Candidate finder is an advance recruitment and applicant tracking system specially designed for any organization’s HR department or head hunting / recruitment firms. It’s unique job board offers you to do an analysis and scrutiny among applying candidates before having them on-board. The built in scaling tools (quizzes, interviews and traits) can be assigned to all or some particular candidates helping you to do an overall and specific comparison among them for their skills and abilities. You can download resumes, quiz results and interview results for all or a set of selected candidates by applying different filters.

The system is built on codeigniter with a complete and easy to use admin panel for controlling content and features on the system. With the minimum set of installation requirements, it can be set up on any apache or nginx hosting. The front end is built on a nice and responsive template with features for candidates to built their resume, attempt quizzes and more.

Demo Details

Admin : https://cf.cwscript.com/admin
Email : admin@cf.com
Pass : 60703310

Candidate Area : https://cf.cwscript.com/login
Email : candidate@cf.com
Pass : 60703310

Installation & Setup

Instructions are included in documentation for installation and complete usage of the system with step by step pictorial guides. Follow this video for database setup and script installation.

Server Requirements

The set of requirements are very simple and are available/enabled on most of the hosting providers.

Apache or nginx
Database support (e.g. mysql or mssql)
PHP 7 or greater
PDO extension support
PHP GD library support
OpenSSL support
CURL support
Uploads folder needs to be writeable

Features

Job Board with unique features
Interactive Dashboard
Team/Users with roles and permissions
Multi-language with ten language translations included
Interviews creation, assignment and conduct with pdf feature
Quiz designer with concept of re-usability
Interview designer (similar as quiz designer)
Traits management
Quiz Wizard feature for candidates
Multiple resume builder for candidates
News & Announcements via blog
Gmail and Linkedin login (apis)
Front end features for home page and footer
Jobs management
Companies & Departments management for jobs
Settings for system management
Responsive design for both admin and candidate area
Google reCaptcha protection

Updates Log

Version 2.6 – 08th July, 2025

-Added : Notifications list page added for admin.
-Added : Notifications list page added for candidate.
-Added : Notification for admin on quiz completion.
-Added : Notification for admin on job application.
-Added : Notification for admin on candidate signup.
-Added : Notification for candidate on quiz assignmnent.
-Added : Notification for candidate on interview assignmnent.
-Added : Questions Randomization Option while assigning quiz.
-Added : Option with resume experiences to have file uploads.
-Fixed : Candidates interviews list page missing.
-Fixed : Linkedin existing user page not appearing properly.
-Fixed : Javascript language phrases issue.

Version 2.5 – 10th Feb, 2025

-Fixed : Candidate register issue when recaptcha enabled.
-Fixed : Blog description formatting issue.
-Fixed : Job Board assign interview email issue.
-Added : Home page blogs limit setting and implementation.
-Added : Blog Order field and implementation.
-Added : Identification number/document field in candidate profile.
-Added : Certificate/Degree upload field in candidate resume.
-Added : Direct job application (without login required).

Version 2.4 – 09th Nov, 2024

-Added : Email Notification on user creation by admin.
-Added : Email Notification on candidate creation by admin.
-Added : Candidate opt for new job creation notifications.
-Added : Cron for email notifications.
-Added : Captcha on signup and login.
-Fixed : Email formatting issue with sendmail.

Version 2.3 – 18th May, 2024

-Added : Timezone settings.
-Added : Job location in detail page.
-Added : Delete job application for candidate.
-Added : Editable email templates.
-Fixed : Favourite and Refer btn on Job detail page.
-Fixed : Resume skills not deleteing issue.
-Fixed : icheck issue in admin login and main dashboard screens.

Version 2.2 – 11th Nov, 2023

Added : Setting for file upload limit.
Added : Hide job after last date setting.
Added : Structured schema.
Added : Jobs Import via csv.
Fixed : Candidate signup email notifications to admin issue.
Fixed : Home page banner issue.
Fixed : php8 compatibility issues.
Fixed : Missing logo issue in some email templates.
Fixed : Missing Favicon image link issue.
Fixed : Admin candidates list sorting issue.
Fixed : Admin candidates create/edit missing date issue.

Version 2.1 – 11th Jun, 2023

Added : Admin job apply for a candidate.
Added : "SSl/TLS" option in admin email settings.
Added : Date format setting in admin
Fixed : Candidate account activation page missing variable issue.
Fixed : Admin -> Custom Css update isse
Fixed : Jobs list function parameter issue.
Fixed : Jobs list pagination issue.
Fixed : PDF resume -> missing imag issue.
Fixed : Google login redirect issue.
Fixed : Job apply, traits insert issue.
Fixed : Candidate password update issue.
Fixed : Google login redirect issue when account exist with email.

