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.

Survey: Successful Companies Have an Employee-Focused Culture

John HollonMarch 20, 2012

It’s not often that you get a worldwide look at how organizations assess and handle talent, but the new Global Assessment Trends Report from SHL (a … Read more

Is the War For Talent Returning? Yes, It May Already Be Underway

John HollonMarch 19, 2012

The “War For Talent” is one of those concepts that has been overused and over analyzed in the past, but as many have noted, it never really … Read more

Weekly Wrap: More Evidence That Companies Still Don’t Get Engagement

John HollonMarch 16, 2012

I get tired of writing about how important employee engagement is. Although there are some who share my position that engagement is a critical workplace … Read more

Top 10 HR Issues For HR Pros? They Haven’t Changed Much This Year

John HollonMarch 16, 2012

You have certainly heard this many times before: The more things change, the more things remain the same. So it is too with the concerns of HR … Read more

Does It Matter That American Workers Get So Little “Official” Time Off?

John HollonMarch 14, 2012

You know this to be true: American workers are among the most productive in the world, even if the the growth in U.S. productivity slowed somewhat at the … Read more

What You Need to Have a World-Class Employee Retention Program

John HollonMarch 13, 2012

As the economy slowly improves, companies everywhere are starting to worry a lot more about an issue that had just about been forgotten during the … Read more

Here’s the Best Definition of Employee Engagement You’ll Ever See Anywhere

John HollonMarch 12, 2012

I don’t usually read things that jump out and grab me, but an article in Sunday’s New York Times did, because it had probably the best … Read more

Weekly Wrap: Like It or Not, Unpaid Internships Are Going, Going …

John HollonMarch 9, 2012

This week, a story in USA Today reconfirmed what a lot of us already know: unpaid internships, at least as we once knew them, are slowly going away. And as … Read more

Background Survey: Qualifications Are More Important Than Criminal Record

John HollonMarch 6, 2012

When it comes to background screening, employers need to continue to “thread the needle.” That’s the analysis from the 2012 employer … Read more

Handling a Bad Co-Worker: Is Acting Fast the Best Response?

John HollonMarch 5, 2012

Bad co-workers are like bad cars. That is, you’re never really free of the problem until they’re gone. That’s my experience, anyway. … Read more