It's no secret that communicating with applicants can be a time-consuming and disorganized process. Apploi helps make it more convenient and efficient by offering emailing and texting capabilities directly from the platform.

Once a candidate applies to a job, you have the option to either email or text them through the platform and keep track of their messages from one place. Follow the steps below to see the different ways to communicate with applicants through the platform.

The first way to access emailing and texting in Apploi is through the Applicants page. Hover over the Actions column and either click on the Email this applicant or Text message this applicant icons that appear.

You can also access emailing and texting on the Applicant Details page. Click the applicant's name > click on the Actions dropdown > click on Send Text or Send Email. You can also click the applicant's email address or phone number under the Basic Information to begin communicating.

Once you click to either send a text or an email, you'll be brought to the same form. With emailing and texting, you have the option to either write out a custom message or choose from one of the templates in your account.

If you send an email to an applicant, a preview of the message will populate in the window on the right-hand side. When the applicant replies, their response will be sent directly to your email inbox rather than appearing on this window.

Your Apploi account is enabled to send text messages to applicants as well, so you’ll be sending texts directly from Apploi rather than from your cell phone. When you send a text to an applicant, both your sent message and the applicant's reply will be available to be previewed. You’ll also be notified via email when you receive a text from an applicant.

You also have the option to email or text applicants in bulk to help save time. On the main Applicants page, click the checkbox next to each applicant that you would like to send the bulk email or text message to. Once the action icons appear, click on either the Email selected applicants or Text message selected applicants icon.

You'll again see the option to either select from a template or type your own message - when you click send, an individual email or text will be sent to each applicant you checked off.

To learn more about adding new email and text templates, click here.