In the job sector today, one of the biggest problems faced is privacy. The trend now is that job seekers are made to feel desperate and needy. Job seekers now apply for jobs (anywhere) to any email address without the thought of privacy. This is because securing a job definitely leads to making some money and living a bit more comfortable.
Unfortunately, most job sites today require job seekers to upload their CV's (PDF, DOC format) and enter their details before applying for jobs. Under the hood, these so called job sites tend to abuse user information by selling them to other third-party websites. And in some cases, should the site experience a security breach, lots of user information gets exposed.
I did a little survey and found out that most people (especially females) did not feel safe/comfortable with their email addresses and or phone numbers on their CV. This shows just how extreme it gets.
I also did a survey amongst job seekers (5,276). In conclusion, 77.2% of them never got feedback when they applied to jobs (even the ones they qualified for).
My platform, KwickBox has been developed to solve this large issue here. It helps job seekers to apply for jobs using their KwickBox account anonymously (without having to upload any PDF CV or reveal their identities or email address), using their online CV website link.
This method guarantees privacy for job seekers and labor force as a whole.
They'll be able to track when the prospective employers/recruiters view their CV and get accurate audit trail information.
Users can also revoke access to their online CV website easily via the admin dashboard without worrying about privacy breaches.
KwickBox is now on version 1.2. The full blog post which details the changes made is https://kwickbox.quickpublisher.online/blog/cyesserKUeceUcR
My platform, being a bit of a new initiative has been featured on sideprojects.net (https://sideprojects.net/posts/yfZPqWcWGjQE5Wh8G/kwickbox-solve-your-cv-privacy-problems-today) and sideprojectors.com (https://www.sideprojectors.com/project/17490/the-kwickbox-platform).
I am based in South Africa. I have 619 daily active users around the world (still quite small) who use the platform.
The website is https://kwickbox.intuitive-web.co.za/ (yes I'll purchase a custom domain this month lol).
I'm also looking for job sites to join me. I am in the process of developing a REST API where said job site would be able to integrate with and allow KwickBox users apply easy.
This method also helps job sites as now they won't be on the hook for privacy issues or need to store any data about the user, etc.
Please do let me know what you think, comments, questions. You can reply in the comments section or send me a DM or @ via twitter to rotimi_je_suis
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