Danielle is the Content Marketing Manager for Team Engine where she creates tools and resources to recruit, engage and retain deskless workers. In her spare time, she writes about immersive entertainment and manages marketing operations for a seasonal haunted house. Danielle lives in Denver, CO with her husband and two dogs where she enjoys year-round outdoor recreation including camping, hiking and snowshoeing.
Blogs
Fall 2024 Product Update
RSVP now for our fall product update on October 15th to learn about new features, updates, and expert tips to optimize your workflow!
Key Steps to Successfully Implement New Technology
How to overcome challenges in implementing new technology by avoiding common obstacles, selecting the right vendors, and ensuring adoption by field employees.
Maximizing Profit in Your Landscaping Business
Tips from the pros on how to maximize resources, streamline processes, and make smarter financial decisions that enhance profitability.
Preferred HRIS and Payroll Systems for SMBs and Enterprise
Explore HR professionals' top picks and drawbacks of HRIS and payroll systems for small, medium, and enterprise organizations.
Summarize Survey Results & Identify Themes Using AI
Our new AI-powered tool summarizes employee survey results to identify key themes for faster, smarter reactions and decision-making.
Small Steps, Big Impact: Unlocking Success with Marginal Gains
Join our webinar on August 8th to learn how small, daily improvements can drive productivity, innovation, and long-term success for your business. Register now!
Building Your Own Applicant Pool
Learn how Team Engine makes it easy to save and re-engage past candidates and employees to strengthen your applicant pool like no other ATS can.
Encouraging & Incentivizing Employee Growth & Development
Discover strategies to encourage employee growth and development, ensuring motivation and engagement for those content in their current roles.
Revamp Your Incentive Programs [webinar replay]
In this webinar Jeffrey Scott will review the common problems with incentive programs, then show you how to avoid and overcome them.
Summer 2024 Product Update
Join our summer 2024 product update webinar to learn about the latest Team Engine features, see live demos, and live Q&A. Register now!
Employee Growth and Development Tips
Discover essential strategies for fostering employee growth and development in your organization, from structured orientation programs to continuous learning and feedback.
How di Stefano Landscaping Became a Multi-Million Dollar Company
Chris di Stefano details three crucial lessons he learned while growing his landscaping company into a multi-million dollar organization.
Unveiling Green Industry Recruiting Secrets
Jack Jostes shares his top secrets for attracting top talent in the green industry in this webinar streaming instantly on-demand!
Decoding the H-2B Visa Program: A Comprehensive Recap
Understand the inner workings of the complex H-2B visa program with our comprehensive webinar recap covering eligibility requirements to filing strategies.
'Announcements' Now Found Under 'Messages'
You will no longer see an Announcement tab, but instead you will select the group you’d like to send an announcement to from within the Messages tab.
Unlocking Opportunity: Mastering the H-2B Visa Program
Unlock the secrets of the H-2B visa program! Watch our webinar with expert Megan Wright for insights on finding legal labor, navigating filing processes, and empowering your business.
Conducting Training for Landscaping Crews
How to conduct training for landscaping crews, including company culture integration and how to plan an engaging day of learning that sticks.
Navigating the Talent War: Insights from Neal Glatt
Neal Glatt shares his insights on navigating the talent war in landscaping & snow removal industries. Discover key strategies for hiring success today!
Developing a Training Program for Landscapers
Developing a training program for landscapers takes some planning and organization, but will ultimately pay off in the form of better employee retention.
Recruiting & Retaining Talent in the Landscaping Industry
Unlock the secrets to recruiting & retaining top talent in the landscaping industry. Join us for expert insights & actionable strategies with Neal Glatt.
Elevating Construction Project Management with Delegation
Enhance construction project management with delegation and communication models. Overcome bottlenecks, boost productivity, and achieve success.
Mastering Labor Efficiency and Capacity Planning
Discover expert insights on optimizing landscaping labor efficiency, capacity planning, and financial management for sustainable business growth.
