
John Hollon
John Hollon is managing editor at Fuel50, an AI Opportunity Marketplace solution that delivers internal talent mobility and workforce reskilling. You can download the research reports in their Global Talent Mobility Best Practice Research series at Fuel50.
Content authored by John Hollon
One Big Thing That Recruiters Really Looked For This Year
It’s a term I hear a lot even if it isn’t always clear what it means, so don’t feel bad if you’re also a little fuzzy on the definition… Read more
Here’s What Happens When You Don’t Treat a Passive Candidate Well
Here’s a question that TA professionals should be asking: What is it that top level talent is saying about your company when they get into a conversation about opportunities with… Read more
What Makes a Bad Hire, and the Future of HR (Spoiler Alert – It Looks Pretty Good!)
It seems to be that time of year for everyone to be releasing surveys, and here are two with some interesting wrinkles that crossed my desk this week. One, from… Read more
Don’t Be Surprised at Who Tops Glassdoor’s 2018 Best Places to Work
There are a number of best places to work lists, and the one from Glassdoor, which touts itself as “one of the largest and fastest growing job sites in the… Read more
Candidate Questions: The One Thing That Most Every Interviewer Usually Asks
There are lot of candidate questions that get asked, but there is always one candidate question that most every person vying for a job gets asked near the end of… Read more
What Would You Tell Candidates to Do With an Unresponsive Recruiter?
You hear it from job candidates all the time: Why won’t Recruiter X respond to me? How do I deal with an unresponsive recruiter? Not all recruiters are like this,… Read more
Is This REALLY the Most Important Quality For Job Seekers to Have?
I’ll admit that I’m as big a sucker for click-bait headlines as anyone, but this one I saw recently actually made me think I might be getting something meaningful. This… Read more
Survey: “Re-Skilling” Your Workers Not Only Important, But Damn Near Mandatory
Of all the buzz words and phrases in the workplace, it’s the one that seems to give both workers and managers the greatest amount of angst. You know what I’m… Read more
Hey Recruiters: Here’s What Makes Top Talent Want to Stay — and Want to Go
Here’s something that just about everyone in talent acquisition really wants to know: What is it that causes some good people to leave a job, and in turn, what makes… Read more
It Shouldn’t Be So Hard to Send Candidates a Decent Rejection Letter
Here’s a question that has been on my mind: Why don’t we send out rejection letters anymore? I know — your company sends out rejection letters, and if they do,… Read more
Hey Recruiters: Here’s How You Can Be Frank and Honest With Candidates
It’s hard for hiring professionals to be frank and honest with candidates. I recently got a note from someone on LinkedIn about my RecruitingDaily post on companies that bring in… Read more
Why Do 56% of Candidates Fail to Negotiate Pay With a New Job Offer?
Sometimes, you come across a survey that gives some insight into human behavior that is surprising, confounding, or simply head-scratching. So it is with the latest CareerBuilder survey. It found,… Read more
No Doubt About It: Employee Referrals Are Still the Best Source of New Hires
Last summer, RecruitingDaily contributor Alan Henshaw asked a great question: Why don’t organizations develop more creative ways for rewarding employees who make candidate referrals? It’s a great question, because in… Read more
Want to Hire More Millennials? Don’t Be the Punch Line to a Recruiting Joke
Sometimes, I find some really interesting stuff on LinkedIn’s Premium Career Group, and sometimes, it may even be the punchline to a recruiting joke. Here’s a recent (and amusing) example… Read more
LinkedIn Research Tells Us Exactly How Candidates Want to Be Recruited
LinkedIn is a significant social media presence that a lot of people (me included) use just about every single day. That makes LinkedIn pretty important. But besides being a great… Read more