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# Engaging Candidates via SMS on Zoho recruit - Video Guide

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> Watch this video guide on the [SMS-Magic documentation site](https://docs.sms-magic.com/r67iXZP6Uvc-sms-magic-with-various-zoho-apps/S2mbRfxzmWM-engaging-candidates-via-sms-on-zoho-recruit-video-guide).

## Transcript

**00:00** In this video, let's see how to integrate SMS Magic with Zoho Recruit. I have logged in to Zoho Recruit and I am on the home page of it for installing or for integrating SMS Magic with Zoho Recruit. I am clicking on the settings. That is the gear icon here on the top right click on setup, then search for telephony here in the setup page and in the telephony, you will be able to see SMS gateway. I'm clicking on SMS gateway. So here you will see SMS text messaging gateway. I'm clicking on setup now. Here you will be able to see SMS magic, and I'm clicking on the integrate button which will open a new window that will ask for a username. Account ID, API key, and phone number.

**00:42** For this information, you need to log in to SMS Magic Portal. First, log in to the SMS Magic Portal and then navigate to the get started page. Here, you will be getting all the information related to SMS Magic that needs to be entered. First of all, for username. I'm just copying this user email address since username means email address here. So I've copied the email address. From the SMS Magic portal and here in the Zoho Recruit tab, I had pasted the username. That is the registered email address of SMS Magic portal, then for account ID. I have to again go to the SMS Magic Portal and copy this account ID from the get started page. I've pasted this account ID here. Then for the API key, you have to navigate back to SMS Magic portal and copy this API key

**01:30** and paste it here in the Zoho recruit tab. Now it is asking for a phone number the phone number means the sender ID. For getting the sender ID, you have to go to the SMS Magic portal. Click on settings at the center and there will be an SMS services. I am clicking on this SMS services tab, so it will open a new page. So on the left-hand side, you will be able to see my sender ID option and after clicking on my sender ID. I will be able to see the sender ID assigned to my account. So I'm copying the sender ID, then I have to go back again to Zoho recruit. This sender ID can be alphanumeric or a numeric sender ID. According to the country telecom rules, for now, I have assigned alphanumeric sender ID and pasted it here and then I click on the authenticate and save after clicking it says that the authentication is successful. Now it is showing to configure the mobile field. So here, there

**02:18** are two options. Phone and mobile. I am choosing here the mobile field as my contacts are in the mobile field. And the candidate's numbers are stored in the mobile field as well as my contact numbers are in the mobile field. I'm clicking on update, so now it's integrated with SMS Magic. Now for sending SMS through Zoho Recruit I am going to the candidate's module, clicking on the any candidates here. Select any candidate and click on this checkbox. After clicking this toolbar with three dots appear, I am on this three dots here, and the send SMS option is available here after installing SMS Magic. Next, I am clicking on send SMS button. Send to send SMS previously will give the previous SMS or otherwise I. You have to click on send button again, and it will ask for SMS templates I'm providing the invite job opening

**03:04** template here, and you have to choose the job opening. So I'm giving here any job opening, the sample one. So this is the message. You can use the merge fields. And now I'm clicking on send button, and its message displayed is SMS successfully sent. For checking whether the SMS has been sent successfully, you can go to SMS Magic portal again. Click on the campaign drop. There is a message history option here. You can click on a message history and here you can see the message has been sent out. Thank you.