Checklist for Hiring Landscaping Employees
Discover the strategic advantage of year-round hiring for landscaping employees. From pre-season planning to post-season retention, unlock success in your seasonal workforce.
Solving Construction Productivity Issues
Watch our webinar recording for insights and advice on improving construction productivity through targeted and intentional project leadership development.
The Solution to Effective Communication with Your Snow Crew
How Team Engine customers are using text message software to quickly gather worker availability, communicate with them from the field in real time & more.
How to Give Holiday Bonuses
Blue Collar Nerd Richard Kohberger chats with Chris Hunter about how to structure holiday bonuses in a fair and sustainable way.
In Case You Missed It: New Features Added to Team Engine in 2023
In 2023 we integrated our platform with other HRIS & payroll software, built tools leveraging AI, and announced nine additional features to Team Engine.
New Integration with Inova
Eliminate manual admin work managing data between Team Engine & Inova, while simultaneously streamlining your hiring and onboarding processes.
Dennis' 7 Dees Cultivates Excellence by Investing in People
How Dennis' 7 Dees fosters a culture of growth by prioritizing employee development, recognizing their contributions, and promoting open communication.
The Power of Automated Communication Tools
How Stonehenge of Utah uses Team Engine to empower hiring managers with automated communication tools that streamline recruiting and improve onboarding.
How to Create a Strategic Plan... and Stick to It!
Join Head Harvesters Ed Laflamme and Bill Arman to learn their proven approach to developing your strategic plan & roadmap to success in the new year.
Recruiting, Hiring & Retaining Snow Management Staff
Experts and owners weigh in on five key themes around staffing for snow and ice management companies.
Message Translation Capabilities in Team Engine
Engage your multilingual workforce with our message translation tool. Seamless, AI-driven translations ensure clear communication in any language.
Balancing Staffing Levels with Customer Demand
Forecasting, outsourcing, cross-training, and ongoing recruitment are all recommended by experts, in addition to the need to protect staff from burnout.
What Your High Turnover Rate is REALLY Costing You
We asked our partners about the costs associated with both hiring and retention, and where priorities should lie to reduce a high turnover rate.
How an Employee Onboarding Program Improves Retention
Hear from Ryan at O’Neal Steel on how he uses Team Engine to create a 6-month onboarding program to help new warehouse hires acclimate.
How to Hire Top-Performing Sales Reps in Landscaping
Learn science-backed methods and approaches to screening sales candidates + tools and tips for managing the sales hiring process.
The #1 Error in Business Finance
According to our partners, failure to actively monitor business financial numbers is the most common mistake being committed by owners—by a landslide!
Losing Contracts Lately? Here's Where to Start.
With pandemic supply chain issues dwindling, companies are shopping around for better deals & service. Here’s how to hold on to those precious contracts.
An Easy, Proven Process for Writing Job Ads That Convert
Learn how to sell potential employees on why they should work for you in this free, on-demand webinar with Jack Jostes.
The Tech Your Field Service Business Needs
We asked our partners what role technology and automation plays for field service businesses and where they should be investing to stay competitive.
How Proper Training Empowers Field Leaders
A construction industry vet joins us for a webinar on how to empower frontline supervisors to become more engaged leaders.
How to Improve the Candidate Experience
Clearly communicate not just the total compensation package on the table, but also the growth opportunities and remarkable culture at your organization.
The Cost of Rushed Hiring Decisions
Learn how to turn an expedited hiring process into a competitive advantage + get practical tips for outmaneuvering your competition.
How to Write Company Mission, Vision and Values
An updated approach to defining a company’s mission, vision and values to make them more tangible, actionable and within reach for your employees.
The Construction Industry Is Cautiously Optimistic, Despite An Imminent Recession
Opinions from the industry on the likelihood of a recession, how to prepare, and how (if at all) supply on the labor market is changing in 2023.
Construction Industry Is Optimistic, Despite Imminent Recession
Opinions from the industry on the likelihood of a recession, how to prepare, and how (if at all) supply on the labor market is changing in 2023.
