# Can I message candidates using the Career Portal and see the message chain in my Striven system?

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**Created:** [October 25, 2021, 6:35pm UTC](https://community.striven.com/t/can-i-message-candidates-using-the-career-portal-and-see-the-message-chain-in-my-striven-system/99 "2021-10-25T18:35:23Z")\
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Can I message candidates using the Career Portal and see the message chain in my Striven system?

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**Author:** ![Rafae](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/da6949/32.png) [@Rafae](https://community.striven.com/u/Rafae)\
**Post date:** [October 25, 2021, 6:49pm UTC](https://community.striven.com/t/can-i-message-candidates-using-the-career-portal-and-see-the-message-chain-in-my-striven-system/99/2 "2021-10-25T18:49:42Z")

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Recruiters can message candidates through Striven with ease using tools like the application queue and the candidates list. Candidates can also message recruiters back through the Career Portal as long as it’s enabled in the [Recruiting Settings](https://app.striven.com/HR/Recruiting/RecruitingSettings.aspx?sq=recrui). Both the Career Portal and Striven will track message conversation history for each party’s convenience.