A Job Board Platform built with Laravel 12, TailwindCSS, Alpine.js, and AI (OpenAI API).
The system supports multiple user roles, resume uploads, and AI-powered resume analysis, deployed using Laravel Cloud.

• Admin → Manage companies, job categories, job vacancies, and view analytics
• Company Owner → Post job vacancies, review applications, shortlist/reject candidates
• Job Seeker → Create a profile, upload resumes, apply for jobs

• Job seekers can apply for jobs
• Companies can manage applications → Pending / Accepted / Rejected
• Status indicators: 🟡 Pending | 🟢 Accepted | 🔴 Rejected

• Resumes uploaded to Laravel Cloud
• Spatie PDF-to-Text extracts content
• OpenAI API parses skills, evaluates strength, and gives feedback
• Job seekers receive insights on how to improve their resume

• Track active job seekers (last 30 days)
• Job application trends per vacancy
• Most applied job categories
• Company-specific applicant statistics

• UUIDs for IDs (secure + unique across systems)
• Soft deletes with restore for companies & jobs
• Factories, seeders, and migrations for easy testing
• Modern UI with Tailwind + Alpine

• Framework: Laravel 12 (PHP 8.2)
• Frontend: TailwindCSS, Alpine.js
• Database: MariaDB
• AI Integration: OpenAI API (resume parsing & scoring)
• File Uploads: Laravel Cloud (for resume storage)
• Libraries:
  • Spatie PDF-to-Text (extract text from resumes)
  • Laravel Breeze for authentication
  • Eloquent ORM for relationships

• Users → Companies → Job Vacancies → Applications
• Relationships:
  • One user → one company (company owner)
  • One company → many job vacancies
  • One job vacancy → many applications
  • One user → many applications

1. Clone the repo

   git clone https://github.com/itsmutasem/job-board.git
   cd job-board
   

2. Install dependencies

composer install
npm install && npm run dev

3. Set up environment

cp .env.example .env
php artisan key:generate

Configure DB (DB_CONNECTION=mariadb)

Add OpenAI API key (OPENAI_API_KEY=your_api_key)

Configure Laravel Cloud storage

4. Run migrations & seed data

php artisan migrate --seed

5. Start the app

php artisan serve

🧑‍💻 Development Notes

• Uses UUIDs instead of auto-increment IDs

• Implements form requests for validation

• AI integration for resume evaluation

• Optimized with Eloquent queries + relationships

• Soft delete support for companies and vacancies

📈 Roadmap

• Add email notifications for application updates

• Improve AI resume feedback (skills matching with job requirements)

• Export analytics reports as PDF

• Add job seeker profile dashboard

🔗 GitHub Repository: itsmutasem/job-board