Landscaping Owners & Experts Discuss Recession Fears
Landscaping business owners & consultants discuss the labor shortage and its implications for 2023 + how a recession might impact the industry.
Are Recession Fears Over?
With all the speculation of a recession, how at risk are companies in labor-intensive industries, and what should businesses be doing right now to prepare?
Hiring Advice for Companies with Distributed Workers
We asked our partners and their clients for a single piece of advice to employers looking to hire in the new year.
Lessons in Talent Management & Acquisition
Talent management lessons we learned over the past 12 months that we’re carrying forward with us into the new year.
HRIS & Payroll Integration Now Available to All Customers
If you have not yet integrated Team Engine with your compatible HRIS and/or payroll software, you can now do so on your own and at your convenience—although sooner is certainly better than later!
How to Give Performance-Based Bonuses & Raises
Industry experts share best practices and advice on setting policies around performance-based pay & bonuses, raises, and internal rewards programs.
What Is the Right Employee Referral Bonus Amount?
Do you know the average employee referral bonus in your industry? What are the best companies offering these days? We asked our partners to find out.
Workplace Flexibility in Blue-Collar Work: Is It Possible?
Experts weigh in on how to achieve workplace flexibility in blue-collar industries without sacrificing quality or missing deadlines.
Staying Competitive with Wages & Compensation
Employers need to make sure they’re offering—at a minimum—as much money as similar companies in their local market. But that alone is not enough.
Solving the Snow Season Labor Issue
Learn how to refine your hiring strategy & leverage technology to reduce hiring costs and find the winter labor you need to succeed.
3 Crucial Elements Your Job Ads May Be Missing
The three crucial elements that your job ads need to include if you want to attract and hire the right people for your company.
Hiring Strategies for Sustainable Growth
Two coaches from ContractorCoachPRO will discuss balancing short term hiring needs with long term sustainable growth in recruiting.
The 4 Leadership Mistakes Impacting Employee Retention
Common mistakes that leaders unknowingly make without realizing the negative repercussions it can have on employee welfare.
4 Shortcuts to Employee Retention Success
Four things that leaders must do if they want to serve their team well and encourage them to stick around long term.
The Landscaper’s Guide to Fixing the Labor Problem
Learn to look at recruiting through the lens of sales & marketing in this webinar with the CEO of a digital marketing agency serving the green industry.
Important Leadership Strategies for Employee Retention
Companies with high turnover can benefit by shifting their focus from hiring to retention. Here are three leadership strategies to get you there.
A Leader's Guide to Employee Retention Success
Watch our webinar on employee retention strategies. Learn practical tips to keep your team engaged and reduce turnover with expert insights and advice.
3 Ways to Improve Your Hiring Process Today
Three ways to make easy changes to the hiring process that can have a big impact on your ability to beat your competition to the best talent on the market.
Get More Applicants with an Open Hiring Strategy
If your approach to hiring hasn't changed in recent years, it's time to adopt a radically different strategy, like the "open hiring" concept.
Thriving with Untapped Talent Pools in Landscaping
Find out how to get more applicants, stop getting ghosted & hold on to talent longer in this FREE webinar with Neal Glatt from Grow The Bench.
7 Ways to Improve Company Culture
Seven ways to improve your company culture, as told by Jeffrey Scott in our recent webinar on recruiting and retention in landscaping.
Hiring & Retention Tips for the Green Industry
Hear what Jeffrey's clients in the green industry have been doing to attract & retain top talent in today's tight labor market.
Cultivating a Culture of Safety in the Workplace
Industry experts weigh in on how to promote safety in the workplace through company communication, training, and culture.
6 Tips for Recruiting in a Candidate’s Market
At a time when job seekers have endless choices in the candidate's market, these six tips will help you cast a wider net and get more applicants in the door!
Hiring for Diversity in Male-Dominated Industries
Maisha Christian shares advice for attracting women to construction, building materials, and other male-dominated industries.
How to Hire Safe Workers
Pro tips on interviewing in a way that allows you to screen for safety aptitude, plus red flags to look for in both future and existing employees.
