Using SMS Texting as a Recruiting Tool
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Everywhere you go these days you see “Help Wanted” signs. Companies are having a very hard time finding employees, and as a result, some have had to close their doors or cut their business hours due to staffing reasons.
You’ve put ads online with very few responses or people not showing up for interviews. Your current employees are overworked and you need to hire ASAP. Now what?
Contacting potential candidates via SMS texting could be a game changer for your business.
Why should you recruit via SMS texting?
- It’s Easy – SMS Texting is the preferred and most effective way to communicate with customers/candidates. Most people have their phone within arm’s reach all day long, and many prefer to communicate without talking, so this makes communicating with a potential candidate quick and easy. (There’s that word again.)
- Responses are a recruiter’s dream - We have all seen the stats that say 90% of text messages are opened within three minutes of receiving them. When recruiters send texts, they are much more likely to get responses, which in turn, leads to getting those open positions filled quickly.
- Smooth communication and the hiring process - When a candidate is happy and finds the hiring process to be an easy one, they are much more likely to accept the position. Do you remember a bad recruiting experience? Was the whole process smooth? Did you hear from your recruiter with updates? Communication is key in making sure you hire the right candidate before someone else does.
Texting your candidates will help streamline the hiring process.
- The discovery process will be much quicker when texting a potential candidate a few simple questions. These shouldn’t be long detailed questions; those will best be asked during the phone interview for the candidates who qualify. These texts may help you to decide who is worthy of a phone interview, saving you from making calls that aren’t productive.
- Be able to send interview reminders, so that communication is always clear between the candidate and yourself.
- . If a candidate didn’t get the job they were interviewing for, but you know they would be a good fit within your company, send them texts when a position opens for which they are qualified. They will appreciate it.
Here at FOXIE, we have decades of combined experience in starting up and managing multi-million-dollar businesses. We have done more than our share of recruiting, including via SMS Texting, which has seriously made the whole process so much more efficient.
Ready to help make recruiting much easier?
Are you ready to drastically improve communication with your customers and employees?
Foxie has developed FoxieEngage, which is a single platform that gives you the ability to chat, respond to social media questions, text, talk, and communicate with your staff, customers, and vendors…all on their terms and in the way they choose to communicate with you.
FoxieEngage is what your business needs and what your customers and employees have been yearning for.
Be more engaged with your customers and employees...call us at 866-BE-ENGAGED (866-233-6424), text START to FOXIE (36943) or if you prefer just shoot me an email at smcclellan@foxie.com.
We are looking forward to engaging with you soon!
