Does this situation sound familiar to you?
After weeks of relentless searching for top talent, you’re actually starting to find some great candidates. You even think you’ve found a couple of ‘A players’ who are perfect for the position.
You’re starting to think you’ve got this in the bag.
Then you try to reach out to them. First, you start with a phone call. No reply. Then another phone call the next day. No reply. Three hours pass and you try again, but still no response. And this continues to happen for the next 20 candidates you call too.
If you’re thinking, yes, this happens to me all the time, then you’re not alone.
Reaching out to candidates is an art. More and more people screen phone calls from unknown numbers and often don’t even check their voicemails. Your phone calls and texts need to be strategic in order to get a response.
Keep reading to learn the best times to call candidates in order to get a response. Calling them at these specific times and days will increase your chances of getting a response the first time around and save you time.
