Prodigy - MERN Stack Job Portal

A modern job portal application built with the MERN stack (MongoDB, Express, React, Node.js) where recruiters/companies can post jobs and applicants can search/apply for opportunities. Features dedicated dashboards for both recruiters and applicants.

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✨ Features

Recruiters/Companies:

• Create and manage job postings
• View applications for posted jobs
• Dashboard with analytics and job management
• Company profile customization

Applicants:

• Search/filter job listings
• Apply to jobs with resume/CV
• Track application statuses
• Applicant profile management

General:

• Authentication with Clerk
• Error monitoring with Sentry
• File uploads via Cloudinary
• Responsive UI with Tailwind CSS
• RESTful API with JWT authentication

🛠️ Tech Stack

Frontend:

• React (Vite)
• Tailwind CSS
• React Router
• Axios
• Chart.js (for dashboards)

Backend:

• Express.js
• Mongoose (MongoDB ODM)
• JSON Web Tokens (JWT)
• Bcrypt (password hashing)
• CORS
• Svix (webhooks)

Third-Party Services:

• Clerk (Authentication)
• Sentry (Error Tracking)
• Cloudinary (File Storage)

🚀 Getting Started

Prerequisites

• Node.js (v18+)
• MongoDB Atlas account
• Clerk, Sentry, and Cloudinary accounts

Installation

1. Clone the repository

   git clone https://github.com/yourusername/prodigy-job-portal.git
   cd prodigy-job-portal
   

2. Client

   • cd client

   • npm install

Server

* cd ../server
* npm install

3. Environment Setup

Create .env files in both client/ and server/ directories:

• Server (.env):

  MONGODB_URI=your_mongodb_uri CLERK_SECRET_KEY=your_clerk_secret_key JWT_SECRET=your_jwt_secret CLOUDINARY_CLOUD_NAME=your_cloud_name CLOUDINARY_API_KEY=your_api_key CLOUDINARY_API_SECRET=your_api_secret SENTRY_DSN=your_sentry_dsn CLERK_WEBHOOK_SECRET=your_svix_webhook_secret PORT=5000

• Client (.env):

  VITE_CLERK_PUBLISHABLE_KEY=your_clerk_pub_key VITE_API_BASE_URL=http://localhost:5000/api

Start backend server

• cd server

• npm run dev

Start frontend (in separate terminal)

• cd client

• npm run dev

🚀 Contributions

Contributions are welcome! Please follow these steps:

Fork the repository

• Create your feature branch (git checkout -b feature/AmazingFeature)

• Commit your changes (git commit -m 'Add some AmazingFeature')

• Push to the branch (git push origin feature/AmazingFeature)

• Open a Pull Request.

📄 License Distributed under the MIT License. See LICENSE for more information.