How to search a company's Greenhouse job board

The fastest way to search a company's open roles is to open its own Greenhouse job board, not a job aggregator. Greenhouse boards list what the company is publishing right now. Aggregators can miss roles, lag behind or keep stale copies. For recruiters sizing an account, the company's board is the source of truth.

This guide shows how to find a Greenhouse board URL, how to search and filter it, what to note on each posting, and how the same habit works on Lever, Ashby and SmartRecruiters. Workday is not covered by DorkJobs. For a worked sample of public-board output, see the sample recruiter report.

Find the Greenhouse board URL

Greenhouse-hosted boards use a company token at the end of a fixed host. Greenhouse's own support article, Job board URL for Greenhouse-hosted job board, describes the hosted board URL as:

https://boards.greenhouse.io/{job_board_token}

Greenhouse's Harvest API docs for List job boards state that live boards serve public traffic at:

https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/{url_token}

In practice both matter:

  • Current public host: job-boards.greenhouse.io/{company}
  • Older host: boards.greenhouse.io/{company} redirects to the job-boards host (verified with a live redirect check for a public board)

The token is often close to the company name, but not always. Some companies use a short brand slug. Some forward the Greenhouse board on to a careers page on their own domain.

The Apply-click method

  1. Open the company's careers page.
  2. Click into any role, then click Apply.
  3. Read the address bar.

If you land on job-boards.greenhouse.io/... or boards.greenhouse.io/..., you found Greenhouse. Trim the URL back to the company root so you see the full board, not one posting.

Direct guess and search

If you already know the slug, open https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/{slug} directly. If that 404s, try the older boards.greenhouse.io form and follow the redirect. A site-limited web search for the company name on either host also works when the careers page hides the ATS behind a custom domain.

Search and filter the board

Once you are on the board root, treat it like a small database.

  • Search box. Many Greenhouse boards let you type a title keyword (for example "security", "account executive" or "plant manager"). Start broad, then narrow.
  • Department or team filters. Use them when the company filled them in. Not every board exposes clean department filters.
  • Location and remote. Filter when you care about a metro or remote-only roles. Remote labels change how you plan outreach.
  • Read the whole list. Do not stop at the first page of results if the board paginates.

You are looking for a hiring pattern, not one lucky title.

What to look for on each posting

Posted or updated dates. Some boards show when a role went up or was last touched. Many do not. Where a date appears, use it as a hint. An edit can refresh a date without creating a new opening.

Teams and departments. A cluster of new roles on one team often means a build-out. Roles spread across engineering, sales and operations suggest broader hiring.

Job IDs. Greenhouse posting URLs usually end in a numeric ID. If the same title returns under a new ID later, the role may have been reposted. That is worth a question in your outreach notes.

Locations and workplace type. Note onsite, hybrid and remote so you do not pitch the wrong geography.

Closed or missing roles. If a role you saw on an aggregator is gone from the Greenhouse board, trust the board.

Same patterns for Lever, Ashby and SmartRecruiters

The Apply-click habit works on the other boards DorkJobs covers:

  • Lever: jobs.lever.co/{company}
  • Ashby: jobs.ashbyhq.com/{company}
  • SmartRecruiters: careers.smartrecruiters.com/{company} (older jobs.smartrecruiters.com links often redirect)

Open the board root, search, filter by team or location when the UI allows it, and note dates and IDs the same way. Custom career sites can still load one of these systems behind the scenes. The Apply URL usually reveals it.

Workday is not covered

Some companies run Workday, iCIMS or another system. DorkJobs coverage is Greenhouse, Lever, Ashby and SmartRecruiters only. Workday is not covered. Check those boards by hand. The recruiter report shows which of your pasted URLs it can cover before you submit, so you find gaps early.

When a free DorkJobs report helps

Hand-checking works for a few accounts. For a list of target accounts, the afternoon disappears.

The DorkJobs recruiter report is built for that list:

  • Paste one career-site URL per line.
  • See coverage before you submit.
  • Get a current hiring roster plus roles posted in the last 30 days by email, free.

You can glance at a sample report first. It is built from public job boards.

If you want ongoing monitoring, get a weekly brief of new roles posted at your target accounts. Price: $49/month. Most people should start with the sample and the free report.

Related reading for recruiters: how to tell if a company is actually hiring and how to see all open jobs at a company.

FAQ

What is the Greenhouse job board URL for a company?
Live boards serve at job-boards.greenhouse.io/{url_token}. Greenhouse support still documents boards.greenhouse.io/{token} as the hosted board root. Older boards links redirect to the job-boards host.

How do I find a company's Greenhouse board?
Click Apply on the careers page and read the URL, or try a likely slug on job-boards.greenhouse.io.

Which ATS boards does DorkJobs cover?
Greenhouse, Lever, Ashby and SmartRecruiters. Workday is not covered.

What should I look for on a Greenhouse board?
Posted or updated dates where shown, teams, locations, remote flags and job IDs in the posting URLs.

When does a DorkJobs recruiter report help?
When you need roster and last-30-day role signals across many accounts at once. The report is free by email, with coverage checked before you submit.

What does the weekly brief cost?
$49/month for a weekly brief of new roles posted at your target accounts.

Can I see a sample report first?
Yes. Open the sample recruiter report.

Check a board, then check your list

Start with one Greenhouse board by hand so you trust the pattern. When you need the same pass across your target accounts, paste the career-site URLs into DorkJobs, preview coverage and get the free report by email. See a free sample first if you want. For ongoing monitoring, the weekly brief is $49/month.

See the sample report · Check your coverage

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