As the internet has become an integral part of modern life, it has led to a rise in the popularity of online recruitment. An online recruitment system is a web-based platform that allows job seekers to search for job vacancies and apply for them through the internet. This article describes the design and implementation of an online recruitment system based on Java.
System Requirements
The following are the system requirements for our online recruitment system:
- Job seeker registration
- Employer registration
- Job vacancy posting by employers
- Job search by job seekers
- Application submission by job seekers
- Administrator access for managing users and job postings
Design
The system architecture consists of three tiers: presentation, application, and data storage.
Presentation Tier
This tier is responsible for handling user input/output (I/O) operations and providing an interface between the user and the application server. The presentation tier includes two components:
- Web Server: It handles HTTP requests from clients and sends responses back to them.
- User Interface: It provides a graphical user interface (GUI) through which users can interact with the application.
Application Tier
This tier contains all the business logic of the application, including authentication, validation, processing, and storage of data. The application tier includes three components:
- Controller: It receives requests from clients and processes them according to business logic.
- Service Layer: It contains all business logic related to services such as job posting, searching, and applying.
- Data Access Layer: It communicates with the database server to retrieve or store data.
Data Storage Tier
This tier stores all data related to users, jobs posted by employers, applications submitted by job seekers, etc., in a database management system (DBMS). The data storage tier includes one component:
- Database Server: It stores all data in tables using SQL queries.
Implementation
We implemented our online recruitment system using Java technologies such as Spring Framework, Hibernate ORM, and Apache Tomcat web server. We used MySQL as the DBMS for storing data.
The following steps were taken to implement our system:
- Created a database schema to store user, job, and application information.
- Created Java classes corresponding to each table in the database schema using Hibernate ORM.
- Implemented user registration and authentication features using Spring Security.
- Implemented job posting and search features using Spring MVC and Hibernate.
- Implemented application submission feature using Spring MVC and Hibernate.
- Developed a user interface using HTML, CSS, Bootstrap, and JavaScript.
Conclusion
In this article, we presented the design and implementation of an online recruitment system based on Java technologies such as Spring Framework, Hibernate ORM, and Apache Tomcat web server. The system provides a platform for job seekers to search for jobs posted by employers and apply for them online. It also allows employers to post job vacancies and manage applications submitted by job seekers. Our online recruitment system can be extended with additional features such as resume parsing, candidate matching, interview scheduling, etc., to enhance its functionality further.