John Hollon

John Hollon is an award-winning journalist and nationally recognized expert on leadership, talent management, and smart workforce practices. He most recently worked as managing editor at Fuel50, an AI talent marketplace technology company. Before that, John worked as editor of TLNT, the popular talent management website he founded and edited for six years, was editor of RecruitingDaily.com, and before that, editor-in-chief of Workforce Management magazine and workforce.com.

The Best (and Worst) Buzz Words Candidates Use on Résumés

John HollonMarch 13, 2014

There are a number of people who I know disagree with this, but I still believe it makes sense for job candidates to have a good résumé. Yes, I know there … Read more

Weekly Wrap: It’s Sad We Don’t Send Out Rejection Letters Anymore

John HollonMarch 7, 2014

Everyone should have the experience of getting a few rejection letters sometime in their lives. I was thinking about this today because, a) I have gotten … Read more

Weekly Wrap: Flex Work Is Growing, So Why Aren’t More Women Doing It?

John HollonFebruary 28, 2014

Everyone knows that flex work (or telework, or whatever else you call it) has been on the rise, and last year’s prolonged debate when Yahoo decided … Read more

Weekly Wrap: The Tell-Tale Signs an Employee Is Getting Ready to Quit

John HollonFebruary 21, 2014

There were a lot of short-sighted things done to workers by their employers during the Great Recession. I thought that once the economy improved and the … Read more

Weekly Wrap: The Scariest Issues Employers Are Facing Today

John HollonFebruary 14, 2014

Earlier this week, amidst all the Valentine’s Day-themed surveys and pitches, I got something interesting from XpertHR, the website that provides … Read more

Survey Finds 20% of Office Romances Involve Someone Already Married

John HollonFebruary 13, 2014

In my experience, an office romance is always a dicey proposition. I know that they happen and that you can’t stop them, but in all my years as a … Read more

Weekly Wrap: How IBM Kenexa is Jumping Big Time Into Big Data

John HollonFebruary 7, 2014

Last month, I was in Orlando at the annual IBM Connect conference. Last year, this event was the “coming out” party for Kenexa, which had just … Read more

Weekly Wrap: The Secrets That Employees Don’t Want HR to Know

John HollonJanuary 31, 2014

I wade through all sorts of content during the course of any given week, and a great deal of it is not particularly memorable. PR people pitch me all sorts … Read more

President to Raise Minimum Wage to $10.10 For Some Federal Workers

John HollonJanuary 28, 2014

President Obama plans to act unilaterally and bypass Congress with an executive order that would raise the minimum wage to $10.10 per hour for some federal … Read more

Weekly Wrap: I’m Not Buying Into the Latest “No Bosses” Trend

John HollonJanuary 24, 2014

I’m not buying the notion that you can run a successful business without bosses or job titles. My friend Ron Thomas mentioned this recently in a TLNT … Read more