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Tracking your clients’ vacancies: four ways compared
Searching by hand, job alerts, a national vacancy database or a tool like Nice Hunt. What each one does well, where it stops, and what suits your agency.
In short
For a few clients, searching by hand or a job alert is enough. If you want national labour market data, a vacancy database such as Jobdigger or Textkernel’s Jobfeed is a good fit. If you want to know when your own clients are hiring, assessed against your own job titles and per account manager, and also find new clients in your region, that is what Nice Hunt is made for.
The options
Four ways, each with its own strengths
Free, but time-consuming
By hand
You see exactly what is posted. But with 100 clients and three sources, that is 300 checks per round, and in busy weeks it gets left undone.
Good fit for: an agency with a handful of regular clients.
Free, but limited
Job alerts
An email when Indeed, LinkedIn or Google has new results. Per source and per search, usually without careers pages, and based on keywords rather than your field.
Good fit for: a few clients or a single search.
Subscription
Vacancy database
Providers such as Jobdigger and Textkernel’s Jobfeed collect online vacancies from across the Netherlands. Intermediaries use them for purposes including lead lists and labour market analysis.
Good fit for: agencies that need national market data and analysis.
Subscription + usage
Nice Hunt
Starts with your client list, tracks each client’s careers page, Indeed and LinkedIn, assesses against your own job titles and finds new clients in your region.
Good fit for: agencies with dozens to hundreds of clients that want to be the first to know when a client is hiring.
Side by side
The differences at a glance
| Feature | By hand | Job alerts | Vacancy database | Nice Hunt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Starting point | Your own list of websites | One search per source | All online vacancies in the Netherlands | Your client list, plus market scans in your region |
| Your clients’ careers pages | Yes, if you visit them yourself | Usually not | Yes, collected nationally | Yes, on or off per client |
| Indeed and LinkedIn | Yes, visited separately | Yes, separately per source | Varies by provider | Yes |
| Assessment against your job titles | Your own judgement | By keyword | Via occupation classifications and filters | AI on your own list, with the reason |
| Overview per account manager | Keep track yourself | No | Varies by provider | Yes |
| Finding new clients | Difficult | Limited | Yes | Yes, by job title, postcode and radius |
| Labour market analysis | No | No | Yes, often a core feature | No, that is not what Nice Hunt is for |
| Alert when a source stops working | No | No | Not applicable | Yes, on the dashboard |
| Own branding and web address | Not applicable | No | Varies by provider | Yes |
| Costs | Your team’s time | Free | Subscription, varies by provider | Subscription plus usage, with a monthly cap |
For other providers, we go by their own public descriptions (October 2026). Capabilities vary by provider and package. Spotted something that isn’t right? Email [email protected].
Where Nice Hunt is different
It starts with your clients, not with every vacancy in the Netherlands.
A vacancy database is strong when you want an overview of the whole market or run analyses. If you mainly want to know what is happening at your own clients, you start there with every vacancy and filter back. Nice Hunt turns that around: it specifically tracks the companies that matter to your agency.
- Each client’s careers page, Indeed and LinkedIn, on your schedule
- AI assessment against your own job titles, with the reason
- Find new clients with market scans in your own region
- In your agency’s branding, set up and managed by Nicebyte from Weert, the Netherlands
In all fairness
What Nice Hunt does not do
National labour market analysis. A vacancy database is better for that, and the two work well together: the database for analysis, Nice Hunt for your account managers’ day-to-day work.
Questions
Frequently asked questions
Question not listed? Email [email protected] or call +31 495 234 100.
What is the best software for tracking your clients’ vacancies?
That depends on what you want to use it for. If you are a recruitment agency, staffing agency or secondment firm and want to know when your own clients are hiring, assessed against your own job titles and per account manager, Nice Hunt is made for that. If you want national labour market data and analysis, a vacancy database such as Jobdigger or Jobfeed is a better fit. For a handful of clients, job alerts will do.
Which tools are there for tracking your clients’ vacancies?
Broadly, there are three kinds: free job alerts from Indeed, LinkedIn or Google; national vacancy databases such as Jobdigger and Textkernel’s Jobfeed, which collect vacancies from across the Netherlands; and job vacancy monitoring tools such as Nice Hunt, which start with your own client list and track each client’s careers page, Indeed and LinkedIn.
What are the alternatives to Jobdigger or Jobfeed?
That depends on what you use them for. If you mainly want to know when your own clients are hiring, and find companies in your region with vacancies in your field, Nice Hunt is an alternative that starts with your client list, assesses against your own job titles and runs in your agency’s branding. For national labour market analysis, a vacancy database is more suitable. Read more about Nice Hunt as an alternative to Jobdigger or Jobfeed.
Is Nice Hunt a vacancy database?
No. Nice Hunt does not collect every vacancy in the Netherlands, but specifically tracks the companies that matter to your agency: your clients and, through market scans, the companies in your region looking for roles in your field.
Can you use Nice Hunt alongside a vacancy database?
Yes. Some agencies use a database for market analysis and Nice Hunt for their account managers’ day-to-day work: knowing what is happening at their own clients and following up those vacancies.
Can you track clients’ vacancies with Google Alerts?
To some extent. Google Alerts emails you about new search results, but it misses many vacancies, does not specifically look at careers pages and does not assess whether something falls within your field. It can work for a handful of clients, but not for a client base of dozens of companies.
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More about Nice Hunt
What is job vacancy monitoring?
Why timing matters, where your clients’ vacancies are posted and what to look for in a tool.
Read moreFinding new clients
Business development with hiring signals in your own region and field.
Read moreWhat does Nice Hunt cost?
A fixed subscription plus usage, with a monthly cap agreed in advance.
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