Jobs Site Starter Kit Readme

Jobs Site Starter Kit (JSSK)

Introduction

Jobs Site Starter Kit is a web application that provides a platform for candidates seeking job and the employers to share their needs.

The candidates seeking job (referred as job seekers now onwards) can perform following operations:

Register with the web site.
Post their resume.
Modify their resume.
Search for job postings.
Browse searched job postings.
Add job posting to their favorites list.
Add frequently used searches to their favorites list.

The employers can perform following operations:

Register with the web site.
Enter profile of their company.
Post one or more job postings.
Modify the job postings.
Search the resume database.
Browse searched resumes.
Add resumes to their favorites list.

ASP.NET 3.5 Feature utilization in JSSK

JSSK is developed using ASP.NET 3.5 and uses following features:

Completely based on n-tier architecture
Forms based authentication
User management via Membership providers
Role based security
Profiles
Themes
Master pages
New data source controls - ObjectDataSource
Data bound controls – GridView and DetailsView
Login controls – Login, PasswordRecovery, LoginName and LoginStatus
Web parts for customization
User controls for reusing code and markup
ASP.NET AJAX client script extensions
Calling web services via ASP.NET AJAX
UpdatePanel and UpdateProgress controls
AJAX Control Toolkit

User and Roles

By default there are three roles in the system:

admin
jobseeker
employer

Following are the users and their roles that are already defined in the system for testing purpose.

User ID	Password	Role	Purpose
ravi	pass$word	employer	This user is an employer. Can post job openings and search resumes.
alok	pass$word	jobseeker	This user is a job seeker. Can post resume and search job openings.
admin	pass$word	admin	This is an administrative user. Can add system parameters such as Experience and Educational Levels.

Registering as a Job Seeker

In order to register as a Job Seeker follow these steps:

Start the web site
Select Register option from left hand menu
User registration wizard will appear
Enter registration details such as First Name, Last Name, User ID and so on
On the last step register as Job Seeker

Registering as an Employer

Start the web site
Select Register option from left hand menu
User registration wizard will appear
Enter registration details such as First Name, Last Name, User ID and so on
On the last step register as Employer

Using Navigation Options

Once you sign in to the system as a Job Seeker or Employer, you can access respective options from the navigation menus. You can access only the options belonging to your role (jobseeker or employer)

Job Seeker Options

Post Resumes

This option allows job seekers to post their resumes. One candidate can store only one resume in the database.

Search Jobs

Using Search Jobs option job seekers can search for available job opportunities from the database.

My Favorites

When you search for jobs the results can be stored as your favorites jobs in the database. In addition you can also save the search criteria as your favorite search criteria.

Employer Options

Post Jobs

Using this option employers can post job opportunities in the database. These opportunities can be searched by the job seekers.

Search Resumes

Employers can search available resume database through this option.

Company Profile

Employers can also specify the profile on the company.

My Favorites

When you search for resumes the search results can be saved as your favorites in the database.

Administrative Options

Education Levels

Using this option administrator can add/edit/delete education levels.

Experience Levels

Using this option administrator can add/edit/delete experience levels.

Publishing your Site

When you are ready to share your Web site with others, you can copy it to your Web server. You need to know the File Transfer Protocol (FTP) address of your server, and if required, the user name and password you use.

In the Website menu, click Copy Web Site. The Copy Web Site tool displays the files from your Web site under Source Web Site.
In the Connect to box, click Connect to ....
In the Open Web Site dialog box, click the FTP Sites tab.
Type the FTP address of your server, and if required, the user name and password that your hosting site has provided. The FTP URL usually has a format like this:
```
ftp://ftp.servername/foldername
```
Click Open. The files on the Web server are displayed under Remote Web Site.
Note: If you have trouble connecting to the server, contact the server administrator.
In the Move Files list, click All source files to remote Web site.
Click the Copy Web Site button. The files from your Personal Web Site are copied to the server.