Hiring proof

A referral ask to a company that isn't hiring wastes one of the day's 25 emails. So a company counts as hiring only when its own careers page or its own job board lists an open role.

How it is checked#

1. The ATS board
   If the company has a Greenhouse, Lever or Ashby board, read its titles from the JSON API.
2. The careers page
   Otherwise try the careers paths on its own domain (/careers, /jobs, …), then homepage links, then a keyless search for the page. Hosted boards like Keka, Darwinbox and Zoho Recruit are recognised.
3. Read the roles
   Board JSON first, then JSON-LD job postings, then — only for literal titles — the cheap model.
4. Match the claim
   If a posting elsewhere claimed a role, check that title against what their own page lists.

Verdicts#

verified

An open role on their own page or board. Goes stale after 30 days and is re-checked.

role_missing

A careers page exists, but no role could be read from it.

not_authorized

Nothing they control backs the claim — e.g. roles appear only on an aggregator like Instahyre or Naukri.

unreachable

Their site couldn’t be read: down, a bot wall, or no website on file.

Relevant open roles found during the check are stored as roles, so hiring proof also feeds the role list and the selection odds.