Job Application via SMS

Looking for a regular job has been taking a big chunk of my time these past few days. I even tried job application via SMS.

While I never got a confirmation text message, much less a call from that employer, I welcome the additional mean to reach prospective employers through my cellphone.

Have you tried and successfully landed a job by sending your application via SMS?

SMS or Text Messaging has indeed transformed a huge part of our lives.

Hiring managers/departments is now utilizing that technology to lure job seekers into their companies. When you browse classified ad section of local broadsheets these days, there are companies that include a SMS syntax by which you can inform them of your interest of applying.

This is totally convenient on the part of jobseekers like me. A few strokes on my cellphone's keypad can send my interest across to a prospective employer/company. Much savings too, in money and time as compared to personally submitting your application and not get interviewed right away. Among the local companies that I noticed were TeleTech, Sitel and Citigroup Business Process Solutions.

As to the success of getting the position, that's a different matter altogether. If I do get a call for interview after sending an application via text, that's a very good and cost-effective use of the technology.

I still do walk-ins, e-mail submissions. But job application via SMS is a welcome means to get a job.

Anyone who used this approach and got a job? Share your experience please via the comment section.

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