Glassdoor Releases 2013 Talent Warrior Awards, Top 10 Leaders in Social Recruiting

Jobs and career community site Glassdoor recently revealed the winners of its first-ever Glassdoor Talent Warrior Awards, a list recognizing the 10 most innovative social recruiters. The awards honor recruiting and HR industry leaders for excellence in social recruiting in the areas of hiring and promoting their company’s employment brand.

How were winners selected?

Winners were determined in a three-step process:

1. “Warriors” have to be nominated, either by themselves or a peer.

2. Nominees must complete a brief online questionnaire made up of quantitative and qualitative questions to help assess the individual’s social recruiting efforts.

3. Winners were determined by the Glassdoor Social Leaders Panel of Judges who evaluated nominees on their approach to social recruiting and how they use social media to help promote their company’s employment brand and support hiring efforts.

The 2013 Talent Warriors, selected from among the more than 300 nominees, are:

Arie Ball, VP Talent Acquisition, Sodexo

Carrie Corbin, Associate Director, Talent Attraction, AT&T

Carolyn Eiseman, Director, Employer Brand, Enterprise Rent-A-Car

Steve Fogarty, Sr. Manager, Employer Branding & Digital Recruiting, Adidas Group

Chris Hoyt, Global Talent Engagement & Marketing Leader, Pepsico

Jeremy Langhans, Manager, Global Talent Acquisition, Expedia

Chrystal Moore, Senior Recruiter, Philips Healthcare

Shannon Smedstad, HR Social Media & Employer Brand Leader, GEICO

Melissa Smith, Candidate Developer, Progressive Insurance

Will Staney, Director of Recruiting, SuccessFactors

With a mission to help employers and employees make more informed decisions about who they work with, Glassdoor created this list “to highlight recruiting and HR professionals who shine above the rest in order to show job seekers who they want to hear from, and show other HR and recruiting folks what they can learn from those at the top of the field.”

By Shala Marks