Tough job for the judges as direct and RPO recruiters join industry’s honours

The judging is completed, and now Recruiter is proud to announce the shortlist of finalists for the Recruiter Awards for Excellence 2010, supported by Innovate CV

For the first year, the entire recruitment community is honoured in the Awards – from corporate/direct recruiters to agencies and recruitment processing outsourcing organisations. “This move reflected exciting developments in the recruitment world, as well as adding a whole new dimension to our evolution at Recruiter,” said Recruiter editor DeeDee Doke. “Bringing together everyone in this diverse community to celebrate the achievements in recruitment was the only way forward.

“And we were amazed and delighted with the uptake of our joined-up offering. The standard of entries was so high that keeping the shortlists tight was very difficult in a number of categories,” Doke added.

The blue-chip panel of 16 judges had to scrutinise hundreds of entries to agree on shortlists for 25 categories. (Nominees and the winner of the 26th category, Best Social Networking Site for Recruitment, were voted upon by Awards entrants. The winner will be announced on the night.)

First-time judge Samantha Rich, head of group resourcing practice, AXA UK, said: “The quality of entries was generally very high.” She noted that the depth of information involved and number of entries meant that considerable time was required to “do a professional job” on the judging.

Fellow first-time judge Virginia Begg, interim resourcing consultant, praised “excellent and thought-provoking entries” and “the flexibility and adaptability both recruitment agencies and inhouse teams have had to adopt to demonstrate value for money to their respective businesses”.

Second-time judge Alan MacKinnon added: “The tough economic climate over the past 12 months… provided the perfect backdrop for entrants to demonstrate how they could positively differentiate themselves from the competition.”

Business commitments forced leading recruitment industry figure Kate Bleasdale, executive vice chairman of Healthcare Locums, to step down as a judge but she has been shortlisted for Personality of the Year. She said, “The Recruiter Awards 2010 are without doubt the most prestigious night in the industry’s calendar, and an opportunity to honour recruitment’s leading players for their innovation and outstanding contribution to the continuing development of the profession. At HCL, we are proud to support Recruiter and the annual awards - – and we look forward to recruitment’s biggest and best night out in April!”

Shortlist:
Best Candidate Experience

Diageo Kwik Fit Financial Services Network Rail TUI UK & Ireland

Best Diversity Recruitment Strategy
BT Domestic & General (Nottingham) Guinness Northern Counties ISS Eaton Tesco Thames Valley Police Transport for London

Best Recruitment Team
Atkins BSkyB Broadcasting Department for Work and Pensions Diageo Discovery Networks International Integrated Dental Holdings Steria Recruitment

Innovation in Recruitment
Family Mosaic Housing Lloydspharmacy s-com Group Stafford Long & Partners – Barclays Capital Steria Recruitment The Learning Trust

Most Effective Employer Brand Development
A4e Advanced Resource Managers British Heart Foundation East Sussex County Council Electronic Arts Wm Morrison Supermarkets

Most Effective Recruitment Strategy
Aon British Antarctic Survey Department for Work and Pensions Diageo HEROtsc Network Rail Steria Recruitment

Most Effective Use of Technology/Online
British Heart Foundation Kwik Fit Financial Services s-com Group Next Stafford Long & Partners – Barclays Capital

Best Recruitment Agency to Work For
Blue Arrow CBSbutler Kite Consulting Group Penta Consulting Steria Recruitment STR Tate The Stopgap Group Volt Europe WH Marks Sattin (UK)

Best Candidate Care
Amicus Recruit Brand Recruitment Career Teachers JM Group Sanderson Recruitment The Stopgap Group Thorpe Molloy Recruitment

Best Client Service
CBSbutler Digby Morgan Consulting Mandeville Recruitment Group McCarthy Recruitment Morgan Hunt Parkside Recruitment SkyBlue

Best Commercial Recruitment Agency
Berkeley Scott Tate

Best Corporate Social Responsibility Strategy
Alexander Mann Solutions Goodman Masson Recruitment Services Green Park Interim & Executive Resourcing Joslin Rowe Morgan Hunt Starting Point Recruitment

Best Industrial Recruitment Agency
Driver Hire Group Services The Transline-Resource Group Staffline Group Top Gear Recruitment

Best Interim Recruitment Agency
Green Park Interim & Executive Resourcing Russam GMS WH Marks Sattin (UK)

Best International Recruitment Agency
Antal International Healthcare Locums NES Penta Consulting Robert Walters RP International Tangent International Volt Europe

Best Professional Services Recruitment Agency
Career Legal Digby Morgan Consulting Goodman Masson Recruitment Services Joslin Rowe LMA Recruitment Xchangeteam Group

Best Public Sector Recruitment Agency
ITN Mark Education Mayday Healthcare Meridian Business Support (Meridian Health) Morgan Hunt Starting Point Recruitment

Best Technical Recruitment Agency
CBSbutler Eximius Technical IT Human Resources NES Sanderson Recruitment Outsource UK SRG Steria Recruitment

Best Embedded Recruiting Team
Alexander Mann Solutions – Deloitte Capita Resourcing Carlisle Managed Solutions Independent Origin HR Resource Solutions Right4staff, Site Managed Services Division

Outstanding Outsourced Recruitment Organisation
Alexander Mann Solutions Carlisle Managed Solutions hyphen Omni Resource Management Solutions Origin HR Resource Solutions

Best Recruitment Campaign
Brilliant Media CWJobs – Totaljobs Group Morgan Hunt Synarbor TES Prime Tribal Resourcing – DVLA Wm Morrison Supermarkets

Best Job Board
Guardian Jobs Season Workers The IT Job Board CWJobs.co.uk GAAPweb.com Monster.co.uk

Best Newcomer Agency
Availl Eximius Group GPRS Recruitment Hasson Associates Recruitment Henry Fox Smart Start Recruitment Fortune Hill Workshop Recruitment

Agency of the Year
Acre Resources CBSbutler Communicate Recruitment Solutions Eximius Group Healthcare Locums Medicare First Morgan Hunt Sanctuary Personnel Tate

Recruitment Personality of the Year
Kate Bleasdale, Healthcare Locums Tony Goodwin, Antal International Matthew Jeffery, Electronic Arts Jackie Lanham, The Cooperative Group Adrian Thomas, Network Rail

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