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SMS Tool for Human Resources

Text message marketing tool for human resources

Swiftly reach and interact with staff and recruits via SimpleTexting’s SMS for HR. Never let your crucial messages go unnoticed. SimpleTexting makes it easy to reach and engage with your team and job applicants.

  • Easy to use texting tools
  • Quick to implement
  • No long term commitments
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What is SMS for Human Resources?

SMS for human resources is a fast, efficient way for HR teams to communicate with employees and job candidates. From sending policy updates and shift reminders to coordinating interviews and following up with applicants, text messaging streamlines internal communication and simplifies the hiring process. With high open rates and quick response times, SMS helps HR teams stay connected and productive.

How can texting be used for human resources?

Text messaging gives HR teams a quick, reliable way to reach employees and candidates—no email clutter or missed calls. Here are a few common ways HR professionals use SMS to simplify communication:

  • Send company updates like policy changes, benefits enrollment reminders, or event announcements
  • Coordinate interviews with candidates and reduce no-shows with timely reminders
  • Follow up with applicants to keep the hiring process moving
  • Notify employees about shift changes, PTO approvals, or time-sensitive alerts
  • Check in with new hires during onboarding to answer questions and offer support
  • Conduct pulse surveys to gather quick employee feedback

Hundreds of HR teams use SMS to…

  • Scheduling HR texts giving you the ability to set-it-and-forget-it when it comes to sending company communications or reminders to 1, 10, 100, or 1,000 employees all at once.
  • Segment employee contacts based on groups, teams, departments, or interests to make sending the right people the right message a breeze.
  • Respond via text to urgent questions and requests from employees and applicants with two-way SMS messaging.
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Boost HR communication efficiency through SMS automation

Connect with staff and recruits through SimpleTexting’s automated engagement, and follow up features. All you have to lose is wasted time.

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SimpleTexting lives up to its name

Start engaging with your employees and recruits in just 3 easy steps

Step One: Import

Bring in contacts from your current company records

  • Easily import your contacts in seconds
  • Include additional fields like Email, Name, and Address for personalized messages
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Step Two: Connect

Personalize your staff communications

  • Send and receive custom text messages in seconds
  • Segment your employee contacts based on things like department or location
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Step Three: Automate

Less manual work, more opportunities to connect with employees

  • Save time by reusing your frequently sent HR messages
  • Get ahead and schedule your messages or company announcements in advance
  • Share the HR workload and let team members respond to incoming questions via text
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Brandon started using SimpleTexting to solve their nurse aide shortage HR problem

A lot of individuals prefer to text over call. SimpleTexting is an easier way to reach them instead of cold calling or emailing them, where they won’t answer

73%
of job searches from Millenials and Gen Xers originated on mobile devices
98%
open rates on text messages
80.5%
of text messages are read within the first 5 minutes
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Love the ease and notifications!

It’s so easy. We have other programs and still chose to use this service. It is so easy and notifies you via email when someone has responded. We use it for recruiting at our company. We get a better response rate than emails and phone calls.

Kimberly A. Human Resources Director

Texting is one of the best ways to communicate with our employees

We see a response rate 3-4x higher on our texts than emails. More importantly, we can see an uptick in filled shifts when we text a group of nurses about a particular facility.

Melanie Mathews Director or Market Development

Our business loves the features of SimpleTexting!

This platform has made it significantly easier for our business to stay in contact with our employees and customers. From one-to-one texting to mass texting, Simpletexting has been great for our business.

Verified User Staffing and Recruiting

AMAZING! This is going to cut my Friday 12-hour shift in half!

Simple texting is allowing me to send mass communications that include easy to read / or click attachments. People check texts more than emails.

Verified User Staffing and Recruiting

FAQs

Text messaging in HR offers a higher open rate compared to emails, ensuring messages are not overlooked. It provides real-time communication, minimizes miscommunication, and supports group texts for disseminating messages across various departments efficiently.
SMS streamlines various HR processes such as recruitment and onboarding, improves scheduling and meeting notifications, and enhances the security of internal communications through encrypted messaging.