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.

Join Us Again For Our 2nd Annual TLNTup Party During SHRM Atlanta

John HollonJune 5, 2012

If you missed last year’s big TLNTup during June’s annual SHRM conference in Las Vegas, well, let’s just say you missed one hell of a … Read more

Study: Employee Engagement Has Stablized, But Just Barely Improving

John HollonJune 5, 2012

It’s another sign of our somewhat depressing and sluggish economic times that an ever-so-slight uptick in employee engagement is heralded as a big … Read more

3 Ugly Truths About Telecommuting

John HollonJune 4, 2012

As someone who now works out of a home office after many years spent toiling in a number of traditional office environments, I can quickly whip off the … Read more

Weekly Wrap: The Dirty Little Secret of Performance Improvement Plans

John HollonJune 1, 2012

There are three words that no employee (and most managers) ever want to hear, words that will frighten the bejesus out of anyone who encounters them. … Read more

One of Two Republican NLRB Board Members Resigns

John HollonMay 30, 2012

One of two Republican members of the five-person National Labor Relations Board resigned over the Memorial Day weekend after it was alleged that he had … Read more

Hardest Jobs to Fill Survey: It’s Still Engineers, IT, and the Skilled Trades

John HollonMay 29, 2012

It’s one of the defining issues of our current economic climate: despite a national unemployment rate of 8 percent, it’s still tough for many … Read more

Weekly Wrap: Employees Don’t Think Much of Their Manager’s Skills

John HollonMay 25, 2012

I love people who aren’t afraid to stand up and speak their mind (yes, that means you Laurie Ruettimann). And that’s why this survey of British … Read more

Want to Reduce Productivity? Go to an Open Office Environment

John HollonMay 25, 2012

Count me in as one of those who believes the “open” office environment makes it a lot harder to get any real work done. I know that lots of … Read more

Watching the NBA Playoffs? I Hope You Didn’t Call in Sick to Do It

John HollonMay 23, 2012

Over the years, I’ve had employees call in sick for all sorts of reasons and I’m sure that at least some of the time, they weren’t … Read more

Total Rewards Day 2: Just What Is a Motivational Poet, Anyway?

John HollonMay 23, 2012

Conference speakers are an acquired taste, and if you have heard very many of them, you know that they come in all shapes, sizes, and varieties. … Read more