How can you facilitate communication with professionals through Get on Board?

When you start recruiting with Get on Board, a common question is whether to message candidates and follow up inside the platform or to download CVs and email them privately. We recommend keeping the conversation inside Get on Board, and you get a set of ATS tools to make that easy as soon as you post a job.

Tools to communicate with candidates

  • Messages on each applicant card. Write to candidates from their card on the Kanban board, so the whole thread stays with their application and your team can see the context.
  • Reply from your email. When you get a new-message notification, you can reply straight from your inbox and it posts back into the process.
  • Message templates. Save reusable templates for invitations, interview scheduling, or discards, so you don’t rewrite the same message each time.
  • Bulk messages. Send one message to many applicants at once to keep everyone informed.

Why keep the conversation here

  • Professionals manage all their applications in one place, so they don’t have to track a separate email thread with you.
  • You keep full visibility of the process for managers and the whole hiring team.
  • Your response times are measured from in-platform interactions, and replying fast can earn a “Responds quickly” badge that candidates see on your jobs.
  • Get on Board sends inactivity alerts and can temporarily unpublish idle processes. Handling everything outside the platform can make a process look inactive and trigger those alerts.

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