How to set up a White-Label Candidate Portal in minutes

First impressions are everything in recruitment. When a top-tier candidate clicks "Apply," seeing a generic third-party URL can feel like a break in the experience. It creates a subtle "trust gap."

To build a truly elite employer brand, your candidate portal should feel like a natural extension of your own website.

With Candidate Lake’s new White-Label Custom Domains, you can now host your entire careers page on your own domain (e.g., jobs.yourcompany.com) in under 5 minutes. Here is the step-by-step guide to making it happen.

Why White-Labeling Matters

Before we dive into the "how," let's talk about the "why."

Brand Consistency: Your candidates never feel like they’ve left your ecosystem.
Increased Trust: Professional domains lead to higher completion rates on application forms.
Better SEO: Driving traffic to your own domain improves your overall search authority.

Step 1: Choose Your Subdomain

Enter the domain you want to use. Most companies choose something like jobs.company.com or careers.company.com.

Step 2: The Handshake (DNS Setup)

Once you enter your domain, our system will provide you with a specific CNAME record.

Log in to your DNS provider (like One.com, GoDaddy, or Cloudflare).
Add a new CNAME record.
Set the Host to jobs (or your chosen word) and point the value to cname.candidatelake.com.

Step 3: Instant Verification & SSL

Go back to your dashboard and click Verify Domain. Our system will communicate with Vercel to register your domain and automatically provision a free SSL certificate via Let's Encrypt.

Within seconds, your status will turn green. Your white-label portal is live.

Step 4: Automatic Branding

Because we’ve built our system to be truly dynamic, your new portal will automatically inherit your company logo, brand colors, and even your website's favicon.

The result? A professional, secure, and beautiful recruitment portal that looks like it cost thousands to build—but only took you five minutes to set up.

Ready to upgrade your candidate experience?

Maintain your brand identity while using the world's fastest AI screening tools.

Configure your Custom Domain now

First impressions are everything in recruitment. When a top-tier candidate clicks "Apply," seeing a generic third-party URL can feel like a break in the experience. It creates a subtle "trust gap."

To build a truly elite employer brand, your candidate portal should feel like a natural extension of your own website.

Why White-Labeling Matters

Before we dive into the "how," let's talk about the "why."

Brand Consistency: Your candidates never feel like they’ve left your ecosystem.
Increased Trust: Professional domains lead to higher completion rates on application forms.
Better SEO: Driving traffic to your own domain improves your overall search authority.

Step 1: Choose Your Subdomain

Enter the domain you want to use. Most companies choose something like jobs.company.com or careers.company.com.

Step 2: The Handshake (DNS Setup)

Once you enter your domain, our system will provide you with a specific CNAME record.

Log in to your DNS provider (like One.com, GoDaddy, or Cloudflare).
Add a new CNAME record.
Set the Host to jobs (or your chosen word) and point the value to cname.candidatelake.com.

Step 3: Instant Verification & SSL

Go back to your dashboard and click Verify Domain. Our system will communicate with Vercel to register your domain and automatically provision a free SSL certificate via Let's Encrypt.

Within seconds, your status will turn green. Your white-label portal is live.

Step 4: Automatic Branding

Because we’ve built our system to be truly dynamic, your new portal will automatically inherit your company logo, brand colors, and even your website's favicon.

The result? A professional, secure, and beautiful recruitment portal that looks like it cost thousands to build—but only took you five minutes to set up.

Ready to upgrade your candidate experience?

Maintain your brand identity while using the world's fastest AI screening tools.

Configure your Custom Domain now

How to set up a White-Label Candidate Portal in minutes

Why White-Labeling Matters

Step 1: Choose Your Subdomain

Step 2: The Handshake (DNS Setup)

Step 3: Instant Verification & SSL

Step 4: Automatic Branding

Ready to upgrade your candidate experience?

Ready to reclaim your workweek?

How to set up a White-Label Candidate Portal in minutes

Why White-Labeling Matters

Step 1: Choose Your Subdomain

Step 2: The Handshake (DNS Setup)

Step 3: Instant Verification & SSL

Step 4: Automatic Branding

Ready to upgrade your candidate experience?

Ready to reclaim your workweek?