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.

Tired of H-1B Visa Problem, Microsoft Puts Its Money Where It’s Mouth Is

John HollonOctober 1, 2012

Who says you can’t throw money at a problem? Faced with the chronic issue of too few H-1B visas and the unwillingness of Congress or the Obama … Read more

Weekly Wrap: 2 Lessons to Learn From the Replacement Ref Fiasco

John HollonSeptember 28, 2012

Yes, I know; we’re all more than ready ready to put the NFL replacement referee fiasco in our rear view mirror. Whatever you want to say about this … Read more

Weekly Wrap: Does Restricting Worker Web Access Ever Make Sense?

John HollonSeptember 21, 2012

Here’s a good question that is at the heart of a new workplace survey: Does access to non-work related websites make for distracted employees? … Read more

It’s a Global Problem: The Struggle to Find (and Pay) Critical-Skill Employees

John HollonSeptember 19, 2012

We’ve been hearing a lot about the skill shortage among workers, but just in case you don’t really believe it, here’s more research that … Read more

Weekly Wrap: The Top 8 Qualities Employers Want in Their Workers

John HollonSeptember 14, 2012

As a long-time manager and executive, I know this to be true: Every manager has a list (at least one in the back of their brain) of the qualities they want … Read more

SHRM Board Elections: The Results Are In … Sort Of

John HollonSeptember 14, 2012

Nothing should be surprising when it comes to this year’s election of new members to the SHRM Board of Directors — not even the way the results … Read more

Another Take on Job Interviews: It’s All About Your Gut Reaction

John HollonSeptember 12, 2012

Every day, you can find a lot of out-of-the-box tips, philosophy, and conventional wisdom when it comes to how you should handle job candidate interviews. … Read more

Survey: Family Health Premiums Up Just 4%, Still Outpace Wage Growth

John HollonSeptember 11, 2012

Health care costs moderated considerably in 2012, rising by a relatively modest 4 percent, according to the Kaiser Family Foundation/Health Research & … Read more

Weekly Wrap: Why Performance Improvement Plans Are a Big Cop-Out

John HollonSeptember 7, 2012

I’ve written here before about performance improvement plans (PIPs) and how I generally think they’re a fraud, used largely to provide cover to … Read more

CareerBuilder Identifies 10 Rapidly Growing, High-Demand Jobs

John HollonSeptember 6, 2012

We hear a lot about the sluggishness of the economy, and a lot of that talk revolves around the lack of jobs and the stubbornly high (over 8 percent … Read more