I recently discovered this sourcing hack while playing around with text messaging. You can send a text message through an email account. This simple yet highly useful hack could be life changing for recruiters who have been relying on expensive text messaging platforms to reach candidates.
Candidates may prefer text messages or email for the following reasons:
Convenience: Text messages and email allow candidates to receive and respond to recruitment communications from the comfort of their own devices and at their own convenience.
Immediacy: Text messages and email offer instant delivery and response times, allowing candidates to quickly and easily communicate with recruiters.
Record Keeping: Text messages and email provide a written record of the recruitment process, which can be useful for both candidates and recruiters in tracking the status of applications and offers.
Privacy: Text messages and email offer a more private means of communication, which some candidates may prefer over phone calls or in-person meetings.
Scheduling: Text messages and email allow candidates to coordinate scheduling with recruiters at their convenience, without having to worry about time zone differences or conflicting schedules.
In summary, candidates may prefer text messages or email for recruitment communications because of their convenience, immediacy, record keeping, privacy, and ease of scheduling.
Below is the steps to create and send a recruiting text messaging over an email account:
- First you will need to have the individual’s number.
- Go to this website: http://freecarrierlookup.com and paste the number.
- Once you click (search) you will be able to see the carrier company and SMS Gateway Address. For example: 123456789@vtext.com.
- Copy the SMS Gateway Address and go to your email.
- Paste that in the send (to:) section of the email. Make sure your message is less than 20 words and click send.
Boom! It’s that easy to send out a free text message using email.
Its just that simple to start creating recruiting text messaging campaigns. I usually utilize both text and email at once and try to direct them to call me back directly. My response rates have gone up dramatically in the past few months (70-80%). I hope this tip helps you, fellow Wizard sourcer. 😉
Bonus: I wrote a piece about texting etiquette here > How to Recruit Candidates Over Text Message