HerRiseOn

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  Home

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  Scholarships

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  Jobs

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  Filter Scholarships

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  Filter Jobs

Inspiration

HerRiseOn is inspired by the United Nations Sustainable Development Goal Number 5: Gender Equality. I noticed that many jobs and scholarships were not designed for underrepresented women, I noticed that finding reliable and relevant opportunities for work was time-consuming, and I wanted to solve that by creating a single space that brings these opportunities together.

What it does

HerRiseOn is a clean, minimalistic and easy to use app that displays scholarships and job opportunities for women. You can filter by field, such as STEM or business, and salary ranges. HerRiseOn automatically collects and extracts the data from public sources, to display it in a minimalistic and clean format in order to make looking for opportunities simpler than other sites. It saves time and confusion.

How I built it

HerRiseOn was built using Python for the back-end and and data-collection and Streamlit for the UI. In the back-end there are custom data-collectors that visit trustworthy sites to compile job-listing and scholarships. The collectors also extract important details like the Salary, Deadlines and Location. The front end filters allow for filtering and specification of opportunities through Salary amount and Field or interest. the app automatically updates information upon reload.

Challenges I ran into

One the biggest challenges was to make sure that the data-collectors were ethical and legally-compliant with certain websites terms of service. Another challenge was to ensure opportunities were designed for women, logic had to be implemented to filter the content to separate the mix of general listings

Accomplishments that I'm proud of

I'm proud that HerRiseOn is fast and simple as it works in one click, the user can pick their field and instantaneously see real, up-to-date opportunities with links to apply to them. I am also proud that the entire app was built ion under 48 hours, with a self-made backend that requires no API's. The final product feels simple and useful, which was the goal, making choices easier and less time consuming.

What I learned

I learned how powerful a small, focused tool such as Streamlit can be. Rather than trying to build a massive platform, I focused on finding real opportunities for women, fast. I also learned to use data-collection tools such as Selenium and BeautifulSoup and how to implement them into a minimalistic front end.

What's next for HerRiseOn

I want to expand HerRiseOn by including:

• More Filters
• More Data-Collection Websites
• Email Updates for new opportunities I aim to make HerRiseOn the ultimate, trusted resource that can be used by anyone from scholarships to careers.

Built With

• python