In today's competitive job market, the ability to connect with the right candidates quickly is crucial. Traditional hiring methods can be outdated, slow and ineffective, causing businesses to miss out on top talent. Text messaging, often underestimated in the realm of recruitment, is a powerful tool that can expand engagement, significantly broaden outreach and drastically reduce the time it takes to fill positions.

Learn how text messaging can fit into your hiring solutions and take your recruitment to the next level.

1. Expanding Outreach with Text Messaging

Wider Candidate Pool‍

Text messaging has the potential to reach a much larger candidate pool. In an age where almost everyone has a mobile phone with 70% of Gen Z’s saying they sleep with their phone within reach, text messages are accessible to candidates from all demographics and backgrounds. This inclusivity enables you to tap into a more diverse talent pool.

Engaging Passive Candidates‍

Not all potential hires are actively looking for new opportunities. A matter of fact, 70% of the global workforce are passive candidates. In order for hiring teams to maximize finding talent, they must diversify and engage to turn passive job seekers into active ones . Text messaging can change that. By sending concise, engaging messages, hiring teams can pique the interest of passive candidates who might not have considered an organization otherwise. This increases the chances of discovering candidates, reduces frictions and pushes jobs to candidates that are the right fit.  

‍Multi-Channel Approach

To cast a wider net, it's important to use a multi-channel approach. Text messaging can complement your existing recruitment strategies, providing an additional way to reach candidates who may have missed your job postings on traditional job boards or social media.

With Alltourage, you can share jobs via text messaging, social media and to our job board with just one click.

2. Reducing Time to Fill Positions

Faster Responses‍

When it comes to communication, nothing beats the speed of text messaging. With an average open rate of 98% and over 45% response rate, (compared to 20% and 6% with email), candidates are more likely to respond quickly to a text message than to an email or phone call. This means hiring teams can cast a wider net of leads in a shorter amount of time, moving candidates faster in the hiring process.

Streamlined Screening‍

Text messages can be used to pre-screen candidates with a series of short questions, saving time for both recruiters and applicants. It allows your team to quickly identify the most qualified candidates, reducing the time spent on lengthy interviews and assessments.

When a referrer sends a text message with Alltourage, a short questionnaire is sent to candidates to better understand their skills and traits and if they’re a right fit. Better yet, each candidate comes from a referrer on your team, providing that extra layer of vetted information making assessing candidates easier.

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Real-Time Updates

The hiring process often involves numerous stages, and it's essential to keep candidates informed at each step. Text messaging is a convenient way to send real-time updates on application status, next steps, or sending out important job opportunities internally to a team.

Text messaging is a powerful tool that, when used strategically, can significantly improve an organization's hiring process. By expanding outreach to a wider candidate pool and reducing the time it takes to fill positions, text messaging enables teams to connect with top talent more efficiently and effectively. Whether it’s engaging with passive candidates, streamlining the screening process, or simply keeping applicants informed, text messaging can be a game-changer in the talent acquisition journey. It’s time to embrace text messaging, leverage its potential and stay ahead in finding the best talent for your team.