John Hollon

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

Internal Recruitment: No Longer Talent Acquisition’s Overlooked Stepchild

John HollonOctober 26, 2021October 22, 2021

Years ago, I was a senior editor at a newspaper in a market that had two professional basketball teams. One of the teams was famous and successful. The … Read more

Onboarding in 2019: The Key to Success is Being ‘Highly Complex Yet Pleasantly Simple’

John HollonSeptember 25, 2019September 20, 2019

How long is onboarding? How do you measure if it’s working? What are some of the biggest problems out there with onboarding? We posed these and other … Read more

Glassdoor’s Best Places to Work: Bain is No. 1; In-N-Out and lululemon Crack the Top 10, Again

John HollonDecember 5, 2018December 6, 2018

If there’s one thing you can take away from Glassdoor’s Best Places to Work in 2019 list, it’s this: You really need to know the criteria … Read more

Need Latest Info on the Remote Workforce? Then the Remote Job Market Map Is for You

John HollonDecember 4, 2018November 28, 2018

As a remote worker myself, I’m particularly interested in the state of America’s remote (aka, virtual) workforce. And that’s what makes … Read more

LinkedIn’s Dan Shapero on How ‘More Than Ever, Companies Win or Lose on Their People’

John HollonNovember 2, 2018November 1, 2018

Dan Shapero is vice president, talent solutions, careers, & learning, at LinkedIn. He’s responsible for LinkedIn’s $3 billion+ talent … Read more

Survey Finds You Gotta Know How to Recruit Vets If You Want to Hire the Very Best Ones

John HollonNovember 1, 2018October 23, 2018

With Veterans Day coming on November 11, it’s an occasion to again raise a very good question — “Why aren’t we doing more to hire … Read more

The Hottest Company of 2018? Indeed Says It’s Tesla – and It Isn’t Even Close

John HollonOctober 18, 2018October 17, 2018

In the war for talent, the companies with the hottest buzz, the coolest brand, and the most meaningful and innovative work tend to win out. Indeed, the … Read more

New Report Shows How Terrible the Fortune 500 Does With Job Seekers and the Candidate Experience

John HollonSeptember 25, 2018September 25, 2018

Here’s a pretty stunning statistic that tells you all you need to know about the state of candidate experience today. It’s this: Only 2 percent … Read more

What Do Job Candidates Want Most? Glassdoor Has the Answer and It’s Pretty Simple

John HollonSeptember 19, 2018November 24, 2018

What do candidates want most? It’s actually pretty simple, as Glassdoor’s latest survey of job seekers found. Yet, simple or not, it’s … Read more

Monster’s Survey Makes it Clear: Recruiting Just Got Harder and TA Pros Need to Switch Gears

John HollonAugust 30, 2018August 30, 2018

Here’s the headline from Monster’s new 2018 State of Recruiting Survey, and it’s a big one: In 2018, “it’s harder than ever to … Read more

U.S. Cities Where Salaries Go Farthest, and Those Where There Are Decent Jobs, Too

John HollonAugust 15, 2018August 14, 2018

You know the problem — the places in the U.S. that are the most affordable to live in don’t usually have the kind of job opportunities that … Read more

The Top 5 Factors That Make Job Seekers More Likely to Apply

John HollonJuly 25, 2018September 18, 2018

What are the big things that job seekers are looking for in their next job? You probably have a good idea — a better salary and job title, more … Read more

Why Do People Switch Jobs? It’s Mostly the Same No Matter How Much They Make

John HollonJuly 24, 2018July 24, 2018

Here’s the big takeaway from this latest bit of candidate data from Ladders, the career site for six-figure jobs: When it comes to pay, perks, and … Read more

Facebook Tops Indeed’s Top-Rated Workplaces List, But Costco Cracked the Top 10, Too

John HollonJuly 12, 2018July 12, 2018

Here’s something that’s hard to get your head around: Although a whopping 86 percent of companies doubt the fairness of online company ratings, … Read more

Dice Survey on Tech Industry Finds Discrimination, Bias, Ageism Are Still Big Problems

John HollonJune 15, 2018June 15, 2018

This shouldn’t come as any great surprise: Dice’s new Diversity and Inclusion Report 2018 finds that discrimination and bias are still major problems … Read more

What Makes a Great Internship? 5 Lessons From Top-ranked Companies

John HollonMay 22, 2018August 15, 2018

As someone who firmly believes that a college internship is a huge factor in jump-starting a career, I was intrigued by this new survey of the best … Read more

Glassdoor Survey: Culture May Be the Secret Sauce That Makes Candidates Move for a Job

John HollonMay 18, 2018May 18, 2018

I know this from personal experience: It’s never an easy decision to pick up and move somewhere for a job. But as a new research study from Glassdoor … Read more

CareerBuilder’s Bullish Outlook for Grads: This is the Strongest Job Market in a Decade

John HollonMay 17, 2018May 17, 2018

CareerBuilder’s annual college graduate job forecast doesn’t beat around the bush this year. Its latest research gets right to the point: … Read more

Viva Las Vegas: Caesars Entertainment No Longer Screening for Marijuana Use

John HollonMay 8, 2018May 9, 2018

You probably knew this day would come: Companies across America are quietly dropping marijuana from the drug tests they give to prospective employees. The … Read more

Job Seeker Nation Report: 82% of Workers Seeking New Opportunities

John HollonApril 24, 2018April 25, 2018

If there’s one thing that jumps out from Jobvite’s 2018 Job Seeker Nation Study, it’s this: they hit you immediately with the huge … Read more