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AI Recruitment Platform

A verified, subscription-based recruitment platform connecting Indian educational institutions with academic professionals, using AI to score and rank every application.

Overview

What it is, who uses it, why it exists

A dedicated academic recruitment platform for educational institutions across India, connecting them with verified teaching and non-teaching professionals through one hiring ecosystem.

Institution Coordinators and HR review applicants through a Kanban pipeline; academic job seekers build one verified profile and apply across institutions; an internal admin team verifies every institution before launch.

Institutions relied on newspaper ads and generic job boards with no way to verify legitimacy, while HR sifted through profiles with no intelligent ranking. Onboarding is deliberately manual so every institution is verified.

Platform Overview

Who the platform serves, end to end

Institutions & ApplicantsVerified two-sided marketplace
Recruitment PlatformPostings, applications, messaging, subscriptions
AI Matching & Hiring PipelineRanked applicants, Kanban-managed pipeline
User Journey

The full lifecycle, start to finish

Register
Verify Email
Complete ProfileGated to 100% before applying
Search & Apply
AI Scoring & Ranking
Track Application Status
Respond to Offer
Platform Modules

Every module the platform is built from

Hover a module to see what it's responsible for.

Institution Onboarding

Admin-controlled account creation, never self-serve.

  • Interest form intake
  • Admin-created institution accounts
  • Approved email domain enforcement
  • Coordinator invite flow

Job Postings & Custom Forms

HR builds postings and posting-specific application questions.

  • Eligibility filters (education, experience, PhD, NET/SET)
  • Custom question builder per posting
  • Draft / Active / Closed / Filled states

Application Pipeline

A Kanban board that moves each applicant through the hiring process.

  • Applied → Under Review → Shortlisted → Interview → Offer
  • Drag-and-drop stage changes
  • AI match score on every applicant card

Messaging

Institution-initiated conversation scoped to one application.

  • Institution-initiated only
  • Per-application conversation thread
  • File attachments and read receipts

Admin Panel

The internal control surface for the platform's own team.

  • Institution verification & moderation
  • Applicant and posting moderation
  • Subscription & payment oversight
  • Full audit trail
Feature Deep Dive

How the major features actually work

Feature 01

AI Application Scoring & Ranking

Every application is scored asynchronously against the posting's eligibility criteria, producing a 0–100 score HR can sort by — and override at any time.

Ranked shortlistNever blocks applyingAdvisory, not a gate
Feature 02

Resume Parsing & Profile Pre-fill

An uploaded resume is parsed by the LLM into structured fields, which the applicant reviews and confirms before saving.

Faster profile setupApplicant stays in control
Feature 03

Manual Institution Verification

Institutions never self-register — an interest form, internal verification, and admin-created account come first, only then a Coordinator invite.

Every institution is verifiedOne account per institution
System Architecture

From client to database, end to end

Select a node to see its purpose, technologies, and responsibilities.

Purpose

Responsive web application for institutions and applicants.

Technologies
  • Not specified in PRD — responsive, mobile-first web app
Responsibilities
  • Job search and application flow
  • Institution dashboard and Kanban pipeline
AI Architecture

How a request moves through the AI layer

No retrieval-augmented generation — matching runs through plain database queries, with the LLM only scoring what's already returned, behind a provider-agnostic wrapper.

Resume / Profile Data
Database QueryPlain SQL filtering — no vector search or embeddings
LLM RequestGroq-hosted Llama 3.3 70B via OpenAI-compatible SDK
Structured JSON OutputScore, breakdown, strengths, gaps
Async Cron PersistenceApplication.aiMatchScore
HR Ranked ViewAdvisory only — HR can override
Data Flow

How information moves through the system

Applicant Uploads Resume
LLM Parses Resume Text
Structured JSON Returned
Profile Fields Pre-filled
Applicant Reviews & Confirms
Profile Saved
Engineering Decisions

Problem, decision, reason

Problem

Letting institutions self-register risks impersonation — anyone could claim to be a college's HR department.

Decision

Institutions never self-register — every account goes through interest form, verification, then a Coordinator invite.

Reason

Ensures every institution is verified and has a direct relationship with the platform's own team.

Problem

A personal email address gives no guarantee the person actually works at the institution they claim to.

Decision

Coordinator and HR accounts must use the institution's own approved email domain; personal domains are blocklisted.

Reason

Closes the most obvious spoofing vector without a manual review step per account.

Problem

Pricing and application limits change over time, and redeploying code for every change is slow and risky.

Decision

Subscription plans are entirely database-driven, with a platform-wide kill switch for limit checks.

Reason

Lets admins reconfigure pricing instantly without a code deploy.

Technology Stack

Organized by category, with a reason for each choice

Platform
Frontend frameworkNot specified in PRD.
Backend frameworkNot specified in PRD.
Authentication
JWTSession tokens with secure cookie management.
bcryptPassword hashing for all accounts.
Database
PostgreSQLInstitutions, applicants, postings, applications.
Artificial Intelligence
Groq APILlama 3.3 70B for scoring and parsing.
OpenAI-compatible SDKProvider-agnostic wrapper.
Payments & Notifications
RazorpayApplicant subscription billing.
Email (TBD)Resend, SendGrid, or Nodemailer.
Engineering Highlights

What makes this build hold up

Manual-Verified Marketplace

No institution reaches the platform without admin-confirmed verification.

Domain-Enforced Accounts

Every institution-side account is locked to its approved email domain.

Database-Driven Pricing

Subscription plans and a kill switch live in the database, not code.

Advisory AI Ranking

AI match scores order the list — HR always keeps override authority.

Roadmap

Current, next, and future vision

Current

Web Launch (India)

  • Institution onboarding and verification live
  • AI scoring, ranking, and resume parsing
  • Applicant subscriptions via Razorpay
Next

Phase 2

  • Native mobile application
  • Video interview integration
  • Advanced hiring analytics for institutions
Future Vision

Platform Expansion

  • Proactive applicant outreach (headhunting)
  • Internship portal
  • Full placement management system
  • Faculty networking
  • Multi-language support

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