Version 2.0 – 09th Apr, 2023

-Added : Color panel for color selection with multiple color themes.
-Added : Dark mode theme.
-Added : Admin settings for css colors.
-Added : Limit setting for departments on homepage and job list page.
-Added : Setting to select number of departments on home page.
-Added : Settings for department display on home page
-Added : Settings for department filter display on jobs list page.
-Fixed : Email config for ssl added.
-Fixed : HTML formatting issue in job description and long words css apply.
-Fixed : Language loader issue during installation
-Fixed : Missing language translation phrases.
-Fixed : Adjusted for php8 compatibility issues.

Version 1.9 – 12th Sep, 2022

-Added : Candidate skills in resume builder.
-Added : Filter added for skills in Admin Candidates listing.
-Added : Option to display jobs to only logged in users.
-Added : Ability to edit overall result in admin job board.
-Fixed : Installer issues
-Fixed : Missing language translation phrases in email templates.
-Fixed : PHP 8 compatibility issues.
-Fixed : Default language issue.
-Fixed : Third party oAuth image issue.
-Fixed : Salary range filter issue in candidate area.
-Fixed : Month names in dates not translatable.
-Fixed : Labels in Settings Apis.
-Fixed : Job link in refer job email.

Version 1.8 – 27th July, 2022

-Added : Slugs to jobs via job creation replacing ids.
-Added : On page meta keywords and meta description in jobs create/edit.
-Added : Min and Max Salary fields in jobs and their filters in candidate section.
-Added : Setting for team members to be only able to see their corrected jobs.
-Fixed : Default language not being loaded for candidate section.
-Fixed : Permission names not translatable.
-Fixed : Month names in dates not translatable.

Version 1.7 – 21st May, 2022

-Added : Front account button converted to drop down links after login.
-Added : Filters for gender, age, locations in candidates list.
-Added : Filters for gender, age, locations in job board / job applications.
-Added : Candidate interview list in candidate section.
-Added : Setting in admin to display assigned interview to candidate or not.
-Fixed : Missing smtp settings in admin.

Version 1.6 – 30th March, 2022

-Added : Support for RTL
-Added : Language Selectors dropdown with flags in admin and candidate area.
-Added : Settings to display language selectors on candidate and admin area.
-Added : Settings for forcing candidates to make resume before applying.
-Added : Validation messages made multi language enabled and translatable.
-Fixed : DB Port issue after installation.
-Fixed : Missing placeholders with language translations for form fields.

Version 1.5 – 05th Dec, 2021

-Added : Display job filters on home banner.
-Added : Delete job application feature from job board.
-Added : Show rejected in candidate area in job applications when rejected.
-Added : Interview view/conduct from job board.
-Fixed : Footer text formatting issue.
-Fixed : Datatables get requests converted to post requests.
-Fixed : Individual job detail page job trait as lang.
-Fixed : Interview pdf download error.

Version 1.4 – 17th May, 2021

-Added : Custom filters feature.
-Added : Candidate creation by admin feature.
-Added : Admin login as candidate feature
-Added : Link for document resume in resume view.
-Added : From email address field for mail send with auto detect domain in settings.
-Added : Option to ask for data import during installation.
-Fixed : Banner and logo upload issue.
-Fixed : Linkedin oAuth remote request issue.
-Fixed : Word wrap issue in description of job detail and blog detail page.
-Fixed : Admin Job list bulk action issue.
-Fixed : Email templates static logo issue.
-Removed : Companies module as purpose can be served with job filters.

Version 1.3 – 19th Nov, 2020

-Added : Enable/Disable multiple resume feature.
-Added : Search candidates by job titles and experience in candidates pool.
-Fixed : "strict_sql_mode" issue.
-Fixed : Candidate Interview remarks issue.

Version 1.2 – 6th July, 2020

-Added : Date, Time and Location field in interview assignment.
-Added : Notifications to user and team member when interview assigns.
-Added : Notification to user when quiz assigns.
-Added : Message candidate feature.
-Fixed : Setting -> Api redirect uri issue during installation.
-Removed : Alphabetic charachter restriction from some fields to support multi language.

Version 1.1 – 3rd June, 2020

- Added : Automatic update feature.
- Fixed : Intaller issues.
- Fixed : Some missing icons

Candidate Finder - Recruitment Management System