Twitter.
In late December I posted 'An Introduction to Twitter for the HR Student', which was meant to be a guide and starting point for my HR Grad Students, as well as HR professionals who were interested in diving in the world of Twitter. That post can be found here - and remains by far the most viewed post on this blog.
About a month has passed since that post, and I have since found and been found by many, many more talented, informative, interesting, funny, and fantastic HR Tweeps, so I thought I would try to expand the 'Introductory' HR Twitter list, and see if I (we) could come up with the definitive (for today) list of the 100 first follows for the HR student or professional. So without further ado, lets see how far we can get.
Me
1. SteveBoese - Me, since I am spending my 'free' time working on this, I get to be number 1. Seriously, I am an HR Technology Instructor and advisor and I hope if you found your way here, you will give me a follow.
The Bloggers
2. Lisa Rosendahl - from the HR Thoughts blog
3. The HR Maven - from the HR Maven blog
4. lruettimann - from Punk Rock HR
5. sharlyn_lauby - from HR Bartender
6. hrwench - from the Hr Wench blog
7. Hr_Minion - from the HR Minion blog
8. williamtincup - from the Human Capital Vendor space blog
9. kris_dunn - from the HR Capitalist blog
10. pdxmikek - from the Info Box blog
11. mvndrvrt - from the Human Racehorses blog
12. penelopetrunk - from Brazen Careerist
13. thelance - from Your Hr Guy
14. ChrisFerdinandi - from Manager's Sandbox
15. marenhogan from marenated.com
The Recruiters - note a more complete list of recruiters to follow is here, from The Recruiter's Lounge
16. toddkmiec
17. Barry_at_Impact - Executive Recruiter
18. SJDelaney
19.CincyRecruiter - Executive Recruiter
20. blogging4jobs
21. JenWojcik
22. HireCentrix
23. TheRecruiterGuy
24. animal
25. jjbuss
26. heathergardner
27. havrilla
28. ejobfairs
29. SourcerKelly
30. StevenGilbert
31. jerry_albright
32. jimstroud
The Pros
33. HollyMVG - HR Director and Novelist, if you follow her now, maybe you can get a signed copy of her novel when it comes out, (maybe)
34. SHip - Executive Recruiting Consultant
35. clachnit - Exec Editor at Workforce Management
36. amylewis - from the Human Capital Institute
37. Kelly Mitton - recent HR Graduate and a great person to follow
38. johnhollon - Editor of Workforce Management
39. thealphafemme - HR Director
40. jessica_lee - Employment manager and blogger at Fistful of Talent
The Consultants
41. stelzner - from Inflexion Advisors and from what I hear, a friend of Obama, and the head 'Angel'
42. vastrat - a really deep thinker and interesting follow
43. gautamghosh - Consultant and blogger
44. hrwhisperer - OD Consultant
45. rickdeare - talent acquisition consultant
46. rhhr - President RHHR Associates
47. jasonaverbook - Jason Averbook, CEO of Knowledge Infusion
48. jcorsello - Jason Corsello, also from Knowledge Infusion and the Human Capitalist Blog
49. joningham - Jon Ingham of the Strategic HCM blog
50. seiden - from JasonSeiden.com
51. bncarvin - CEO of Nobscot Co. and once you find out her home base, you will want to take a meeting
52. mspecht - Michael Specht, leading HR consultant and blogger from Australia
The Vendors
53. ICIMS - Recruiting solutions
54. OrangeHRM - open source HR systems
55. VisualCV - service that lets candidates create rich, multi-media CV's
56. Success Factors- Performance Management solutions
57. Salary.com- Compensation data and planning, recently expanding into Talent Management
58. Smart Recruiters- Recruiting solutions for small and medium size businesses
59. Human Capital Institute- great source of information and knowledge
60. Workscape- suite of Talent Management solutions
61. Sum Total Systems- learning management solutions
62. Standout Jobs- Really cool and innovative approach to recruiting solutions
63. ross- Ross Mayfield, Chairman and co-founder of Socialtext
64. dpriemer - from Rypple a cool service for getting performance feedback
Resources
65. DailyCareerTips - helpful tips and links to manage your career
66. CompetencyMGMT- helping organizations make better workplace decisions
67. GoCollaboration- feeds blog posts on workplace collaboration
68. kwg4now - COO at HR Marketer.com
69. Leadership News- all about leadership
70. jobangels - a resource for job seekers and folks trying to help them
71. thehiringsite - community for hiring professionals
Everyone Else - I am tired of 're-numbering' so here are the rest I came up with to get close to 100
72. employerbrander - Employer branding consultant
73. yammer_team - Yammer is the 'Twitter for the Enterprise' leader
74. StevenRothberg - founder of CollegeRecruiter.com
75. presentationzen - great resource on effective presentation design
76. MNHeadhunter- Minnesota based recruiter
77. pauljacobs4real - New Zealand based HR Recruitment strategist
78. jasonalba - from JibberJobber
79. michellerafter - reporter covering business, tech, and HR
80. Bersin - Bersin & Associates Research and News
81. coffeebuzd - HR Pro from the bullseye company
82. GLHoffman - Author of Digyourjob
83. heatherhuhman - resource for Gen Y types
84. annbares - Compensation consultant and blogger
85. chris_bailey - workplace experience designer
86. TheResumator - ATS solutions for the small business market
87. Workscape - Talent Management Solutions
88. visualcv - Resource for jobseekers to create online, multi-media CV's
89. byosko - the man behind Standout Jobs
90. ERE_net - source for recruiting news and information
91. SlideRocket - site for creating and sharing presentations
92. slideshare - site for uploading and sharing your presentations, and for research
93. HRSearchPros - Executive search for HR Pros
94. MikeHaberman - Human Resources Consultant
95. cathymartin - HR Consultant
96. williamu - Talent Acquisition
97. venlatch - HR Student at RIT
98. lunatic09 - HR Student at RIT
99. bizofmanagement - John Hollon's Workforce Management blog
100. hrbartender - HR served up in a refreshing frosty mug
Summary
Well, I made it to 100. If I forgot anyone I should have, I am really sorry, I spent a bunch of time on this, but eventually I just had to post the darn thing. I hope some folks will add some suggestions in the comments that will boost the list to 200 (or more).
Please add any names of 'key' folks to follow to the comments, and happy Twittering!