history

Kyle Horn is founder and director of Job Honor, and an advocate for our nation's untapped workforce.

While working in the staffing & recruiting industry, Kyle was deeply affected by his encounters with job seekers who struggled with employment barriers including disabilities and criminal convictions. Determined to overcome negative employer bias and equip disadvantaged job seekers, he left his corporate career in 2014 to launch Job Honor.

In June 2014, the First Annual Iowa Job Honor Awards was presented to standing ovations before several hundred business leaders. Following the successful inaugural event, ManpowerGroup agreed to serve as founding sponsor of the nonprofit initiative. The organization began its journey of national expansion in 2015.

Job Honor has grown to a multi-state movement with national recognition. Their mission remains constant: to rekindle hope and energize the work ethic across the nation, through the celebration of a new kind of hero.

Video: founder Kyle Horn and our origin story

(Daniele Zedda photo)