Open AccessDevelopment and Implementation of Location-Based Mobile Job Portal for Blue-Collar Jobs in Nigeria
Author(s) -
Alex Aligbe,
N. G. Ikechukwu,
Obinna Okoyeigbo,
A. Uyi,
Ayobami Olajube,
A. U. Adoghe
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
iop conference series. materials science and engineering
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1757-899X
pISSN - 1757-8981
DOI - 10.1088/1757-899x/1107/1/012098
Subject(s) - collar , blue collar , business , unemployment , unavailability , android (operating system) , service (business) , computer science , labour economics , operations management , marketing , economics , finance , economic growth , engineering , operating system , reliability engineering
Due to the unavailability of white-collar jobs and a steady rise in the unemployment rate in Nigeria, it has caused many Nigerians to stop their search for white-collar jobs and pick up blue-collar jobs alternative source of income. However, due to high capital demands to open workspace and a general lack of business advertisement, most blue-collar businesses start-up never make it out of the infant stage. Location-based service (LBS) was aimed at solving the above problem. And the implementation of an android E-commerce mobile application that helps blue-collar artisans find job opportunities within their locality. This paper describes the architecture of location-based service and design and develops a mobile app to mitigate the issue stated above.