{"id":30512,"date":"2019-05-02T10:08:39","date_gmt":"2019-05-02T15:08:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/?p=30512"},"modified":"2019-05-16T13:36:08","modified_gmt":"2019-05-16T18:36:08","slug":"texting-is-trending","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/2019\/05\/texting-is-trending\/","title":{"rendered":"Texting Is Trending"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"boldgrid-section\">\n<div class=\"container\">\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col-md-12 col-xs-12 col-sm-12\">\n<h3 class=\"\">Texting is becoming the best communication channel in the business world.&nbsp; It seems that phone calls are answered less often even when considering business lines.&nbsp; The backdoor, surest communication channel is the cell phone and, specifically, texting.<\/h3>\n<p class=\"\">Texting\/app messaging is the preferred communication tool for younger workers.&nbsp; When you are hiring today, you need to keep this fact in mind.&nbsp; I still find LinkedIn messaging to work well.&nbsp; However, nothing works as well, or as quickly, as texting.&nbsp; The response time is typically minutes or less.&nbsp; The ability to send attachments and links has improved also.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">So is it a trend when dealing with Millennials?&nbsp; <a href=\"http:\/\/hrexecutive.com\/4-simple-reasons-why-texting-can-lead-to-better-hires\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">According to HR Executive it is:<\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"\">\n<p class=\"\">In a highly competitive market, speed matters more than ever. How quickly you can secure the talent you need impacts how quickly your business is moving forward. Seventy-three percent of U.S. millennials and Gen Zers&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/life-style\/gadgets-and-tech\/news\/millennials-generation-z-smartphone-habits-apps-communications-real-life-a8008641.html\">interact with each other digitally more than they do in real life<\/a>. If you want a fast answer, texting is the way to go.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p class=\"\">The current hiring market is moving fast.&nbsp; I have been telling customers that you have to move quickly on strong candidates as they will have other options.&nbsp; If you have identified them as strong, it is most likely that another company has come to the same conclusion.&nbsp; Texting is the fastest communication channel available today.&nbsp; The reason it works is that people are conditioned to respond quickly to a text.&nbsp; This convention provides you with the quickest channel for moving a candidate through your hiring process.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Texting has also started to enter the business world as an appropriate communication channel.&nbsp; When dealing with sales candidates, it is even more prevalent. If you haven&#8217;t embraced this channel for Millennials, you are missing out on an advantage your competition is probably using.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><strong><a class=\"btn btn-pill btn-color-5 btn-glow\" style=\"color: #ffffff;\" href=\"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/contact-us\/\">Text Us Today<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Texting is becoming the best communication channel in the business world.&nbsp; It seems that phone calls are answered less often even when considering business lines.&nbsp; The backdoor, surest communication channel is the cell phone and, specifically, texting. Texting\/app messaging is the preferred communication tool for younger workers.&nbsp; When you are hiring today, you need to keep this fact in mind.&nbsp; I still find LinkedIn messaging to work well.&nbsp; However, nothing works as well, or as quickly, as texting.&nbsp; The response time is typically minutes or less.&nbsp; The ability to send attachments and links has improved also. So is it a trend when dealing with Millennials?&nbsp; According to HR Executive it&hellip; <a class=\"read-more\" href=\"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/2019\/05\/texting-is-trending\/\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":34038,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"bgseo_title":"","bgseo_description":"","bgseo_robots_index":"index","bgseo_robots_follow":"follow","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[14,29,2],"tags":[1760,1762,1639],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Millennial-Texting.png?fit=560%2C315","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5Oho-7W8","jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30512"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=30512"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30512\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":42868,"href":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30512\/revisions\/42868"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/34038"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30512"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30512"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=30512"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}<!-- WP Super Cache is installed but broken. 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