Poached adds messaging feature to appeal to text-savvy applicants

When Kirk Thornby started Poached Jobs, an online job board and applicant tracking system for the hospitality and restaurant industry, in 2012, employers had the upper hand when it came to hiring. A job posted online could bring in hundreds of resumes.
But today, with an unemployment rate of 3.6 percent, employers in the industry are struggling to recruit and maintain workers in a tight labor market.
Thornby consistently hears from Portland restaurant owners that only about one in 10 job applica