🧑‍💼 Employee Management System (Console App)

A simple and interactive employee management application built with C#. You can add, view, update, delete employees, and filter or summarize employee data using a clean, user-friendly console interface.

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💻 Features

• ➕ Add new employees with detailed info (ID, Name, Age, Department, Position, Work Schedule, Salary, Address)
• 📋 View all employees in a neatly formatted table
• 🔄 Update existing employee data with option to keep current values
• ❌ Delete employees with confirmation prompt
• 🔍 Filter employees by department for easier management
• 💰 View total salary expenditure of all employees
• 💾 Persistent data storage in a local text file (employees.txt)
• 🛠️ Modular design with separation of concerns (Models, Services, Screens, Helpers)

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🧱 Project Structure

EmployeeManagementSystem/
├── Helpers/    # Input validation and reading helpers
├── Models/     # Employee and Address data models with enums
├── Services/   # Business logic for employee management + file storage
├── Screens/    # UI screens for Add, View, Update, Delete, Main
└── Program.cs  # Application entry point

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🛠️ Technologies Used

• C# (.NET Console Application)
• File I/O (System.IO)
• Object-Oriented Programming
• Console User Interface
• Clean Code Architecture (Separation of concerns)

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🚀 How to Run

1. Clone the repository:

   git clone https://github.com/YourUsername/EmployeeManagementSystem.git

2. Open in Visual Studio or VS Code

3. Build and run the project

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📸 Preview

╔══════════════════════════════════════╗
║          MAIN MENU SCREEN            ║
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║[1] Add New Employee                  ║
║[2] View Employees Menu               ║
║[3] Update Employee                   ║
║[4] Delete Employee                   ║
║[5] View Total Salaries               ║
║[6] Exit                              ║
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🧠 What I Learned

• Designing modular console applications in C#
• Implementing CRUD operations with validation
• Managing persistent data using file storage
• Creating interactive console menus and user-friendly interfaces
• Structuring code cleanly with Models, Services, and Screens

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📂 Example Employee Record Format (Saved in File)

1|John Doe|30|IT|Employee|FullTime|5000|New York|Manhattan|5th Avenue|12
2|Jane Smith|28|Finance|Manager|PartTime|6000|Los Angeles|Downtown|Sunset Blvd|8

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📌 Future Enhancements

• 🔍 Search employees by name or ID
• 📊 Generate reports and analytics
• 📤 Export employee data to CSV or Excel
• 🔔 Add notifications for employee anniversaries or birthdays
• 🌐 Develop a GUI or web-based frontend

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🤍 Task Requirement in Breakin Point (Student Activity)

📎 Task Requirements (Google Drive)

📸 Archived Copy at submission time (Google Drive)

Made with ❤️ by Kenzy Ragab

Feel free to fork, use, or contribute to this project!