SMS-CV is a simple system that allows users to email their CVs to prospective employer's by sending a simple SMS from even the most basic cell phones.
The user has to one time register at the website with his - cell phone no., name, email id, cover letter and upload his CV. He can later easily edit the information or upload a new CV by logging into the site. In order to send a CV, he SMSes the email id of the employer to SMS-CV. SMS-CV then sends an email to the specified receiver with the senders email id as that of the user, attaching the cover letter and the CV.
Why?
India has 42 million internet connections in contrast to the 460 million cell phone subscribers out of which 300 million cell phone users are from the urban areas. Of these 300 million, 250 million users have low-end basic phones. Today, to apply for any job, one has to email a CV to the prospective employer. For the net-deprived in the urban areas, accessing internet costs Rs.20 per hour in cyber cafes plus many a times it takes at least an hour of total traveling time.
SMS CV allows users to email CVs to prospective employers from any low-end cell phone at the cost of a single SMS and without the hassle of traveling.
To save time and money of these millions of people was the driving motivation behind the project.
How?
The front end is a PHP web form which collects the data plus the file and stores it in the database at the server. Once the user sends an SMS, the employer's email id is sourced from the message, the user's email id and CV are identified from the cell no. that the SMS has originated. The back end Java application which interacts with the SMS gateway as well as the database, then sends an email to the employer with the sender's email id as that of the user, with the CV and the cover letter attached.
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The service is free of cost.
//SMS-CV: Empowering careers for the net-deprived
What?
SMS-CV is a simple system that allows users to email their CVs to prospective employer's by sending a simple SMS from even the most basic cell phones.
The user has to one time register at the website with his - cell phone no., name, email id, cover letter and upload his CV. He can later easily edit the information or upload a new CV by logging into the site. In order to send a CV, he SMSes the email id of the employer to SMS-CV. SMS-CV then sends an email to the specified receiver with the senders email id as that of the user, attaching the cover letter and the CV.
Why?
India has 42 million internet connections in contrast to the 460 million cell phone subscribers out of which 300 million cell phone users are from the urban areas. Of these 300 million, 250 million users have low-end basic phones. Today, to apply for any job, one has to email a CV to the prospective employer. For the net-deprived in the urban areas, accessing internet costs Rs.20 per hour in cyber cafes plus many a times it takes at least an hour of total traveling time.
SMS CV allows users to email CVs to prospective employers from any low-end cell phone at the cost of a single SMS and without the hassle of traveling.
To save time and money of these millions of people was the driving motivation behind the project.
How?
The front end is a PHP web form which collects the data plus the file and stores it in the database at the server. Once the user sends an SMS, the employer's email id is sourced from the message, the user's email id and CV are identified from the cell no. that the SMS has originated. The back end Java application which interacts with the SMS gateway as well as the database, then sends an email to the employer with the sender's email id as that of the user, with the CV and the cover letter attached.
