💼 JobConnect Pro — Enterprise Recruitment Platform

Production-grade job portal built on the MERN stack
Scalable architecture, role-based access, real-time messaging, and AI-assisted job matching.

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🚀 Core Features

• 🔍 Smart Job Matching — Skill-based ranking and filters
• 👥 Role-Based Dashboards — Separate flows for employers and candidates
• 💬 Real-Time Chat — Powered by Socket.io
• 📄 Resume Management — Upload, parse, and match via Cloudinary
• 🔐 Secure Auth — JWT (access + refresh) with middleware protection

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🧩 System Overview

Layer	Stack
Frontend	React 18, Redux, Tailwind CSS
Backend	Node.js, Express.js (MVC pattern)
Database	MongoDB (Mongoose ORM)
Auth	JWT Tokens
Real-Time	Socket.io
Media	Cloudinary

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🏗 Highlights

• Engineered real-time messaging with Socket.io
• Integrated secure resume handling with Cloudinary
• Built modular job-matching engine tested on 50+ sample listings
• Delivered fully containerized, scalable MERN architecture

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📁 Project Structure

jobconnect-pro/
├── client/           # React frontend
│   └── src/
│       ├── components/
│       ├── pages/
│       ├── redux/
│       └── App.js
├── server/           # Express backend
│   ├── controllers/
│   ├── models/
│   ├── routes/
│   ├── middleware/
│   └── server.js
└── README.md

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⚙️ Setup

# Clone repository
git clone https://github.com/AmaedaQ/job-portal.git
cd job-portal

# Install dependencies
cd server && npm install
cd ../client && npm install

🔧 Environment Variables

Create a .env file inside /server:

PORT=5000
MONGO_URI=your_mongodb_uri
JWT_SECRET=your_jwt_secret
CLOUDINARY_CLOUD_NAME=your_cloud_name
CLOUDINARY_API_KEY=your_api_key
CLOUDINARY_API_SECRET=your_api_secret

▶️ Run Application

# Backend
cd server && npm run dev

# Frontend
cd ../client && npm start

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📜 License

MIT © Amaeda Qureshi