Community Platform for Job Seekers or Web application for job seekers to Add, view delete job applications and upload multiple resumes. - Case study

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Case Study
Community Platform for Job Seekers

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This application was built with the intention to collaborate all the Job applications and its details,
pertaining to a specific user, under a single platform. It is a community site that allows sharing
and comparing information among various users. It can also be called as a repository for Job
seekers. Following are some of the important features that are included in this web application:
• Allows saving information from a variety of sites—automatically and manually—through toolbar
implementation or APIs.
• Allows adding/viewing/editing job applications and its complete details.
• Allows uploading of multiple resumes, cover letter, and other document. Systematically divided
sections for user convenience:
o Common documents
o Application specific documents
• Shows Interview ratings, status, and various responses received.
• Designing of a task section allows user to enter the following for each job:
o Desired “task”
o Desired “goal”
• Allows detailed analysis from specialists of the entire information entered such as:
o Shows comparison between details entered by users and his/her peers
o Deficiencies in the Resume
o Area of Improvement
o Suggestions to improve information
o Reason for no response from companies and much more
• Extensive research that shows Top companies, popular job titles, top countries, etc.
• Security was Vital throughout the project.
• Efficient searching and sorting methods.
• Copies RSS Feeds and redirects URL.
Client Requirement

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Technologies Used
PHP (Server-side
Language)
Most appropriately suited to create dynamic web pages. Enables fast
extraction of data out of a database for presenting it on the web page.
JavaScript and
AJAX (Client-side
Language)
(Client-side Language) Cross browser support & faster loading time with
light web pages that require no plug-in downloads.
Scalable JavaScript based controls to provide flexibility and enhance
user experience and involvement.
MySQL Engine A versatile low maintenance database management system which acts
as a cross-platform compatible database component of the LAMP
platform.
Linux A sturdy platform with open source code for extensive customization and
with powerful multitasking abilities.
Apache Web
Server
Server Ideal for serving static as well as dynamic content on the web in a
safe and secure manner.
Supports a variety of features while offering extendable core
functionality
Symfony Framework Symfony provides architecture, components and tools for developers to
build complex web applications faster. Choosing symfony allows
releasing applications earlier, host and scaling them without problem,
and maintaining them over time with no surprise.
Web services Certain web services were used to incorporate toolbar and APIs
Project Challenges
Team faced the following challenges:
• Implementing certain web services like toolbar came as a challenge during the
project. Development of a toolbar that captures entire user data and accessed URLs
and automatically feeds all the information in the fields and saves it directly to
application played a vital role.
• Grabbing, accessing, and saving data from other sites using APIs.
• Continuous comparing of information among peers was also of a significant concern.

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Manpower
Planning
Symfony framework was adapted to release, host and scale the application without problem, and
maintain them over time. The design approach was built around PHP, AJAX and My SQL due to their
performance, security, scalability and the nature of the website. In addition to this, development
structure was built to adapt to market transition. In order to most effectively access the database in an
object-oriented context, an interface translating the object logic to the relational logic was used to
communicate with the relational databases in an object-oriented manner.
Flexible architecture ensured extensibility of the components or features. Database specific layer
initiated database communication and retrieval of complex data from multiple tables was facilitated
through stored procedures and everywhere else conditional syntax was implemented to ensure
seamless performance of the website.
Images, applications and data were called from their respective servers keeping the UI layer free of
any business logic and scalability was guaranteed by implementing sub-domains for various areas of
the website.
Project Leader 1
Developers 2
Designers 1
Quality Assurance Testers 1

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Architecture
N-tier architecture was adopted to efficiently meet the needs of the enormous website. Following
are the layers involved which are loosely coupled with each other:
• User Interface Layer: This will include the page level layer which will be accessing the other
layers beneath to present the data.
• Business Specific Layer: This acts as a bridge between the User Interface layer and database
layer. This will contain all the business logic for the different components involved in the project.
• Database Specific Layer: This acts as a bridge between the physical database and the business
logic accessing the data.
• Physical Database Layer: This includes My SQL with the tables, views and stored procedures etc.
Development Highlights
Privacy and security is ensured through greater accuracy in handling various user validations,
user status, and user statistics. Comprehensive search & browse options are offered within
optimized query features. The entire framework was kept highly scalable in order to provide
adaptability & ease while incorporating new features. Web usability guidelines were strictly
adhered to during the development and the interface was easily navigable through the judicious
use of CSS and HTML controls. Search Engine Optimization activities were regularly resorted to
with a view to ensuring high visibility for the site over the internet. The site was developed and
fully functional within a span of 4 months.