Mobile-focused, generational groups like Millennials and Gen Z are taking over candidate pools in full-force. They want to feel connected to their employers, and they want faster means of communication and they want to work for businesses that care about their preferences and needs. New technologies like text recruiting are making this increasingly possible by providing businesses with the opportunity to build relationships with candidates in new ways. It’s changing the game and shaping the way businesses recruit.

What is Onboarding Software and How Does it Work? The benefits of an organized new employee onboarding process isn’t a secret. Statistic after statistic prove its value: Organizations with a standard onboarding process experience 54% greater new hire productivity overall. Onboarding programs have increased retention by 25%. Onboarding programs improve employee performance by up to 11%. It’s not the obvious benefits of onboarding that hold organizations back from implementing programs that work. It’s the necessary time, money and manpower that keep leaders and their new hires from a highly engaging first few weeks on the job. That’s where onboarding software comes in.

Millennials…glued to their phones, posting everything to social media and spending more time on the internet than preceding generations. Yes, these are quasi-negative stereotypes, but that doesn’t mean you should engage them any less than other workforce generations; nor are they the only generation to use their mobile device frequently. In 2017, 56 million Millennials (those ages 21 to 36 in 2017) were working or looking for work. 75% of US adults use a smartphone and global phone usage is expected to surpass the 5 billion mark by 2019. In other words, as these phone-focused candidates begin to take over candidate pools, use this stereotype to your advantage in recruiting.