Career Crush

Tired of endless job hunting? Click ✔ on your Career Crush! Filter, and match your way to your dream job and get your resume noticed by recruiters. It's like Bumble but for your tech career.

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Inspiration

Our inspiration stems from the desire to revolutionize the conventional job search experience. Having gone through the job hunt process ourselves, we know the difficulty of landing an interview or getting noticed by a recruiter. Drawing parallels from popular dating apps like Tinder and Bumble, we envisioned a dynamic and engaging solution to connect job seekers and employers seamlessly.

What it does

Career Crush is a groundbreaking job search web app allowing job seekers and employers to express interest or explore further by finding their perfect match. It streamlines the job search process, making it interactive, efficient, and enjoyable for both candidates and employers. Here, the job seeker can look at job openings and express interest and if the recruiter hiring for that role takes an interest in the candidate, then it’s a match!

How we built it

Built on the MERN stack, our web application leverages Node.js and Express for the backend, seamlessly integrating MongoDB to store and retrieve information on job seekers and employers. API calls are employed for authentication and to fetch and save user profiles and matches. On the front end, we utilized React.js to create reusable independent components, enhancing both performance and the overall aesthetic. Our project features two flows:

Job-seeker Flow: Users can register, upload resumes, and effortlessly send them to companies of interest with a single click. Users will see all the relevant jobs in the market which are fetched using the Cracked Devs' APIs. Users can choose to apply filters to the jobs based on job type, degree required, tech stack, etc.

Employer Flow: Employers can create an account and add their company name, once logged in, click and choose the candidate, and it's a match! The job seeker will be notified about the match and can be contacted for future communication.

Challenges we ran into

Integrating the frontend with the backend was quite a challenging part of the project as it required a good amount of testing to ensure accuracy and functionality. Another challenge was working in three different time zones, but it really made the process more enjoyable!

Accomplishments that we're proud of

This was our first time working together team as well as working with the MERN stack. The experience was phenomenal and the team synergy helped us to build the MVP and complete a major chunk of the project that we envisioned at the beginning of the hackathon.

What we learned

Our journey with the MERN stack provided invaluable insights, acquainting us with new technologies and frameworks. We understood the significance of frequent code and API testing, guaranteeing precision in our results. Apart from this, We had group calls to discuss bugs and errors and got to know a few different debugging techniques from each other.

What's next for Career Crush

Looking ahead, we plan to further enhance Career Crush by deploying it and incorporating algorithms to understand user preferences and interests and based on that show the job posting. Our vision includes establishing Career Crush as the go-to platform for a revolutionary and personalized job search experience.

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