Jobs · head-to-head
Jobs2Careers vs USAJOBS
Jobs2Careers (J2C) is a cost-per-click job-ad aggregator: its search.php endpoint returns matching listings from thousands of employer feeds for publishers to display and earn a click-through share on. A live probe confirmed the gateway now serves over HTTPS and still requires the documented API-key parameters.
USAJOBS is the official job board for the U.S. federal government, and its Search API returns current vacancy announcements plus dozens of reference code lists (agencies, pay plans, hiring paths). Every request needs a free registered email/API-key pair sent as custom headers, confirmed live by a genuine 401 challenge that also carried a wildcard CORS header.
| Jobs2Careers | USAJOBS | |
|---|---|---|
| Authentication | API Key | API Key |
| Pricing | free | free |
| Formats | JSON | JSON |
| CORS | no | yes |
| HTTPS | Yes | Yes |
USAJOBS supports CORS, while Jobs2Careers doesn't — pick USAJOBS for direct browser calls.