Tag: John Hollon

When Words of Wisdom are not so wise, and the very best things go unappreciated

I’M ALWAYS HUNGRY for good advice no matter where it comes from. And advice from a former boss or mentor is usually the best. That’s why a recent Wall Street Journal article titled ‘The Best Advice a Boss Ever Gave Me‘ grabbed my attention. But it was the subhead that really pulled me in, because

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Social Media’s saving grace: Preserving people you knew long after they’re gone

Editor’s Note: I’ve been republishing some classic Skeptical Guy posts throughout the summer. This one is my original Skeptical Guy post from July 2017. SOMETIMES WHEN I’M ON social media, I see dead people. Just yesterday, when I was scrolling through my LinkedIn contacts, I was struck by two things: one, that these contacts represent the

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Even if you know this famous author, his best book is one very few have heard of

Editor’s Note: I’m occasionally republishing some classic Skeptical Guy posts throughout the summer. This one is from August 2018. EVERYBODY SEEMS TO HAVE their favorite book by the late, great Dr. Seuss.  But picking the “best” Dr. Seuss book isn’t easy. According to The Washington Post, Dr. Seuss’s books have been translated into 17 languages

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Need a Job? Prepare for the Good, Bad, and the Ugly of the Candidate Experience

IF THERE IS A SINGLE piece of advice that’s critically important for every recruiter and hiring manager, it’s this: Always remember what it’s like to be on the other side of the table. Everyone who recruits or hires should have to step outside the job and actually take a turn as a job candidate sometime.

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Attending the wedding? Make sure you make time to dodge all the protests

Editor’s Note: I’m occasionally republishing some classic Skeptical Guy posts throughout the summer. This one is from September 2017. I WAS IN OUR NATION’S CAPITAL this past weekend to attend the wedding of a good friend and former colleague who got married for the first time at the ripe old age of 48. Just that one

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Writing a Goodbye Note: Sometimes, it can take a lifetime to learn how to do it right

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I’VE WRITTEN MANY goodbye notes over the course of my career. That happens when you have worked a long time. But what I’ve found is that  writing a goodbye note can be challenging and difficult to get just right. I have had a lot of practice writing them, and much of what I believe about

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Is “Ghosting” a workplace problem? Well, I was ghosting when ghosting wasn’t cool

Editor’s Note: I’m occasionally republishing some classic Skeptical Guy posts throughout the summer. This one is from January 2019  WHO SAYS THERE’S no such thing as “fake” news? I’m reminded of this whenever I read about how the “ghosting” trend (people skipping job interviews, failing to show up when they get hired, or bailing from a

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When I Hear Amazing Grace, it Reminds Me of Pete Conrad Walking on the Moon

Editor’s Note: I will occasionally republish some classic”Skeptical Guy posts. Here’s one from back in September 2017. SOMETIMES, IT’S THE LITTLEST things that seem to stick with me. So it was Sunday morning at church when our final hymn was one that even people who don’t go to church probably know — Amazing Grace. It’s

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Yes, The Skeptical Guy is back … but what happened over the last four years?

A FEW WEEKS AGO I published a blog post here titled Are you an overbearing manager if you identify with The Devil Wears Prada? This may have surprised some because it was the first one published on The Skeptical Guy since July 25, 2019 — nearly four years ago. I added a short Editor’s Note

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Tom Plate: a great journalist and my good friend. Life will not be the same without him

WE CONNECT WITH MANY people in our journey through life, but the few we truly cherish are the ones who, as the famous quotation noted, understand our past, believe in our future, and accept us just the way we are. There have been a few people like that in my life, but I don’t think

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