CutShort New Tech Jobs Alert Monitor

Watch any CutShort (cutshort.io) tech-job search and get alerted the moment a new job is posted. Point this monitor at a skill or role — java, python, devops, data science, frontend, anything on CutShort — put it on a schedule, and each run returns only the jobs newly posted since the last run. Quiet runs return nothing, so you can watch a search every few minutes, all day, and only ever see fresh openings.

Built for automation: drop it into Apify Schedules, n8n, Make or Zapier and turn every new job into an email, a Slack message, a Google Sheet row or a webhook.

Why a monitor instead of a scraper?

A scraper gives you everything every time — and you then have to figure out what's new. This monitor remembers what it saw last time and hands you a clean feed of just the new jobs:

• 🆕 New jobs — the moment a posting matching your search goes live.
• 🗑️ Removed jobs — optional. Jobs that were present before but have now been filled, withdrawn or expired.

Perfect for job seekers who want to apply first, recruiters tracking a market, job boards aggregating fresh roles, and anyone building automated tech-job alerts.

How it works

1. Give it a search — one or more skill keywords like java, python or data science. You can also paste a CutShort jobs URL from your browser.
2. Put it on a schedule (e.g. every 30 minutes) in Apify or your automation tool.
3. First run quietly records the current jobs as a baseline and returns nothing — so a fresh schedule doesn't dump the whole board at you. (Prefer the full list up front? Turn on Emit all jobs on the first run.)
4. Every run after that returns only the jobs posted since the previous run.

Each monitor keeps its own separate memory, so you can run several different searches side by side without them interfering — just give each one a Monitor name.

What you get

One row per newly-posted job:

Example new-job row

{
  "changeType": "new",
  "jobId": "66b1f0a2c9e77a0012ab34cd",
  "title": "Senior Java Developer",
  "company": "Acme Technologies",
  "location": "Bengaluru",
  "remote": "Remote OK",
  "roleType": "full time",
  "experience": "3 - 6 yrs",
  "salary": "INR 20,00,000 - 35,00,000",
  "skills": ["Java", "Spring Boot", "Microservices", "REST API"],
  "url": "https://cutshort.io/job/senior-java-developer-acme-technologies",
  "firstSeenAt": "2026-09-06T12:34:56.000Z",
  "detectedAt": "2026-09-06T12:34:56.000Z"
}

How to use it

1. Add CutShort New Tech Jobs Alert Monitor to your Apify account and open its input.
2. Enter one or more Skill keywords (e.g. java, python, devops).
3. Optionally set a Monitor name so this search keeps its own memory.
4. Save it, then create a Schedule (e.g. every 30 minutes) — or trigger it from n8n, Make or Zapier.
5. Connect the output to email, Slack, a spreadsheet or a webhook and let the new-job alerts come to you.

Input

{
  "queries": ["java", "python"],
  "maxItems": 100,
  "monitorName": "tech-jobs-watch",
  "emitBaselineOnFirstRun": false,
  "detectRemoved": false
}

FAQ

How often should I run it? As often as you like — every 15 or 30 minutes works well. Runs with no new jobs return nothing, so frequent checks stay cheap.

Will the first run flood me with results? No. By default the first run silently records a baseline and returns nothing; you only start getting rows from the second run onward. Turn on Emit all jobs on the first run if you'd rather get the full list up front.

Can I watch several searches at once? Yes. Give each one a different Monitor name and each keeps its own independent memory of what it has seen.

Can I watch several skills? Yes — add several Skill keywords and each is watched as its own search every run.

What export and integration options are there? JSON, CSV, Excel and XML, plus the Apify API, webhooks and native integrations with n8n, Make, Zapier and more.

You pay only for what the run returns. Set a maximum cost per run and it stops cleanly at that limit.