In recruiting, first impressions count

The average corporate employee in North America spends nearly 12 hours of their work week just on email, writing 40 emails every day. At a typical rate of 200 words per email, that’s 40,000 words written per week by every employee at your company, just for composing mail.

Every one of those emails is a powerful vehicle for your company’s culture and values, especially when you’re reaching out to potential job candidates. Often the very first interaction a person has with your company is through a recruiting mail. That first impression alone can make or break your next new hire: Will it go straight to the recycling bin, or does it catch their interest? How far will they keep reading? Will they decide to reply? It all depends on how they read you.

If you’re looking for culture change at your company, there is no more important place to start than the language you’re using with the people that you’re recruiting. That’s why last year we upgraded Textio to integrate with both Gmail and LinkedIn Recruiter. And that’s why today we are extending the platform’s capabilities to yet another location where people spend a lot of time writing for hiring.

We’re proud to announce Textio for Outlook, the latest extension of Textio’s award-winning augmented writing platform, so you can write with Textio where you need to: in your Outlook email.

Textio for Outlook brings the full power of Textio's writing platform to your inbox. When you’re using email to reach out to candidates, you won’t need to guess how to make the right first impression anymore; Textio will be right there writing with you, whether you compose recruiting mails in Outlook, LinkedIn Recruiter, or Gmail.

Most versions of Outlook support Textio, so if you are already a customer, reach out to your account manager to ensure your version is compatible. If you aren’t already writing with Textio, request a live demo to see Textio for Outlook in action.