The problem Compass Careers solves

Compass Careers addresses the challenges of navigating the professional landscape for both students and hiring managers. By providing interactive learning resources, resume tools, and job matching algorithms, it simplifies career exploration for students. Simultaneously, it streamlines the recruitment process for hiring managers through ATS-optimized resumes, personalized outreach tools, and networking opportunities while ensuring privacy and confidentiality. In essence, Compass Careers revolutionizes career exploration and recruitment, making the process more efficient and effective for all parties involved.

Challenges we ran into

Limited availability of free hosting platforms for Flask; resolved through self-hosting solutions.
Initial struggles with LLM accuracy and resume evaluation; addressed by refining training data and adjusting parameters.
Challenges in scraping due to irregular website structures; mitigated with dynamic scraping and flexible parsing techniques.