Quickly qualify an application by texting your question to the candidate: his or her answer automatically qualifies the file!
One of Beetween's methods of communicating with candidates is via SMS. With it, you can send messages, candidate questionnaires and direct questions. Let's take a look at how to ask candidates a question by SMS.
What are SMS questions for?
As we've just explained, SMS questions can be used to refine the qualification of an application very quickly. In fact, a simple SMS reply from the candidate will be enough to qualify the file.
Let's take an example: the ad you've posted is a traveling job and requires a driver's license. If this detail is not on the CV, simply text the question to the candidate. The candidate will have 48 hours to reply, and upon receipt of the reply, his or her file will be automatically updated!
How does it work?
This feature requires special configuration of your Beetween platform. You can use it either as a single shipment or as a group shipment.
As a reminder, you can use pre-written e-mail and SMS templates. In this tutorial, we'll use a pre-written SMS template. If you don't remember how to create one, we invite you to read our article on the subject. The fields filled in can be consulted in the Tags tab of your candidate files.
Simple send: send an SMS to a single candidate
Go to the candidate file, in the "SMS" tab. Once you've chosen your SMS template, remember to activate the "Store response in tag" option and select the corresponding tag. Otherwise, your candidate's answer will not be recorded!
Group send: send an SMS to several candidates at the same time
In the relevant recruitment stage, or your CV library, select the candidates to whom you wish to send your question, then click on "SMS" in the toolbar (below the search bar). A pop-up window opens with the same fields as in the SMS tab of the candidate file. Fill in your message (or select your SMS template), activate the "Store response in a tag" option and validate.
The candidate's response
The questions asked by SMS are either Boolean questions (requiring a yes or no answer) or list questions (the candidate has a restricted choice of 5 possible answers). Each possible answer is linked to a number, so all the candidate has to do is return the associated number.
For example, to the question:
"Do you have a driver's license?
1 - Yes
2 - No
The candidate will reply by SMS 1 if he has it and 2 if not. The information will be automatically filled in and stored in the corresponding tag.