Jobify: Your next hire is here

Hack Reactor Blue Ocean Project

Table of Contents

• Overview
• Setup tasks
• Contributors
• Tech Stack
• App Features
• Challenges
• Ticketing System
• Future Considerations

Overview

Jobify is an open-source job search portal for employers/job seekers of all industries and backgrounds. Project timeline was one week, from 10/16/21 to 10/22/21.

Setup tasks

• run npm install in this directory to install the dependencies.
• run npm run start:react and npm start in separate terminals to build with parcel and start the express server.
• use the authkey.example.js file to create your own authkey.js and add Firebase headers.
• navigate to cloud.google.com, create an account and create new credentials for an auth file. Store this file on the top level of the project (same level as package.json).

Contributors

• Alex Roberson
• Andy Chen
• Daniel Politis
• Gabrielle Guo
• Pritam Sarker
• Richard Cui
• William Lee
• Yingchen Bai

Tech Stack

• React
• React Router
• Material UI
• Axios
• Fetch
• Parcel
• Express
• Node.js
• PostgreSQL
• Amazon RDS
• Firebase

App Features

For public users:

• Search and apply for jobs
• Read public blog posts

For job seekers:

• Search and apply for jobs
• View personal calendar & create daily tasks
• Upload & view a list of documents
• Create personal notes
• Create personal blog posts, read public blog posts
• Chat with other registered job seekers & employers

For employers:

• Create job listings
• View personal calendar & create daily tasks
• View submitted applications
• Create personal blog posts, read public blog posts
• Chat with other registered job seekers & employers

Challenges

Technical

• PostgreSQL document storage changed formatting of files, had to switch to Google Cloud Storage using Node module.
• Tracking user state throughout the web app using global context without reverting to the initial state.

Unexpected

• Differentiating user roles (job seekers vs employers) within PostgreSQL database, while staying in sync with Firebase.

Ticketing System

• Trello

Future Considerations

• Deploy on AWS/EC2 instance or any web server
• Make website mobile responsive with material UI
• Make an animated landing page and style fonts and color scheme
• Increase test coverage!