Reach candidates wherever they are with Phenom. Send text, WhatsApp, and email messages to a single candidate or target group so you get a reply the same day instead of the following week.
A recruiter sends an interview invitation Tuesday morning. The candidate is mid-shift with her phone in a locker, and won't check email until the weekend. By then a competitor who texted her has already booked the interview. Frontline workers live in text threads rather than email, and candidates with options answer the message they see first.
Recruiters message from the candidate record they already work in, using team numbers instead of personal phones. They reach one person or a whole shortlist in a few clicks. Phenom X+ drafts each message from the role and the candidate's profile, the recruiter edits it, and every reply comes back to the same thread.
Most recruiting text tools are a send box bolted onto a hiring system. They know a number and a name, so a message can go out quickly but not connect with candidates. Phenom sends from the same record as sourcing, screening, and scheduling, so every message already knows the role, the stage, the location, and the language. Reach was never the hard part. Knowing what to say earns the reply.
One record, not a contact list. Stage, fit, and history travel with every message.
Segments from behavior, not a spreadsheet. The message changes with the audience.
Team-owned numbers. The thread stays on the record when the recruiter moves on.
Frontline, global, and pipeline outreach, for recruiters and talent marketers
Hourly candidates often apply from their phones at night between shifts. A keyword campaign lets someone text a word from an in-store poster and immediately receive a link to apply to open jobs. When a recruiter needs a shortlist of candidates for the next open interview, one group message invites all of them and Phenom sends reminders the day before.
Keyword campaigns A poster or a job ad becomes a lead in Talent CRM.
Group text One send moves a whole shortlist to the next available interviews.
Automated reminders They run on a schedule, not a recruiter's memory.
Across many parts of the world, including much of the frontline workforce, candidates prefer to engage through WhatsApp. Those conversations run the way text does: from the candidate record, into the recruiter's inbox, with the history attached. Phenom X+ translates the message before it’s sent, so a market is not limited to the hours of the one recruiter who speaks the language.
Messaging apps Send from WhatsApp, iMessage, Facebook Messenger, and WeChat.
Message translation Not a template library per country.
Consent on the profile Opt-in, opt-out, and the full thread, on record.
A talent community is worth what it converts, but must be continuously engaged to drive future hires. Phenom runs email and text as one sequence to one audience, so email carries the story and text asks what needs an answer today. Recruiters build audiences on fit and behavior: silver medalists for a reopened role, or everyone near a new site.
One sequence, two channels Email and SMS for one audience, one report.
X+ drafts the copy For the role and the audience. Recruiters edit before it's sent.
Reporting by channel See which one earned the reply, per segment.
A text takes seconds to send and is easy to get wrong. What makes one connect with candidates is what Phenom already knows about the person reading it: the role they looked at, the stage they reached, the shift they said they could work. Every message runs on the candidate record they already have.
Talent CRM holds the candidate record from where messages are sent. Campaigns put email and text in one sequence. Automated Interview Scheduling turns a reply into a booked slot on the channel the candidate answered.
Phenom X+ drafts the message from the job and the profile, translates it, and proposes the next audience. X+ Ontologies decide who belongs in it, matching on skills, location, and fit. Recruiters edit before it sends.
Consent and opt-out are captured per candidate and honored on every channel. Sends come from team numbers, and the thread is retained as a record. Backed by OFCCP, GDPR, and ISO certifications.
40
offers and hires from a single text blast
20%
faster hires across automated engagement
75%
of open roles filled by one campaign
I sent a text blast highlighting an upcoming career fair, and in less than 1 hour we had 10 new candidates register for the event. That's amazing for this market.
Phenom gave us visibility into the right target market — and the most effective methods for reaching and engaging with those candidates
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