Career Catalyst

Career Catalyst is a web application designed to help users track and manage their job applications seamlessly. It provides a user-friendly interface for organizing job opportunities and monitoring their progress through various stages of the application process.

Technologies Used

• Backend: Django, REST APIs
• Frontend: React.js
• Database: AWS RDS
• Other: NLP

Key Features

1. User Authentication:

   • Users can create accounts, log in, and log out.
   • Secure authentication system to protect user data.

2. Job Tracking:

   • Users can add and track job applications through different stages (e.g., Watchlist, Applied, Online Assessment, Interview, Accepted, Rejected).
   • Job details include role, company name, location, stipend, job type, job link, and referral information.

3. Job Opportunities:

   • All user-added jobs are displayed in the Job Opportunities section.
   • Each job is unique to the user and includes a report button.

4. Reporting System:

   • Users can report irrelevant or inappropriate job opportunities.
   • A job opportunity is deleted from the Job Opportunities section after receiving a certain number of reports.

Getting Started

Clone the repository:

git clone https://github.com/haard04/careercatalyst

Install Dependencies:

For Backend

1. Create a .env File:

• Create a .env file in the backend directory.

• Add the following configuration to the .env file:

  # .env
  NAME=your_database_name
  USER=your_database_user
  PASSWORD=your_database_password
  HOST=your_database_host

Replace your_database_name, your_database_user, your_database_password, and your_database_host with your actual database credentials.

2. Install Python Dependencies:

   • Navigate to the backend directory.

     cd backend

   • Install the required Python packages using the requirements.txt file.

     pip install -r requirements.txt

   For Frontend

   cd frontend
   npm install

Configure Database:

• Set up your database credentials in the Django settings.

• Migrate the database.

  cd backend
  python manage.py makemigrations
  python manage.py migrate

Run the Application:

Start the Django development server.

  cd backend
  python manage.py runserver

Start the React.js development server.

   cd frontend
   npm start

5. Access the Application:

   Open your browser and navigate to http://localhost:3000 to access the Career Catalyst application.