Project Overview Created a Python script to automate the scraping of job listings from various job boards, collating information such as job titles, descriptions, company names, and application links.

Technical Challenges

• Diverse Data Formats: Navigating different layouts and data structures across various job boards.

• Robustness and Reliability: Ensuring the scraper is resilient against changes in website layouts and intermittent network issues.

Solutions Implemented

• Adaptive Scraping Logic: Utilized advanced parsing techniques with BeautifulSoup to handle varying HTML structures.

• Scheduled Scraping: Set up automated scraping sessions using cron jobs to regularly update the job listings database.

Project Outcome The script efficiently aggregates job opportunities into a single database, providing job seekers with streamlined access to new postings, significantly simplifying their search process.

Technologies Used

• Languages: Python

• Libraries: Requests, BeautifulSoup, APScheduler