Another alternative to reaching candidates today, beyond phone, email and in-person meetings is text messaging. Most resumes today give multiple ways to contact candidates, along with providing cell phone numbers. The vast majority of cell phones today are advanced and have text messaging capabilites - so why not take advantage as a recruiter or sourcer?

I found a site I liked recently called Joopz, where you can set-up an account for free and send and receive text messages all online at no cost. The interface is very easy to use and displays all messages outgoing and incoming, along with other nice features. Here is an example of a recent outgoing test text for this post:

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You get notified online when you get‚ a reply:

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Texting affords recruiters and sourcers a great way to further reach out and communicate with potential job seekers and candidates. There are links to other free text messaging services online here.

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