How do you chat or message your friends? Is it through a mobile app like Facebook Messenger or WhatsApp? In the era of social media, the majority of people are now using instant messaging apps to communicate faster. And just recently, a few businesses joined in on using instant messaging platforms for faster internal communication.<\/p>\n
This got me thinking\u2014since the rest of the world is using instant messaging to communicate real-time, the HR and recruitment <\/a><\/strong>industries should also integrate this method as a recruitment strategy for faster and better communication between the candidate and the recruiter.<\/p>\n On average, people check their phones 150 times a day<\/a><\/strong>. Meanwhile, e-mails have taken a backseat. The problem here is that the recruitment industry is still driven by emails. A recruiter’s life is made up of a sea of emails from applicants sending in job applications, or messages for a possible interview.<\/p>\n But how do you know if these emails have been read (or at least viewed) by the recipient? Wouldn’t it be nice if recruiters integrate a platform where they can instant message a potential candidate, and be able to get a reply in the shortest possible time? Fortunately,\u00a0Kalibrr<\/a><\/strong> has this feature integrated on the platform, and here are its 3 advantages for recruitment and candidate engagement:<\/p>\n