Ed Hallen
Ed is a co-founder of Team Engine, a software platform that helps blue-collar companies recruit, hire, and manage their teams of deskless workers. He is also the co-founder of Klaviyo, an ecommerce email marketing platform. Ed holds an MBA from MIT Sloan, where he was a Siebel Scholar, and a BS in Systems Engineering from the University of Virginia, where he was a Rodman Scholar.
Blogs
Hiring for Blue Collar Work in The New Decade
Combat the no-show epidemic in hourly recruiting with strategies to boost candidate engagement and reduce wasted effort. Learn actionable tips now!
Best Practices for Screening and Interviewing Candidates
Improve your hiring process with best practices for screening and interviewing candidates. Discover modern methods to avoid no-shows and find the perfect fit!
4 Major Hiring Problems and How to Solve Them
Discover solutions to four major hiring problems, from too many unqualified applicants to low retention rates, with these expert strategies for success!
Why You Can't Only Rely on Job Boards for Applicants
Sites like Indeed and ZipRecruiter do a good job of providing a long list of applications, but they create a lot of inefficiencies and busywork, too.
Improve Your Job Descriptions and Get Better Applicants
Improve your job descriptions and simplify the application process by giving the candidate all the information they need upfront to make an informed decision.
Passive Candidate Recruiting in a Tight Labor Market
People are spending money and there’s lots of work keeping folks busy. On the flip side, there aren’t a lot of active job seekers out there to do the work.
Hire Better People: Texting Best Practices
Streamline your hiring process with texting best practices. Learn effective strategies for initial outreach, interview scheduling, and maintaining candidate engagement.
Recruiting Ads 101: An Overview of Using Facebook & Instagram Ads
We walk through using Facebook advertising for hiring to drive applicants to your job.
The Guide to Hiring in a Great Economy: 5 Tips
Use texting, respond quickly, treat applicants well, simplify processes, and market your roles effectively.
Facebook Advertising for Hiring Hourly Workers: An Introduction
Using Facebook advertising for hiring hourly workers can be a great way to get more applicants to your job when you aren't having success with job boards.
Eliminate Unhelpful Obstacles in Your Hiring Process
There are a lot of ways that employers can embrace an open hiring policy to reduce friction in their hiring processes for hourly employees.
Don't Rely on Job Boards for Hourly Workers
There aren't holy grail job boards for hourly workers. Here are 6 great places to look beyond job boards for great hourly employees.
Addressing the No-Show Epidemic in Hourly Recruiting
Tackle the no-show epidemic with tips on branding, timely responses, frequent communication, and leveraging text messaging for better engagement.
Text Messaging Job Applicants to Increase Response-Rate
Why text messaging job applicants increases response rates and how to use it to get more candidates in the door.