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Communicate with the Job Seeker

KEY TOPICS:

  • Send an Email Message to a Job Seeker
  • Send a Text Message
  • Document a Telephone Call
  • Filter Communications
    • Show/Hide Job Seeker Communications by Mode
    • Show a Job Seeker's Communications for all Requisitions

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Communicate with a Job Seeker and Track the Interactions

The Job Seeker detail > Communications tab supports your organization's efforts to reach out to a Job Seeker by email and text, while also supporting your efforts to document telephone calls.

Accordingly, the tab is divided into a left-hand column for tracking all Communications, plus a right-hand window, serving as a task area for composing and documenting these conversations.

Send an Email Message to a Job Seeker

From the upper toolbar, choose the Email icon. Then proceed downward to complete the menus and fields, as displayed:

  1. (Optional) Select a Template from the provided drop-down (or leave the selection as: None).
  2. Review the Job Seeker's email, as populated in the To field.
  3. (Optional) If applicable, CC and/or BCC other balanceTRAK users by typing a few letters of each name and selecting one from provided prompts. (To CC or BCC an external contact, enter the contact's email address.)
  4. Enter a Subject for the message.
  5. (Optional) To add a file to the message, click the [Attachment] icon, and browse for the file on your computer.
  6. Enter content in the message body, and format its appearance, using the Word-like formatting toolbar.

When the above items are complete, click the [Send] button at the bottom of the window.

Send a Text Message

Document a Telephone Call

Filter Communications

After several Communications with the Job Seeker, it may be beneficial to reduce the accumulated list byor, mode.if applicable, expand it to include other Requisitions.

Show/Hide Job Seeker Communications by Mode

By default, all modes — Email Phone and Text — are shown.shown in the list's column header. Toggle one, two, or all three icons from active to inactive, reducing the list, as needed.

Show a Job Seeker's Communications for all Requisitions

To the right of the mode icons (described above), click the Show All icon to expand the list to include all Job Seeker Communications, regardless of Requisition Number.