Call Forwarding: Receive Candidate Phone Calls From Your Gem Phone Number

Gem phone numbers now offer support for phone calls from candidates. This allows you to receive phone calls on your personal device or through another service, like Google Voice, and have this touchpoint automatically logged in Gem.

 

Please note you must first have a Gem-provisioned phone number; please visit the SMS set-up guide for steps.

 

By default, call forwarding is disabled. In order to enable it, you will need to go to your Settings page. Input your phone number and click “Send test phone call”, at which point you will receive an automated phone call. Then, save your settings. Call forwarding is now configured.

 

 

After configuring, a candidate must call your Gem phone number in order for Gem to forward the call to you.

 

If a candidate calls your Gem phone number, we first check to see if you have call forwarding enabled. This means that a phone number has been entered and “Disable call forwarding” is not checked, as shown in the Settings page GIF above.

If call forwarding is disabled, the candidate will be played a message that reads:

Thanks for calling! This number is for texting only. Have a great day.

No further action is taken.

If call forwarding is enabled, you will receive a phone call from your Gem phone number. When you accept the call, you will be played a message that reads:

This is an incoming call from <Candidate name>. Connecting now...

You will then be connected to the candidate.

 

How do I track phone calls in Gem?

Forwarded phone calls are automatically logged in Gem. This takes place in three ways:

1. You will receive an email with the subject line: "Your Gem phone number received a call."
2. A Gem notification is generated, under the notification bell.
3. An incoming call reply touchpoint is logged in the candidate’s activity feed. (Please note: since we treat this is a reply touchpoint, sequences are automatically paused!)