Inspiration
Veteran Reintegration Problems
What it does
Matches Veterans to Jobs with Military benefits based on their duties during their time in service.
How I built it
The web application parses data from various Job Search APIs in order to provide and match the most relevant data to a Veteran's job search query. We identified that veterans have unique needs and concerns when looking for employment, and created forms that allow Veterans to input pertinent data, such as military rank/paygrade. The application translates this data to a more traditional job search query and pulls the jobs that match the query and also provide relevant information for veterans. In doing so, making the job search overall less daunting for veterans.
Challenges I ran into
Multi-platform integration
Accomplishments that I'm proud of
Working on a couple different platforms and pivoting as a team.
What I learned
We learned how to manage different Job Search APIs such as Indeed
What's next for Venefits
- Continue to optimize job placements for users.
- Develop better search results from from all job search APIs (Glassdoor/Indeed/LinkedIn)
- Implementing veterans verification API in login process (verifying DD214 form as proof of service)
- Showing accreditations in results for businesses which employ, recruit, and cater to veterans (HIRE Vets Medallion Program)
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