Meet the 2012 Game Changers

While economic uncertainty is not yet behind us, the workplace is evolving. And it is providing companies with some unique challenges and opportunities.

As the job market improves, experts say that more employees will be looking for greener pastures—making retention and engagement efforts a priority. Social media continue to be important tools in the search for talent, and the globalization of the workforce is opening the door to human resources innovation in technology and other areas.

The 10 winners of Workforce's second Game Changers award competition have demonstrated the ability to meet the challenges of the changing workforce head on. They are finding innovative ways to use social media and technology, revolutionizing the way companies locate and hire talent, and improving global payroll practices, among other accomplishments.

Some are entrepreneurs and others are corporate leaders, but they are all rising stars, 40 years old and younger who are making their mark in human resources and other areas of workforce management.

Workforce's editorial staff chose the winners based on professional accomplishments and other achievements.

—Rita Pyrillis

Tia Benjamin takes nothing for granted and believes in giving back to the community through volunteering her time. In just a couple of years, she was able to revamp Pitney Bowes' global recruiting efforts.
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Shruthi Bopaiah, Infosys' practice lead for internal communications, created and implemented communication initiatives designed to appeal to the India-based company's young workforce.
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ID Media's Danielle Dorter developed a series of initiatives designed to identify and retain top talent, including a program that allows employees to explore career paths in different departments.
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Sean Fahey, the founder of VidCruiter, started his company to create "a tool that would filter, rank, sort, video interview and check the references of my candidates."
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Jil Greene sought to ameliorate the malaise in Harrah's New Orleans' workplace culture by creating a live event for employees to offer their feedback.
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Express Scripts' Julie Hoff capitalized on the opportunity of a lifetime when the pharmacy benefit manager acquired Medco Health Solutions.
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Kristen Neubert used social media and DaVita's turnaround story to boost recruiting efforts.
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Mark Newman was inspired to found his video-interviewing company, HireVue, which allows candidates to record their own interviews, while attending college.
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Bjorn Reynolds started the U.K.-based SafeGuard World International to help companies deal with global payroll needs.
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Progeny Systems' Kelly Timpane transformed and expanded the company's HR department after thoroughly analyzing its policies and procedures.
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