Candidate portal

Give every candidate a clear next step.

A personalised dashboard brings outstanding actions, profile progress and recent activity together. Candidates can still update their details, upload files and manage privacy choices from the same secure portal.

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Example Recruitment Candidate Portal dashboard showing an outstanding CV action, profile progress and recent activity
The new Candidate Portal dashboard, with the next action shown first.
Clear next actionsShow what needs attention now.
CVs and documentsUpload from one secure place.
Privacy and consentMake choices clear and accessible.
One connected workflow

Invite once. Let candidates handle the routine updates.

The candidate gets a focused self-service experience; your consultants keep working from the CRM they already use.

  1. 01

    Send a personal invite

    Invite a candidate from their Portal tab or the Portal Links grid. Recruit So Simple creates a fresh personal link when you send.

  2. 02

    The candidate self-serves

    Candidates can update contact details, CVs, documents and privacy choices in one secure place.

  3. 03

    The record stays useful

    Their updates stay connected to the candidate record for your team.

Candidate self-service

Show candidates what needs attention.

The home dashboard puts outstanding actions first and shows profile completion alongside recent portal activity.

From there, candidates can maintain contact details, their current CV, supporting documents and privacy choices in clearly labelled sections.

Example Recruitment Candidate Portal dashboard with profile completion and navigation for details, CV, documents and privacy
Profile progress, recent activity and outstanding actions in one view.
Portal settings

Control the experience from one place.

Switch personal details, CV uploads, document uploads, privacy and consent, and questionnaires on or off independently.

Tailor the welcome message and invite email, build reusable question sets and document packs, and choose whether replacement CVs remove older files.

Recruit So Simple Candidate Portal settings showing the configurable invite email and reusable question sets
Settings > Candidate Portal, showing the real invite email and questionnaire controls.
Structured requests

Turn repeat candidate admin into reusable workflows.

Build the request once, assign it when needed and keep the response with the candidate.

Question sets

Create reusable questionnaires with short or long answers, yes/no choices, multiple choice, dates, file uploads and acknowledgements. Answers return to the candidate’s Portal tab.

Document packs

Group routinely requested documents into a pack and request them together. Packs can be auto-requested when a candidate is first invited.

Outstanding actions

Assigned questionnaires and document requests appear on the candidate dashboard, keeping the next step clear.

Your candidate experience

Use your branding and your own words.

Set the portal welcome message and invite email, including merge fields for the candidate, company and personal portal link. Your account branding supplies the logo, icon and website, privacy and terms links candidates see.

Account brandingAdd the company identity used throughout the candidate portal. AutomationBuild consistent follow-up around the wider candidate journey.

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4.9 Average 33 Reviews

Easy adoption, responsive support and better value than over-complicated recruitment systems.

Reviews

O Simpkins

A colleague recommended Recruit So Simple to me and I’m glad I made the switch. It took a little while to get used to a new system, but after a couple of days and a little help from their customer support, I’ve...

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T Burrows

As a startup I spent some time investigating recruitment software before stumbling upon Recruit So Simple. It’s early days, but I’ve found it very easy to use so far. The bulk import wizard made migrating data...

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