🗂️ CareerVault

A modern full-stack Resume & Career Profile Management application built with React, Laravel, MySQL & Tailwind CSS.

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CareerVault helps users build, manage, and organize professional resumes and career profiles through a clean, elegant, and intuitive UI.
It combines a React-powered frontend with a secure Laravel REST API, providing structure, speed, and modern usability — perfect for job seekers, professionals, or anyone building a career identity.

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✨ Features

• 🔐 User Authentication & Profiles Secure login and personalized resume management.

• 📝 Resume Builder & Manager Add Experience, Education, Projects, Skills, Certifications — all structured beautifully.

• 🎨 Two Professional Resume Templates CareerVault includes both Classic and Modern CV templates, offering users a choice between a traditional professional layout and a clean, contemporary design. Each template is optimized for ATS compatibility, readability, and clean spacing.

• 📄 Live Preview System Users can switch between templates and instantly see updated resume content in a real-time preview pane.

• ⚙️ Powerful Backend Laravel API with proper validation, routing, and scalable structure.

• 🗄️ Persistent Database Storage Store structured resume fields securely in MySQL using Eloquent ORM.

• 📂 Project Highlights & Achievements Showcase your best work clearly for recruiters.

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🧱 Tech Stack

🖥️ Frontend

• ⚛️ React JS
• 🎨 Tailwind CSS
• 🔗 Axios / Fetch
• 🧭 React Router

🛠 Backend

• 🐘 PHP (Laravel)
• 🗄 MySQL
• 🧩 Eloquent ORM
• 🔒 Authentication (Laravel Auth / Sanctum / JWT)

🧰 Developer Tools

• Git & GitHub
• Composer
• Node.js + npm
• Postman / Thunder Client
• VS Code

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⚙️ Setup & Installation

1️⃣ Clone Repository

git clone https://github.com/DikshitaDas/careervault.git
cd careervault

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2️⃣ Backend Setup (Laravel)

cd backend

composer install

cp .env.example .env

php artisan key:generate

# Configure DB in .env
# DB_DATABASE=careervault

php artisan migrate

php artisan serve

Backend URL:
👉 http://127.0.0.1:8000

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3️⃣ Frontend Setup (React + Vite)

cd ../frontend

npm install
npm run dev

Frontend URL:
👉 http://localhost:5173

Ensure API base URL in frontend .env or config points to your backend.

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🧪 Usage

1. Register or log in
2. Create your career profile
3. Add sections like:
   • Experience
   • Skills
   • Education
   • Projects
   • Certifications
4. Update anytime
5. Preview or export (if enabled)

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🖼️ Screenshots

Dashboard

Resume Builder

Classic Resume Preview

Modern Resume Preview

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🛣️ Roadmap / Future Enhancements

• PDF export feature
• Multiple resume templates
• Dark mode
• Public profile share link
• Job listing or application tracker

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🤝 Contributing

Contributions are welcome!

# Fork → Create Branch → Commit → Push → PR

Steps:

1. Fork the repo
2. Create new branch: feature/amazing-feature
3. Commit: git commit -m "Add amazing feature"
4. Push
5. Open PR

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📜 License

Licensed under MIT — free to use, modify, and distribute with attribution.

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👩‍💻 Author

Dikshita Das
Full Stack Developer — Laravel | React | MERN

📧 Email: dasdikshita929@gmail.com
🐙 GitHub: @DikshitaDas
💼 LinkedIn: @dikshita-das

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