
It must not change when the job is edited.
2. Title
A clear job title, without codes or internal jargon.
3. Location
A consistent format, with a country for every job.
4. Description
Complete and formatted text.
5. Apply address
A working address that leads to the right apply route.
6. Date posted and closing date
So closed jobs leave promptly when the feed next updates, roughly every hour.
7. Who collects the feed
Record each board that collects from you. Boards collect the jobs, and nothing is pushed out.
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Questions to ask any supplier about a job feed
- Is a job feed included, or an extra?
- Which formats does it publish in, and is there a standard feed?
- How often does it update?
- Do boards collect from the feed, or does the supplier push to them?
- Does the feed keep the apply link on my careers website?
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What is an XML job feed?
A structured file of your open jobs that job boards and aggregators collect, so your vacancies appear there.
Does Happydance include an XML job feed?
Yes. The plans page lists an XML job feed for job boards and aggregators in the Essential plan.
Which formats does the feed use?
Happydance publishes your jobs in the formats Indeed and LinkedIn read, and in a standard feed.
How often does the feed update?
Roughly every hour.
Does Happydance push jobs to job boards?
No. Job boards collect the jobs from the feed.
What detail does a job in the feed show?
Only the detail your ATS holds.
Does the job feed replace my ATS?
No. Your ATS stays your system of record, and your jobs reach your careers website from it.
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