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Slack + WhatsApp: Multi-channel Candidate Comms
Amelia Rowe·May 18, 2026·5 min read
Slack + WhatsApp: Multi-channel Candidate Comms
Email response rates in recruiting have collapsed. Candidates read email, decide it's spam, and move on. WhatsApp response rates are 4–7x higher.
In this article we walk through how Hovar's Follow-up Agent orchestrates conversation across Slack (internal), Email, WhatsApp, and SMS (external) — and why matching the channel to the audience is table stakes in 2026.
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