The Ladders

Ladders (TheLadders.com) is a New York City based online job-search service founded in 2003 by Marc Cenedella that specializes in vetted executive and professional roles paying $100,000 or more per year. The subscription platform pairs a curated $100K+ job board with recruiter access, resume review and rewrite tools, AI-powered resume and LinkedIn optimization, and a daily career-news and advice product (Ladders News). It runs a consumer-facing web application with free Basic and paid Premium memberships and, as of this profile, publishes no public developer API, OpenAPI, or partner integration program.

The Ladders is profiled on the APIs.io network. Tagged areas include Company, Consumer, Jobs, Careers, and Recruiting.

The Ladders’ developer surface includes engineering blog, pricing, support, and 4 more developer resources.

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14.4/100 minimal ▬ flat Agent 0/100 human only Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-07-27 · rubric v0.5
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CompanyConsumerJobsCareersRecruitingJob SearchExecutive JobsEmploymentHR Tech

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scored 2026-07-27 · rubric v0.5
Composite quality — 14.4/100 · minimal
Contract Quality 0.0 / 25
Developer Ergonomics 1.3 / 20
Commercial Clarity 6.3 / 20
Operational Transparency 0.0 / 13
Governance 0.0 / 12
Discoverability 6.8 / 10
Agent readiness — 0/100 · human only
Machine-Readable Contract 0 / 18
Agentic Access Contract 0 / 15
MCP Server 0 / 12
Machine-Readable Auth 0 / 10
Idempotency 0 / 9
Stable Error Semantics 0 / 8
Request/Response Examples 0 / 7
Rate-Limit Signaling 0 / 7
Typed Event Surface 0 / 6
Agent Skills 0 / 5
Well-Known Catalog 0 / 4
Consent & Bot Identity 0 / 3
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Security Posture 1

Authentication, domain security, vulnerability disclosure, and trust-center signals.

The Ladders Domain Security

TLSv1.2 · DMARC

SECURITY

Resources

Access & Security 1

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

DomainSecurity
DomainSecurity

Operate 1

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

Support
Support

Commercial 3

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

Pricing
Pricing
 TermsOfService
TermsOfService
 PrivacyPolicy
PrivacyPolicy

Company 2

The organization behind the API

Website
Website
 Blog
Blog

Source (apis.yml)

apis.yml Raw ↑ 
aid: the-ladders
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name: The Ladders
description: Ladders (TheLadders.com) is a New York City based online job-search service founded in 2003 by Marc Cenedella
  that specializes in vetted executive and professional roles paying $100,000 or more per year. The subscription platform
  pairs a curated $100K+ job board with recruiter access, resume review and rewrite tools, AI-powered resume and LinkedIn
  optimization, and a daily career-news and advice product (Ladders News). It runs a consumer-facing web application with
  free Basic and paid Premium memberships and, as of this profile, publishes no public developer API, OpenAPI, or partner
  integration program.
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tags:
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- Consumer
- Jobs
- Careers
- Recruiting
- Job Search
- Executive Jobs
- Employment
- HR Tech
apis: []
maintainers:
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- FN: APIs.json
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- type: Blog
  url: https://www.theladders.com/career-advice
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- type: Pricing
  url: https://www.theladders.com/upgrade
- type: Support
  url: https://support.theladders.com/
  name: Ladders Help Center
- type: TermsOfService
  url: https://www.theladders.com/corporate/terms
- type: PrivacyPolicy
  url: https://www.theladders.com/theladders-privacy
- type: DomainSecurity
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