Candidate finder SaaS is an advance recruitment portal where employers can signup and pay for unique features like their own web section with branding, conducting online quizes and interviews from candidates. It’s unique job board allows employers to do an analysis and scruitny among applying candidates before having them onboard. Admin/Owner of the system can make any number of packages with monthly and annual subscription against which employers can have paid memberships. With the extensive CMS features, the content on the front website from menus, pages, news and other necessary things can be easily controlled. You can run the script in two different ways regular and multitenancy. Please see demos below for understanding.

The system is built on laravel with a complete and easy to use admin panel to review and control content and features on the system. With the minimum set of installation requirements, it can be set up on any apache or nginx hosting.

Go to Single Employer (Non SaaS version)

Demo Details

Regular Job Portal Demo

Admin : https://cfsaas-regular.cwscript.com/admin (admin@cf.com / 60703310)
Front : https://cfsaas-regular.cwscript.com (candidate@cf.com / 60703310)
Employer : https://cfsaas-regular.cwscript.com/employer (flamemedia@cf.com / 60703310)

Multitenancy Job Portal Demo

Admin : https://cfsaas-mt.cwscript.com/admin (admin@cf.com / 60703310)
Front : https://cfsaas-mt.cwscript.com (candidate@cf.com / 60703310)
Employer : https://cfsaas-mt.cwscript.com/employer (flamemedia@cf.com / 60703310)
Candidate : https://cfsaas-mt.cwscript.com/flame-media (candidate@cf.com / 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.

Note : Please go through the documentation for admin before setup especially the installation guide.

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 7.4 or greater
PDO extension support
PHP GD library support
OpenSSL support
CURL support
Public folder needs to be writeable

Features

Packages & Memberships Management
Paypal, Stripe, Paystack, Razorpay, Flutterwave, Mollie and Offline Payment Methods
Front Site CMS Features (Pages, News, Menu Designer etc)
Interactive Dashboards For Admin & Employers
Roles and Permissions for both admin & Employers
Language Translations ready
Gmail and Linkedin login (apis)
Job Board with unique features
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 for employers
Front end features for home page and footer
Jobs management
Candidates / Applicant management with bulk import feature
Departments management for jobs
Settings for system management
Responsive design for both admin, employer, front site and candidate area
Google reCAPTCHA

Updates Log

Version 2.7 – 18th Jul, 2025

Added : Candidate favorites listing in employer account area.
Added : Candidate creation by employer with 'global availability' checks.
Added : Apply for candidate by employer.
Added : Resume apply restrictions in employer settings.
Added : Candidate import feature for admin.
Fixed : Email issue for laravel 11.
Fixed : Admin Email templates editor issue.
Fixed : Employer Email templates editor issue.
Fixed : Google recaptcha issue on registration.

Version 2.6 – 26th Feb, 2025

Added : Laravel version 11.
Added : Download Invoice for membership.
Added : Database Session storage option.
Added : Assign a job to a particular team member/recruiter.
Added : Setting to display all candidates to all employers in account area.
Fixed : file_get_content function unavailability issue in recaptcha.
Fixed : Missing email template file issue.

Version 2.5 – 19th Nov, 2024

Added : Flutterwave payment gateway.
Added : Mollie payment gateway.
Added : Google reCaptcha on login and signup.
Added : Delete job application feature for candidate.
Added : Email notification to candidate on job application status change.
Added : Show/Hide password input feature on login and signup.
Added : Dark mode switch styling changed.
Fixed : Admin email update issue.
Fixed : Department creation issue (in job create/edit) when only allowed for admin.
Fixed : Employer settings missing issue.
Fixed : Language slug update issue.
Fixed : Email templates update issue.

Version 2.4 – 01st Apr, 2024

Added : Separate Faqs page
Added : Limit of title, description etc increased at several places
Added : Setting for selecting timezone
Added : Email queue option/setting
Added : Industries module and changes
Fixed : .htaccess direct
Fixed : To dos issue in employer dashboard
Fixed : Job Statuses not appearing in employer dashboard
Fixed : Candidates list send email action in employer and admin area
Fixed : Candidate resume download from action menu in employer area
Fixed : Candidate register issue when packages are enabled and no free package
Fixed : Breadcrumb page link issue
Fixed : Long titles display distortion at several places
Fixed : Employer site not appearing properly in MT version
Fixed : Color selector not working in in MT version

Version 2.3 – 01st Dec, 2023

Added : Interface for general images uploading.
Added : Size limit setting for uploads.
Added : Make search history items clickable on home page.
Added : Candidate packages (Apply to jobs, public resume page, no of resume, show / hide personal info)
Added : Display "Last Date" on job ads and a setting to hide/display this field.
Fixed : HTML entities decoding of language phrases.
Fixed : Google, Linkedin missing variable issue at login/signup when disabled.
Fixed : Candidate area dark mode button when color selector panel is not available.
Fixed : Admin css variables restoration issue on update.
Fixed : Extra menu items addition on update issue.
Fixed : Employer job description formatting not saving issue.
Fixed : Profile and testimonial image distortion issue.
Fixed : Remove "in" when there is no news category.

