vijaybhadade/JOB_PORTAL_PROJECT ? reverse-engineered prompt

Build me a full job portal web app for candidates and employers.

I want people to be able to sign up, log in, create a profile, and search for jobs. Employers should be able to post jobs, edit them, see applications, and manage who applied. Candidates should be able to browse listings, filter by role or location, save jobs, and apply for them. Please make it feel like a real modern app with a clean simple UI and smooth navigation.

Use a MERN stack setup and organize it so the backend and frontend are both easy to understand and run. Include the main pages, basic authentication, and the most important CRUD features for jobs and applications. If you need to, look up current docs online for anything that has changed.

Please make the project runnable end to end, with clear setup steps, sample data if helpful, and sensible error handling so it feels like a finished major project rather than a demo.