Top 100 | Top 100 Influencers in HR, Recruiting & Talent Acquisition

Top 100 v1.47 Sue Marks

Posted on 15. Dec, 2009 by John Sumser.

By John Sumser
Like a slow moving tsunami, the Recruitment Process Outsourcing movement is headed to a recruiting department near you. These days, the state of the art looks like a seamless integration with the host company. Today, RPOs engage in talent pool development, employment branding and onboarding for starters. The practice has moved from a [...]

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Measuring Influence

Posted on 11. Dec, 2009 by JohnSumser.

Measuring Influence
Next week, as a part of the launch of the HRExaminer, we’re going to release a ranked list of the Top 25 Online Influencers in HR. This list is completely generated by algorithm (think Google). The list ranks the Top 25 voices in HR based on their online footprint.
In the larger Top 100 project, [...]

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Top 100 v1.47 Kris Dunn

Posted on 11. Dec, 2009 by John Sumser.

By John Sumser
At a party the other night, someone said that Kris Dunn is so omnipresent because he never sleeps. Kris’s output is prodigious; he seems to be everywhere. There are very few VPs of HR who hold a candle to his insight and contribution. He is the quintessential next generation HR Leader.
If you’re not [...]

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Top 100 v1.46 Dan Finnigan

Posted on 08. Dec, 2009 by John Sumser.

By John Sumser
Dan Finnigan has the deepest roots in internet technologies of anyone in the HR or Recruiting space. He’s had his finger on the pulse of changing communications infrastructure since the early 80s. With roles in academia, business, newspapers, internet media and now SocialRecruitment, Finnigan has been at the start of three, possibly four, [...]

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Top 100 v1.45 SHRM

Posted on 30. Nov, 2009 by John Sumser.

As I’ve navigated the first half of the Top 100 HR-Influencers, I’ve had to think hard about the role of SHRM in the industry. Long term readers will be aware of my historically somewhat negative views on the organization. The project helped me reshape my view. SHRM provides the glue that holds the discipline together.
SHRM [...]

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Top 100 v1.44 George Bradt

Posted on 24. Nov, 2009 by John Sumser.

Onboarding programs are everywhere. You could be excused for thinking that this somewhat obvious idea has always been a part of the landscape. Employee onboarding, and more specifically, executive onboarding, is a relatively recent invention.
I had a good laugh today in a conversation with an old friend. “Imagine”, I said, “that you got to your [...]

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Top 100 v1.43 Jeff Kaye

Posted on 20. Nov, 2009 by John Sumser.

It’s really hard to have influence across the industry while holding down a job. The people with the broadest reach are consultants, vendor CEOs, academics, pundits, conference coordinators, leaders of professional associations, marketing folks, or people from well outside the mainstream of the industry. If you keep your nose to the grindstone and deliver real [...]

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Key Influencers: Observable Trends

Posted on 13. Nov, 2009 by John Sumser.

By John Sumser
Here are a few of the things I’m discovering as I interview people for the Key Influencers project. I’ve recently crossed the 180 interview threshold.
The unconfirmed word on the street is that in the Fortune 500, 130 of the Chief HR Officers (or whatever you call the person with that title) are alumni [...]

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Top 100 v1.42 Eric Winegardner

Posted on 09. Nov, 2009 by John Sumser.

By John Sumser
The first thing you don’t think when you meet Eric Winegardner is, “This is the corporate VP of Product Adoption at a Billion dollar company.” Maybe, “Where does that dude get all of that energy.” Or, “Who picks his shoes.” Or, “Man, if I was only that good looking.”
Kidding aside, Eric is the [...]

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Top 100 v1.41 Matt Alder: Recruiting Futurologist

Posted on 05. Nov, 2009 by John Sumser.

Matt Alder is the preeminent Recruiting futurist in the UK. The UK HR environment is significantly different from the domestic American marketplace. Third party search firms hold great sway in the comings and goings of people. Change that has dominated the American marketplace is just beginning. At the same time, mobile communications are well established [...]