How to Roll Out an Employee Referral Program
Wondering how to set up a referral program that actually works? Check out our guide for a five-step process to rollout an effective employee referral program.
4 Best Practices for Using Texting Software with Employees
Wondering how to use texting software for communication in your business? Check out these four best practices for an effective employee text messaging system!
The Blue Collar Guide to Attracting Top Talent
Key learnings from our ebook show you how to attract top talent to your organization + where to find the applicants you need to fill jobs now.
Struggling with Hiring for Landscaping Jobs?
It could be time to update your process with a more modern approach to filling positions in landscaping.
Improving the Functions of HR Through Communication
Discover how organizational communication tools like Team Engine streamline HR functions from hiring to employee engagement and safety management.
How to Post Jobs on Craigslist
Everything you need to know to post jobs on Craigslist, including how much it costs and how to advertise.
How Does ZipRecruiter Work for Employers?
Find out how much it costs to post a job on ZipRecruiter and how to use TrafficBoost, their paid advertising option.
How to Communicate with Blue-Collar Candidates
Explore the pros and cons of each type of communication channel for blue-collar candidates, plus how to use them most efficiently.
How Does Indeed Work for Employers?
A rundown of how the job posting process works, what it costs, and some tips on getting the most out of your Indeed job postings.
Applicant Sourcing: Where to Find Blue-Collar Workers
The best job boards and career sites for finding blue-collar laborers, plus four additional channels for sourcing applicants you might have overlooked.
How Does Google For Jobs Work?
Wondering how Google For Jobs works for employers? Check out our guide to learn more about this powerful job search tool.
What Happened to Facebook Jobs?
Wondering what happened to Facebook Jobs and how to post your open jobs? The bad news is, it’s gone. The good news is, you now have better options.
Long Term Employee Retention Strategies That Work
If you want to keep your employees for the long haul, it all starts with having a solid long-term employee retention strategy.
6 Retention Tactics for New Hires
Want to make sure your new hires stick around? Check out these six retention tactics that have been proven to work in blue-collar industries.
How to Keep a Personal Touch in Automated Recruiting
Thoughts and advice from our partners on balancing automation with personalization for a better candidate experience.
Keeping New Hires Engaged
Learn effective strategies for keeping new hires engaged. Discover tips and best practices to ensure a successful onboarding experience and long-term retention.
10 Ways to Improve Your Branded Careers Page
Ten best practices for improving the performance of your company's careers page, plus 11 examples from real blue-collar organizations.
5 Tricks for Recruiting, From the Pros
Consultants, advisors & business coaches from a variety of blue-collar industries weigh in with their best recruiting tips.
Why The Labor Problem Feels Unsolvable Right Now
How the global pandemic made a complicated problem even more complex, and what you can do to fix it.
What to Look for (Besides Skills) When Hiring
You don’t necessarily need people who have experience in your trade, but you do need people who have a positive attitude and willingness to learn.
Hiring & Recruiting Ad Examples: HVAC
Find inspiration for your next recruiting campaign in these examples of great hiring ads for HVAC jobs.
Hiring & Recruiting Ad Examples: Distribution and Warehousing
Find inspiration for your next recruiting campaign in these examples of great hiring ads for distribution and warehousing jobs.
9 Ideas for Blue-Collar Team Building Activities
Explore creative blue-collar team-building activities and ideas. Strengthen team bonds and boost morale with engaging, effective exercises.
How to Plan Team Building Activities for Blue-Collar Workers
The ideal scenarios for using team building activities, when not to use them & tips on team building activities specifically for blue-collar workers.
Hiring & Recruiting Ad Examples: Manufacturing
Find inspiration for your next recruiting campaign in these examples of great hiring ads for manufacturing jobs.
Hiring & Recruiting Ad Examples: Construction
Find inspiration for your next recruiting campaign in these examples of great hiring ads for construction jobs.
Hiring & Recruiting Ad Examples: Landscaping
Find inspiration for your next recruiting campaign in these examples of great hiring ads for landscapers.