The recent COVID pandemic has disrupted many sectors, especially the educational and industrial sectors. The enormous number of layoffs due to COVID19 and difficulties faced by students due to the closing down of their institutes inspired us to do something about it
Mentr.me brings the two sectors together. With their verified credentials, now the ex-employees can upgrade their skills by mentoring students and in-turn get noticed by recruiters! Students get to work on hands-on projects under these skilled mentors to thrive in a competitive job market.
Mentors earn a small amount as a reward and gain points for helping out students with their projects. Top performers get to have a 1:1 virtual coffee chat with a recruiter.
Students can verify their skills by taking our assessments and earn scratchcards to win tickets to global conferences! Students are also encouraged to help out their peers and gain points to get referrals!
Recruiters get to network with potential candidates with proven skills as demonstrated by their mentorships.
- Students- who are overwhelmed with the plethora of online resources and who needs a helping hand
- Ex employers - who are looking for a platform to showcase their skills and get a chance to land on a job
- Recruiters - who are tired of looking through 1000's of applicants and are unable to find a right candidate for the post
The user first register and logs into the app
In the home screen, the user can see the score board, the list of recent posts and the upcoming meetings
Users, usually students, post about the project idea they need assistance for (or any other issue they want help in) with the proposed reward points.
Other users experienced in the related technologies(professionals) can choose to work on these projects/issues and bid these projects by commenting on why they are a good fit and points required for the task.
Help-seekers can then choose someone from those who responded to their particular issue as their mentor, assign the task to them and work with them on the project/issue they have.
The users can view all their activities ie the issues that they have raised and the issues that they have committed to in the 'activities' section. The status of the issue can either be pending, asssigned or solved
After successful completion of the task, points are rewarded to the mentors by the mentees.
Users can also get their skills verified by taking skill tests and if they perform well, they receive amazing gifts for like event passes, vouchers, Spotify playlists in the form of a scratch card.
Upon reaching a certain level of points in the scoreboard and if the user have atleast 1 verfied skils, they( usually job seekers like laid-off professionals ) can connect with recruiters and request for a meeting with them.
The recruiters first register and logs into the platform
In the home page, the recruiter can see all their upcoming meetings
Recruiters can look into top performing candidate's profile and accept to connect with these potential candidates. And if convinced, they can offer an interview for any of the current job openings in their firm.
The new reality of prolonged quarantine period and lack of socialization with other family members, friends, and managing the fear of contracting the virus and worry about people close to us who are particularly vulnerable, are all challenging for each one of us. A lot of students and ex-employers are stressed and at a verge of depression, More than 50% of those suffering from mental health issues are not seeking treatment, due to social stigma. This present environment in the world has increased stress and anxiety amongst the people.
We also implemented a chatbot to provide assistance and support for our users
1. Students
As students, we often find it difficult to find the resource from the plethora of online content. We find hours surfing through the web, to find a solution for a small issue. It would be a great help for students like us to get a mentor for helping us to develop a project at an affordable price. Since most of our educational institutes are closed, we find it difficult to find someone to help us out
Mentr.me gives students an opportunity to connect to mentors from different parts of the part, at an affordable price. Mentr.me also works as a peer to peer network, that lets students help each other out.
2. Ex employers
A lot of employers have lost their job due to the recent COVID pandemic. They spend hours surfing the web to find the right job and to get an additional source of income. This lockdown also provides them ample time to give back to society by helping the younger mentees out there
Mentr.me provides them with an opportunity to earn an additional income and a chance to help the young developers who are seeking their help. This would also help them sharpen/revise their skills. Also through the platform top-performing candidates, gets an opportunity to land in an interview with a recruiter of their choice
3. Recruiters
Recruiters find to hard to find the right candidates from the plethora of applicants.
Mentr.me provides recruiters the opportunity to connect with our top-performing candidates (who have passed our skill verification test). Thus instead of taking the hazzle of going through 1000s of applicants, the recruiters can go through the handful of potential candidates
- Fork & Clone the repo
git clone https://github.com/[yourname]/Mentr.me.git
- Navigate through the project
cd Mentr.me
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Install all requirements
pip install -r requirements.txt -
Run :
python3 main.py -
Copy the localhost url (usually localhost:5000/) and paste in browser
- User
- Question : Keeps track of all questions raised by a user
- Response : Keeps track of all response (the bidding part) given by a user
- Assigned : Stores the details of all user who are assigned to a particular question
| static
| layout.css
| templates Contains all the html files
| index.html
| register.html
| login.html
.....
| Main.py : Contains all the python code
| db.sqlite3 : The database used is sqlite3
| requirements.txt : contains the list of all dependencies to be installed
| README.md