Fastest-growing business-class texting platform now used by over 700 staffing firms to quickly place job candidates

BOULDER, CO -- TextUs, the leading business-class text messaging™ software, announced today that over 700 staffing firms now use the platform to communicate in real time with staffing and recruiting candidates. Debuting at #573 on the Inc. 5000, TextUs is the fastest-growing text messaging software solution in the country.

Topics: Press, Staffing and Recruiting

Meridian Technologies, an IT staffing firm, knew the power of texting. “If you’re not texting candidates, you’re behind the eight ball,” said Justin Van Tassel, Director of Recruiting, Talent Acquisition, Training & Development.

Their recruiters were using their personal cell phones to text with prospects and candidates and seeing great response rates over email and phone outreach alone.

But not everyone was comfortable using their personal cell phones, and as a result, Meridian wasn’t able to adopt text messaging company-wide. What’s more, when the staffing firm was using a BYOD (bring-your-own-device) model, management had zero insight into the quality, frequency, and efficacy of text outreach. This left a big hole in their analytics.

Topics: Business Texting, Staffing and Recruiting, Case Studies, Text Messaging, SMS, Bullhorn

We’re happy to announce that we’ve integrated with Greenhouse, the applicant tracking system and talent acquisition software that optimizes the entire recruiting process. TextUs for Greenhouse enhances your ATS experience with integrated text messaging, improving workforce productivity, increasing communication efficiency, and boosting customer engagement.

With the new integration, Greenhouse users can send and receive personalized text messages directly from their ATS to communicate in real-time with your candidates. The integration also allows users to track text touches directly from candidate profiles.

Topics: Business Texting, Staffing and Recruiting, Partner Network, SMS, marketplace, greenhouse, integration

There is a major shift happening in business communication right now. Your business is no longer in control of the conversation -- the customer is.

We can all order anything online, instantly get a ride, access all the entertainment and information that we want, on-demand and on our phones. This means that the power to make the decisions that drive business is literally in our pockets.

But, when it comes to business conversations, most companies are still acting as though the ball is in their court. We’re still using a business-first approach instead of a putting the customer first.

Topics: Inside Sales, Business Texting, Staffing and Recruiting, Customer Service, Sales Acceleration, News and Updates, Product Updates, Voice, TextUs Voice, real-time communication

One day, the team and I were talking (again) about how to really show the value of text messaging for staffing firms. We’d been really digging in, trying to get at a way to identify the most meaningful metric, and I had one of those lightning bolt moments that we’re all hoping for when tackling tough problems.

Topics: Staffing and Recruiting, Text Messaging, ROI

Steve Swan and I met for the first time at the inaugural Staffing Tech conference in Seattle this winter. We were at an overhyped sushi restaurant with a bunch of other staffing folks, picking at purple sea urchin and downing sake.

Topics: Staffing and Recruiting, podcast

Staffing Hub, the go-to site for staffing industry intelligence, just introduced The Staffing Show, the only podcast that delivers tools, tips, and tactics from the staffing and recruiting industry’s top executives and thought leaders. TextUs is proud to co-sponsor The Staffing Show.

Topics: Business Texting, Staffing and Recruiting, Text Messaging, Staffing Referrals, SMS, Bullhorn, podcast

You can’t reach your goals unless you have solid metrics to track your progress as you go. You can’t get healthy without measuring pounds lost or calories burned. You can’t get rich without measuring profits or ROI.

And you can’t improve your candidate experience without metrics that let you know how often your recruiters are communicating with your contacts.

Topics: Business Texting, Staffing and Recruiting, Text Messaging, SMS, Bullhorn, sales

Today kicks off day two of Bullhorn Engage 2018!

The TextUs team is at the booth and we’re prepping our roundtable to make sure it’s packed with all the info you need to help your recruiters get in touch with the right candidates at the right time.

We’re putting the finishing touches on our Engage with TextUs conference page, where you can find our latest updates and content throughout the show.

Topics: Inside Sales, Business Texting, Staffing and Recruiting, News and Updates, SMS, Bullhorn, sales

As recruiters and salespeople, we spend tons of time and energy reaching out to our candidates and leads.

Topics: Inside Sales, Business Texting, Staffing and Recruiting, Text Messaging, Sales Acceleration, Bullhorn, sales

Now that we’ve discussed how to use text messaging to promote job postings and to qualify potential candidates, I want to showcase how you can use text messaging to nurture your relationships with candidates you’ve already placed.

Topics: Business Texting, Staffing and Recruiting, Text Messaging, Staffing Referrals, SMS

Sometimes, the right message is all it takes to get a meeting with your contacts. And text messaging is the perfect medium for setting appointments. It helps you ask simple questions and get quick answers back, just what you need to fill your calendar.

Topics: Inside Sales, Business Texting, Staffing and Recruiting, Text Messaging, Sales Acceleration, Templates, SMS

Recently, we discussed how to promote your job postings using text messaging. Now we’re going to take things to the next level and talk about how you can use conversational texting to qualify leads.

Topics: Business Texting, Staffing and Recruiting, Text Messaging, SMS, Business Texting Framework

You can now stream the 2018 State of Staffing Webinar, featuring an in-depth exploration of the data from the State of Staffing report. It also offers actionable tips on how you can align your outreach strategy, candidate experience, and tech stack to fuel optimal growth.

Topics: Business Texting, Staffing and Recruiting, Customer Service, Text Messaging, SMS, Marketing

Your team works hard to source candidates, connect with top talent, and fill open positions as fast as possible. The race to scoop up talent is real, and you know that if your team isn’t the first ones out of the gate, your odds of winning plummet. But, do you know how your team compares to industry averages for days to close?

Topics: Business Texting, Staffing and Recruiting, Text Messaging, 2018 State of Staffing, SMS

Maybe you have bad associations with texting a lot of people at once. You think “mass texting” and you might picture the worst kind of business communication -- anonymous, generic outreach or promotional messages that don’t meaningfully consider the audience on the other side of them.

Topics: Business Texting, Staffing and Recruiting, Sales Acceleration, Product Updates, High Volume, SMS, Marketing

In the recent State of Staffing Benchmarking Report, surveying hundreds of staffing and recruiting professionals, fast-growth staffing firms are more likely than their slower growth peers to use text messaging at every stage of their relationships with candidates and talent.

Topics: Business Texting, Staffing and Recruiting, Text Messaging, 2018 State of Staffing

We’re excited to announce that Nate Bishop has joined the TextUs team as our new VP of Sales. Before joining us here at TextUs, Nate was the Strategic Alliance Manager of North America at Bullhorn ATS and the Director of Sales at CloudCall, a cloud-based, ATS integration and voice services platform. Earlier in his career, he served as an enterprise sales engineer at Hewlett Packard.

Topics: Inside Sales, Business Texting, Press, Staffing and Recruiting, Text Messaging, Sales Acceleration, News and Updates

We’re excited to announce that TextUs has partnered with Staffing Referrals, the only referral management software built for the staffing and recruiting industry, to help recruiters get more referrals through text messaging.

Topics: Business Texting, Staffing and Recruiting, Text Messaging, Fastest-Growing Staffing Firms, App, Staffing Referrals

We’re excited to share StaffingHub’s 2018 State of Staffing Industry Growth Benchmarking Report, co-sponsored by TextUs, Erecruit, and StaffingReferrals.

StaffingHub surveyed hundreds of staffing industry professionals to understand the strategies, tools, and tactics that the most successful staffing firms use to grow faster.

Topics: Business Texting, Staffing and Recruiting, Text Messaging, Sales Acceleration, Fastest-Growing Staffing Firms, 2018 State of Staffing