Built for staffing & recruiting teams

Text messages that candidates will actually answer

Candidates read texts and ignore email. Avochato puts your whole team in one shared SMS inbox, with every conversation logged, from first application to placement.

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What customers say
"Avochato has definitely changed how we do business. We are able to reach out to more employees quicker, thus filling the needs of our clients faster."

Erica Fleming

Operations Manager, Consolidated Medical Staffing

The stats

Why staffing & recruiting teams switch to SMS

98%

of text messages are read, most within minutes of delivery.

~20%

average email open rate: most candidate emails go unread.

< 90s

typical first response with a shared team inbox.

The problem

Recruiting shouldn't mean losing candidates to phone tag

Most communication tools weren't built for the speed and volume that filling a req actually takes.

Candidates Who Go Cold

A great candidate applies. The message hits one recruiter's phone mid-call. By the time anyone follows up, they've accepted an offer elsewhere.

No-Shows That Cost Placements

Interviews, first-day start times, orientation. Candidates miss them because email has an average 20% read rate, while texts get read 98% of the time.

Recruiters Stretched Across Channels

Job boards, email, phone, personal texts. When your team is context-switching all day between reqs, they can't give every candidate a fast response.

The Avochato shared inbox showing candidate text conversations for a staffing agency
The solution

One inbox, every conversation logged

Avochato replaces one-recruiter phone silos with a shared team inbox, mass texting, and AI-drafted replies. No candidate falls through the cracks, and no conversation lives on a personal phone.

  • Up to 40x ROI with 98% read messages.
  • Works with your existing number or a new one.
  • Full conversation history visible to your whole team.
  • Live in minutes, no IT setup required.
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What Avochato delivers

How staffing teams use text recruiting software

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Candidate Sourcing & Screening

Send a text-based screening survey to dozens of applicants at once instead of playing phone tag one by one. Ask for availability, location, and basic qualifications up front, then push only serious candidates to the next step.

Candidate Sourcing & Screening text conversation example

Interview Scheduling & Reminders

Send interview times candidates confirm with one reply, reschedule in seconds when something changes, and cut down on no-shows before they cost you a placement.

Interview Scheduling & Reminders text conversation example

Mass Texting For Open Roles

New opening, shift, or contract role to fill? Send one broadcast to your candidate pool or bench, segmented by skill, location, or availability, personalized with first names and scheduled ahead of time.

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Mass Texting For Open Roles text conversation example

Client & Hiring Manager Updates

Keep hiring managers in the loop with candidate submissions, status updates, and approvals over text, without the back-and-forth email threads. Every thread stays logged in your shared inbox.

Client & Hiring Manager Updates text conversation example

AI That Handles The Repeat Questions

Candidates ask the same questions about pay rate, shift times, and dress code hundreds of times a month. Avo AI answers them automatically, around the clock, and notifies your team the moment a conversation needs a human recruiter.

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AI That Handles The Repeat Questions text conversation example
Compliance

Consent and deliverability, handled

Texting candidates and clients comes with rules, and text recruiting laws mostly come down to consent. Avochato is built for them.

01
Double Opt-In

Documents consent by text before any automated or bulk conversation begins, which covers the TCPA requirement for that kind of messaging.

02
A2P 10DLC Registration

Keeps your messages from being filtered by carriers, so new-opening broadcasts and interview reminders actually arrive.

03
Tiered Access

Keeps candidate and client conversations visible only to authorized staff.

04
Full Message Logging

Every conversation is logged and searchable, ready for internal reviews and audits.

05
SOC 2 Certified Platform

With enterprise audit logs.

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Features

Everything your recruiting desk needs

Shared Inbox

Your whole team sees and continues every customer conversation in one consolidated place.

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Broadcast SMS & MMS

Reach every candidate or bench segment at once; replies come back as normal one-to-one conversations.

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Avo AI Agents

Agents draft responses and answer repeat questions around the clock, with seamless handoff to your team.

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Live Chat Widget

On your careers or apply pages, turns website visitors into text conversations that continue after they leave.

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Analytics & Reporting

Analytics tracks response times, team performance, and campaign results in one clear dashboard.

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Integrations

Salesforce, Slack, Microsoft Teams, Okta single sign-on, and thousands of apps through Zapier.

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Who it's for

Built for every staffing and recruiting model

Healthcare Staffing

Shift confirmations, credential reminders, and compliance-heavy candidate communication.

Light Industrial & Trades

Mass texting for open shifts and daily dispatch to a large, mobile-first candidate pool.

Admin & Professional

Screening and interview scheduling at the volume a busy desk needs.

Executive Search

High-touch, one-to-one candidate nurture for confidential searches.

Gig & On-Demand

Instant broadcast of shift openings to fill roles the same day.

IT & Technical Staffing

Fast-moving contract-to-hire screening and project ramp-up updates at tech hiring speed.

Your candidates are already texting. Meet them there.

See how Avochato's text recruiting software speeds up your screening, interviewing, and placement workflows.

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FAQs

What is text recruiting software?

Text recruiting software is a business texting platform that lets a staffing team run two-way SMS with candidates from a shared inbox instead of personal phones. Avochato adds mass texting, AI replies, opt-in and A2P 10DLC compliance, and a full logged history, so recruiters can screen, schedule, and place faster while every conversation stays visible to the team.

Can staffing agencies and recruiters text candidates?

Yes. Recruiters text candidates legally every day; the requirement is consent. Collect opt-in before sending automated or bulk messages (a TCPA rule), honor opt-outs immediately, and send from a registered business number rather than a personal phone. Avochato handles all three.

Do candidates have to opt in first?

For automated and bulk messages, yes. Avochato supports double opt-in, sending a confirmation text that documents consent before any campaign starts. One-to-one replies to a candidate who texted you first don't need separate consent.

Is it safe to text sensitive candidate information?

Keep sensitive details like Social Security numbers, background-check results, and pay negotiations off text, the same way you would with email. Use routine logistics over SMS (interview times, start dates, shift confirmations) and use Avochato's tiered access so conversations are visible only to authorized staff. Avochato is a messaging platform, not a background-check or ATS system, so it doesn't replace those tools' own compliance handling.

Can we send mass texts to our whole candidate pool or bench?

Yes. Broadcast to your full bench, a specific skill set, or a location-based segment, with first-name personalization and scheduled sending. Every reply comes back as a normal conversation your team can answer.

Can recruiters text without using their personal phones?

That's the point of Avochato. Recruiters send and receive from business numbers in the browser or the mobile app, and every conversation stays in the shared inbox with full history when someone is out or leaves the desk.

Will our texts actually get delivered?

You register for A2P 10DLC inside Avochato, the carrier framework that tells mobile carriers your traffic is legitimate. Registered senders see less filtering, so interview reminders and new-opening broadcasts arrive, at volume.

Can we keep our existing number?

Yes. If you own a number already, Avochato will help you transfer it in, so candidates and clients keep texting the number they know.

How long does setup take?

Minutes. Create a free trial account with no credit card, claim or port a number, invite your team, and send your first broadcast the same day.