gistfile1.rb

<li class="job <%= compact.state %>">
       <a href="<%= compact %>">
               <div>
                       <strong>Description</strong>
                       <span><%= compact.description %></span>
               </div>
               
               <div>
                       <strong>Quantity</strong>
                       <span><%= compact.quantity %></span>
               </div>
               
               <div>
                       <strong>Quantity</strong>
                       <span><%= compact.created_at.utc.strftime("%d %b %Y") %></span>
               </div>
               
               <div>
                       <strong>Quantity</strong>
                       <span><%= number_to_currency(compact.quoted_price, unit: '€') %></span>
               </div>
       </a>
</li>

You can do

 <a href="<%= job_path(compact) %> ">
    <!-- loads of stuff -->
</a>

Or if you want to take advantage of the Rails link_to helper

<%= link_to job_path(compact) do %>
    <!-- loads of stuff -->
<% end %>