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@article{203507,
        author = {Aalok Aage and Aarya Raut and Sarthak Kadam and Tanishka Aher and Jayant Jagtap},
        title = {TalentBridgeX: An AI-Powered Unified Platform for Student Skill Development, Career Readiness, and Opportunity Matchmaking},
        journal = {International Journal of Innovative Research in Technology},
        year = {2026},
        volume = {12},
        number = {12},
        pages = {11473-11478},
        issn = {2349-6002},
        url = {https://ijirt.org/article?manuscript=203507},
        abstract = {With the ever-evolving digital era, learners face challenges of being unable to satisfy industry demands after graduating successfully. One of the primary factors responsible for causing these challenges is the lack of correlation between education received in class and the preparedness to work in the industry. There exist many technological platforms that provide learners with different services like coding practice, internship placements, and courses, but most do not consolidate all these services. Therefore, TalentBridgeX is the suggested platform that would help learners develop their skills through skill evaluation, personalized learning experience, career readiness, and opportunity discovery. Some of the primary problems faced by learners, which the suggested system intends to solve include lack of awareness regarding skills deficiencies, lack of structured learning pathways, inability to acquire internships, lack of personalization in learning, and poor peer networking systems. Technologies employed in the suggested platform include machine learning, recommendation engines, and conversational AI, which allow learners to enjoy customized services like learning pathways, skill evaluation, personalized progress monitoring dashboard, internship opportunities, and peer networking among others. The platform employs up-to-date web-based tools such as React.js and Tailwind CSS on the front-end side, Node.js and Django for back-end tasks, MongoDB Atlas for database management, and Firebase for authentication and real-time messaging. AI system uses different smart technologies to help users learn and improve their skills. First, it checks what skills a person already has and finds the “skill gaps”. TalentBridgeX wants to create a connected platform where students, educational institutions, and industries work together. The main goal is to help students become more employable by giving them the right skills, guidance, and opportunities. It also aims to reduce the difference between what students learn in education and what companies actually need in the workplace.},
        keywords = {Artificial Intelligence, Adaptive Learning, Career Readiness, Skill Gap Assessment, Recommendation Engine, EdTech Platform, Internship Matching, React.js, Django, MongoDB},
        month = {May},
        }