CareerArcade - Job Portal

CareerArcade is a full-stack job portal application designed to connect job seekers with employers. It supports role-based functionality for Job Seekers, Employers, and Admins, offering essential features like user registration, job postings, job applications, and more.

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🛠️ Tech Stack

Backend

• ASP.NET Core Web API
• Entity Framework Core
• SQL Server
• JWT Authentication

Frontend

• React.js
• React Router
• Context API
• Axios
• react-data-table-component

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📂 Project Structure

Backend (/CareerArcade.API)

• Controllers/ – API endpoints
• Models/ – Entity models
• DTOs/ – Data Transfer Objects
• Data/ – DbContext and database config
• Repositories/ – Data access layer
• Services/ – Business logic
• Helpers/ – JWT generation, role handling
• Program.cs / Startup.cs – App configuration

Frontend (/careerarcade-frontend)

• src/pages/ – Pages by role: Jobseeker, Employer, Admin
• src/components/ – Reusable components
• src/context/ – Auth context with role handling
• src/routes/ – Protected routes by role
• src/services/ – API calls
• src/App.js – Routing setup

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✅ Features

Authentication & Authorization

• Register/Login for all roles (Job Seeker, Employer, Admin)
• JWT-based authentication
• Role-based protected routes

Job Seeker

• View job listings
• Search and sort jobs
• Apply for jobs
• View applied jobs

Employer

• Post new jobs
• Manage posted jobs
• View applicants for jobs

Admin

• View all users
• Manage job postings and users
• Moderate content

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⚙️ Setup Instructions

Backend Setup

1. Navigate to the backend directory:

   cd CareerArcade.API

2. Restore NuGet packages:

   dotnet restore

3. Update the connection string in appsettings.json:

   "ConnectionStrings": {
     "DefaultConnection": "Server=.;Database=CareerArcadeDb;Trusted_Connection=True;"
   }

4. Run the application:

   dotnet run

Frontend Setup

1. Navigate to the frontend directory:

   cd careerarcade-frontend

2. Install dependencies:

   npm install

3. Start the development server:

   npm start

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🔐 Role-Based Routing

• Auth token stored in localStorage
• Roles extracted from JWT and stored in Context
• Routes rendered conditionally based on roles
• Separate dashboard pages per user type

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📦 API Endpoints (Examples)

Auth

• POST /api/auth/register
• POST /api/auth/login

Jobs

• GET /api/jobs – List jobs
• POST /api/jobs – Create job (Employer only)
• GET /api/jobs/{id} – Job details

Applications

• POST /api/apply – Apply to a job
• GET /api/applications – List user's applications

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📸 Screenshots

Admin Dashboard

Employer Dashboard

Jobseeker

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✍️ Authors

• 👨‍💻 Shreyansh Srivastava – Full Stack Developer
• 📫 Contact: sheryanshsri1807@gmail.com

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📄 License

This project is licensed under the MIT License.

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🚀 Future Enhancements

• Resume upload and parsing
• Chat between employer and applicant
• Job alerts and email notifications
• Admin analytics dashboard