diff --git a/backend/apis/nodejs/src/utils/validators/organization_validator.js b/backend/apis/nodejs/src/utils/validators/organization_validator.js
index 4afe80c..d38cddf 100644
--- a/backend/apis/nodejs/src/utils/validators/organization_validator.js
+++ b/backend/apis/nodejs/src/utils/validators/organization_validator.js
@@ -23,8 +23,8 @@ const createOrganizationValidator = [
     check('location').trim().escape().isLength({
         max: 256
     }),
-    check('description').trim().escape(),
-    check('is_hiring').isBoolean()
+    check('description').optional().trim().escape(),
+    check('isHiring').optional().isBoolean()
 ];
 
 const updateOrganizationValidator = [
@@ -34,8 +34,8 @@ const updateOrganizationValidator = [
     check('location').trim().escape().isLength({
         max: 256
     }),
-    check('description').trim().escape(),
-    check('is_hiring').optional().isBoolean()
+    check('description').optional().trim().escape(),
+    check('isHiring').optional().isBoolean()
 ];
 
 const deleteOrGetOrganizationValidator = [
diff --git a/backend/sql/1-create_tables.sql b/backend/sql/1-create_tables.sql
index 85ef5c4..b66bdec 100644
--- a/backend/sql/1-create_tables.sql
+++ b/backend/sql/1-create_tables.sql
@@ -31,7 +31,8 @@ CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS "Organization" (
   id SERIAL PRIMARY KEY, 
   name CHARACTER VARYING(128) NOT NULL, 
   location CHARACTER VARYING, 
-  description TEXT
+  description TEXT,
+  is_hiring BOOLEAN
 );
 
 -- Table: OrganizationAdministrator