The Top 100 Most Social Human Resources Experts On Twitter

In 2012, 70% of the American working population is either actively disengaged or not engaged - per Gallup's most recent report. Active disengagement is costing U.S. companies an estimated $450 to $550 billion annually. Today, business leaders must collaborate with their Human Resource (HR) partners to address these stunning and frankly company crippling employee engagement trends. To effectively engage all stakehoulders, employee collaboration and social business transformation must be ingrained, and championed, throughout the organizational fabric.

I believe that Human Resources is one of the most important functions in business, poised to lead social business transformation and true, lasting and meaningful employee engagement initiatives. In a knowledge sharing and hyper connected economy, finding, engaging, and keeping talent is the only way companies can compete and win. In my book "The Pursuit of Social Business Excellence" I credited our company's success and growth to our ability to cultivate a culture of gratitude and accountability. We accomplished business growth because our company leaders were able to partner with a strong, customer focused, HR organization.

Social media has forever changed the way we work. I also believe that social media has forever changed talent acquisition and traditional human resource processes. If employers are not social, they are becoming more irrelevant. I have written about the death of the traditional resume and traditional talent acquisition processes. In fact, I hired a six-figure salaried director of marketing without accepting resumes, recruiting strictly via Twitter. I also recently publicly announced that I will no longer hire employees into our marketing and services organization using resumes, recruiting talent exclusively via social networks. I believe the web is your resume and social networks are mass references. The very best talent is not likely to be actively looking for new opportunities, but they're social. For this reason, I firmly believe that the strongest HR organizations are hunting for talent, proactively using social networks to establish connections and ultimately recruit the very best talent. So in order to celebrate the notion of social human resources, I thought it was time for me to research and identify the most social HR experts on Twitter.

Let me start by a friendly disclaimer regarding the list below. In the past, I have researched and identified the most social CEOs, CMOs, CIOs, leadership and business social leaders in my previous posts. All of my lists have been both celebrated and scrutinized. In every instance, shortly after publishing my lists, I find individuals that deservedly belong on the list, but were omitted, based on my research capabilities. In case you are wondering about my selection criterion, here it is: I look for experts that have demonstrated solid domain expertise and are actively engaged via social media. For me, being social is very important, because I want to recommend professionals who are willing and actively working hard to share their knowledge. This particular group of HR social experts are a mix of organizational development, HR technologies, compensation and benefits, strategic talent development, recruiting, and future of work domain experts.

Here are the top 100 most social HR experts on Twitter:

1. Meghan M. Biro - @MeghanMBiro
2. Naomi Bloom - @InFullBloomUS
3. Laurie Ruettimann - @lruettimann
4. Jessica Merrell - @blogging4jobs
5. William Tincup - @williamtincup
6. Stacy Donovan Zapar - @StacyZapar
7. Gautam Ghosh - @GautamGhosh
8. Jason Averbook - @jasonaverbook
9. Morgan Missen - @mm
10. Steve Browne - @sbrownehr
11. Steve Boese - @SteveBoese
12. Trish McFarlane - @TrishMcFarlane
13. Susan Avello - @susanavello
14. Bill Kutik - @billkutik
15. Kevin W. Grossman - @KevinWGrossman
16. Lance Haun - @thelance
17. John Sumser- @JohnSumser
18. Jay Kuhns - @jrkuhns
19. Steven Rothberg - @StevenRothberg
20. Sharlyn Lauby - @sharlyn_lauby
21. Suzanne Lucas - @RealEvilHRLady
22. Craig Fisher - @Fishdogs
23. Crystal Miller - @TheOneCrystal
24. Dwane Lay - @DwaneLay
25. Jenny DeVaughn - @JennyDeVaughn
26. Bob Warren - @BobWarren
27. Matt Charney - @mattcharney
28. Rayanne Thorn - @Ray_anne
29. Lars Schmidt - @ThisIsLars
30. Jeff Waldman - @JeffWaldmanHR
31. Susan LaMotte - @SusanLaMotte
32. Greg Savage - @greg_savage
33. Susan P. Joyce - @JobHuntOrg
34. Will Staney - @willstaney
35. Tim Sackett - @TimSackett
36. Maren Hogan - @marenhogan
37. Jeremy Roberts - @imJeremyR
38. Jim Stroud - @jimstroud
39. Doug Shaw - @dougshaw1
40. Daniel Crosby - @incblot
41. Shawn Murphy - @shawmu
42. Victorio Milian - @Victorio_M
43. Bryan Chaney - @bryanchaney
44. Tom Bolt- @TomBolt
45. Mervyn Dinnen - @MervynDinnen
46. Jennifer McClure - @JenniferMcClure
47. Shally Steckerl - @shally
48. Glen Cathey - @GlenCathey
49. Steve Levy - @levyrecruits
50. Paul Hebert - @IncentIntel
51. Paul DeBettignies - @MNHeadhunter
52. Stacy Williamson - @RecruiterStacy
53. Alli Polin - @AlliPolin
54. Mark Stelzner - @stelzner
55. Michael VanDervort - @MikeVanDervort
56. Nisha Raghavan - @TheHrbuddy
57. Andy Headworth - @andyheadworth
58. Sabrina Baker - @SabrinaLBaker
59. Jarret Pazahanick- @SAP_Jarret
60. Carrie Corbin- @thealphafemme
61. Kirk Baumann - @kbaumann
62. Salima Nathoo - @SocialSalima
63. Robin Schooling - @RobinSchooling
64. Jason Buss - @jjbuss
65. Karla Porter - @karla_porter
66. Chris Havrilla - @havrilla
67. Dave Ryan - @DaveTheHRCzar
68. Emilie Mecklenborg - @EmilieMeck
69. Sarah White - @ImSoSarah
70. Joe Gerstandt- @joegerstandt
71. Donna Svei - @AvidCareerist
72. Joann Corley - @joanncorley
73. Kris Dunn - @kris_dunn
74. Jason Lauritsen - @JasonLauritsen
75. Josh Rock - @JRock96
76. Donna Rogers - @DonnaRogersHR
77. Melissa Fairman - @HrRemix
78. Irina Shamaeva - @braingain
79. Janine Truitt - @CzarinaofHR
80. Dawn Rasmussen - @DawnRasmussen
81. Bill Boorman - @billboorman
82. Geoff Webb - @SocialHRGuy
83. Rich DeMatteo - @CornOnTheJob
84. Kevin Wheeler - @kwheeler
85. Tiffany Kuehl- @TiffanyKuehl
86. Jessica Lee - @jessica_lee
87. Cyndy Trivella - @CyndyTrivella
88. Margo Rose - @HRMargo
89. Dorothy Dalton - @DorothyDalton
90. Bill Vick - @BillVick
91. China Gorman - @ChinaGorman
92. Neil Morrison- @neilmorrison
93. Darryl Dioso - @DarrylRMSG
94. John Jorgensen - @jkjhr
95. Josh Bersin - @Josh_Bersin
96. Harry Urschel - @eExecutives
97. Chris Fields - @new_resource
98. Mike Haberman - @MikeHaberman
99. Amybeth Hale - @researchgoddess
100. Yvette Cameron - @YvetteCameron

I sincerely hope that you connect with this amazing group of social HR experts and I look forward any recommended experts that should be on this list.