As Mobile Marketing Watch reports, unlike email and voice mail, SMS text messages have a 98% open rate. For recruiters, texting is turning out to be the easiest and most effective way to communicate with top talent immediately. But before you start reaching out to candidates over text, there are best practices that you will want to follow.

GR8 People details 5 essential tips for newbies (and not so newbies) to text recruiting on how to improve candidate engagement, team productivity and hiring performance.