Version 2.2 – 24th July, 2023

Added : Front site dynamic Language switch with rtl support.
Added : Hide job after the last date.
Added : Offline payment mode.
Added : Symlinks alternate mechanism for image display when not available.
Added : Display candidate pages to only employers when signed up.
Added : Admin Candidate static resume file download option.
Added : Jobs display in admin area.
Fixed : Admin Candidate resume download issue.
Fixed : Color theme glitch on page reload.
Fixed : Front register issue when only one type is allowed.
Fixed : Admin resume download issue.
Fixed : Candidate response issue when no item is there in resume.
Fixed : Front candidate detail page missing slug issue.
Fixed : Admin CKEDITOR attribute removal issue.
Fixed : Employer jobs csv export.

Version 2.1 – 02nd May, 2023

Added : Razorpay payment gateway.
Added : Paystack payment gateway.
Added : Setting for front site login modal to not display site stats.
Added : CSS setting for front site and candidate area.
Fixed : Color theme glitch on page reload.
Fixed : Admin -> Employer delete -> Remove all corresponding data.
Fixed : Front contact form error.
Fixed : Front Candidates list page missing slug issue.
Fixed : Front Candidate detail page missing slug issue.
Fixed : Employer quiz question edit error.
Removed : "Candidate Finder" as placeholder for employer site fields.

Version 2.0 – 15th Mar, 2023

Added : New Improved Design.
Added : Multi color theme with dark mode.
Added : Candidate list and detail pages on front site.
Added : Separate pricing page with faqs
Added : Admin -> Faqs module
Added : Google and Linkedin Login on front site.
Added : Improved design of candidate area.
Added : Quiz timer display.

Version 1.3.1 – 11th Sep, 2022

Added : Ckeditor5 in place of 4.
Added : Error logs table for recording email errors and avoid blocking script.
Added : Option to display jobs to only logged in applicants (employer section).
Fixed : Employer account activation link from front/main site.
Fixed : Employer branding custom-style css file generation issues.
Fixed : Missing job detail links/urls as a result of introducing slugs in place of ids.
Fixed : Subdomain slug issues and "www" issues.
Fixed : Linkedin and Google login signup issues.
Fixed : Employer -> Job Board -> Delete application not working.
Fixed : Date issue in employer signup.
Fixed : Jobs detail slug and id handling.

Version 1.3 – 3rd July, 2022

Added : Settings for Portal vs Multitenancy
Added : Filters creation in admin area.
Added : Departments Creation in admin area.
Added : Slug field addition in employer job creation.
Added : Front Job display by job slug.
Added : Job Detail page on the main front site.
Added : Apply feature with traits selection on the main front site.
Added : Candidate account area in main front site.
Added : Adjustments for 'Job Filters Creation' settings in admin, employer and candidate area.
Added : Adjustments for 'Departments Creation' settings in admin, employer and candidate area.
Added : Front/Main site login feature for candidate and employer.
Added : Separate site feature in packages/memberships.
Added : Move uploads folder outside of public.
Added : Separate company logo for employer.
Added : Header script settings for front/main, employer and candidate area.
Added : Add setting for WYSWIG editor for email templates with setting to enable/disable.
Fixed : Employers renew membership selection UX confusion issue.
Fixed : Favicon not appearing.
Fixed : Membership price decimal limit.
Fixed : Page and New Detail content alignment issue.
Fixed : Free package duration issue.
Fixed : employer_id variable not found issue on employer signup with dummy data.

Version 1.2 – 18th Apr, 2022

Added : Footer scripts settings.
Added : Increased the limit for candidate job experiences limit.
Added : New settings for colors of front site.
Added : Filters on jobs and companies page at front site.
Fixed : Subdomain 'Admin Login as Candidate' missing route issue.
Fixed : Mobile view issues of front end site.
Fixed : The y-axis bar of admin dashboard.
Fixed : Front package signup button crashing.
Fixed : Default Company not found image.
Fixed : Employer send email to candidate feature.

Version 1.1 – 22nd Feb, 2022

Added : PHP8 compatibilities.
Fixed : Purchase code limit issue.
Fixed : Error image on employer logo, banner and favicon.
Fixed : Make employer as mandatory while creating membership from admin.
Fixed : Admin employer creation issue.
Fixed : Admin candidate creation issue.
Fixed : Admin membership listing sort issue.

Candidate Finder SaaS - Recruitment Management and Job Portal