Recruiter Awards — shortlist revealed

Judging took place earlier this month in London to shortlist the entrants in the 29 categories for Recruiter’s Awards for Excellence 2013, sponsored by Eploy. See if your company has made the grade!
February 2013

Judging took place earlier this month in London to shortlist the entrants in the 29 categories for Recruiter’s Awards for Excellence 2013, sponsored by Eploy. See if your company has made the grade! (Click here to download a pdf of the list.)

1.Agency Recruiter of the Year

•Tony Chapman, director and founder, LinuxRecruit

•Jodie Gale, IT contracts team leader, Roc Search

•Zoe Lewis, head of resourcing, Methods

•Christopher Oddy, principal consultant. Real Staffing Group/SThree  

•Tony Vickers, consultant/director, Balance Recruitment


2.In-House Recruiter of the Year

•Jason Gowlett, head of resourcing delivery, Direct Line Group

•Tony Mancino, senior recruiter EMEA, Autodesk

•Emma Mirrington, head of talent for chocolate, Mars Chocolate UK

•Jo Morgan, senior HR manager, Sodexo Prestige


3.Best Candidate Care Experience and Onboarding

•KM&T and Interview Coordinator

•Mars Chocolate UK in association with Tonic Agency

•Matalan

•Ovo Energy


4.Best Apprentice/School Leaver Recruitment Strategy

•Ernst & Young

•Network Rail

•KPMG in association with SMRS

•Visa Europe


5.Best Graduate/Trainee Recruitment Strategy

•BSkyB

•Deutsche Bank

•Lockheed Martin UK

•Newton Europe

•Post Office


6.Best Recruitment Team

•Direct Line Group

•Jagex Games Studios

•Life Technologies

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•McDonald’s Restaurants 

7.Innovation in Recruitment

•Hays

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•REL Field Marketing

•The Royal Bank of Scotland Group in association with ThirtyThree

•University of the Arts London


8.Most Effective Employer Brand Development

•Allied Bakeries

•Direct Line Group

•Expedia

•Greythorn 

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•McDonald’s Restaurants 

•Mars in partnership with Work Group


9.Best Employee Referral Strategy

•Boots UK

•EMC


10.Best Global/International Recruitment Strategy

•Deutsche Bank

•Life Technologies

•Mars in partnership with Work Group

•Tech Mahindra


11.Best Recruitment Agency Marketing Team

•Antal International 

•Cititec 

•FiveTen Group

•Oasis HR 

•Pertemps

•Phaidon International

•Your World Healthcare


12.Best Large Recruitment Agency to Work for (50+)

•Amoria Bond

•Goodman Masson

•Hays

•Pertemps Recruitment Partnership

•Phaidon International

•Sanctuary Personnel


13.Best Small Recruitment Agency to Work for (fewer than 50 employees)

•Caritas Recruitment

•ConSol Partners 

•La Fosse Associates

•Lawrence Harvey

•Next Ventures

•Parkside Recruitment 

•Regional Recruitment Services


14.Best Candidate Care

•Independent and Kiddicare 

•Meridian Business Support

•NES Global Talent

•Penta Consulting

•Salt

•Sanctuary Personnel

•Selby Jennings

•Tangent International 


15.Best Client Service

•CBSbutler

•LA International Computer Consultants

•Meridian Business Support

•Oasis HR

•Oil Consultants 

•Pathology Group

•Penta Consulting

•Purple Consultancy

•Sanctuary Personnel

•Synergy Group


16.Best Banking/Financial Recruitment Agency

•Cititec 

•Oliver James Associates

•Orgtel London IT Banking 

•Selby Jennings


17.Best Engineering Recruitment Agency

•CBSbutler

•Consilium Group 

•Contract Scotland

•Earthstaff

•JAM Recruitment 

•Meridian Business Support

•NES Global Talent

•TXM Recruit


18.Best International Recruitment Agency

•Antal International 

•Darwin Recruitment

•NES Global Talent

•Oil Consultants 

•Penta Consulting

•Selby Jennings

•Staffgroup

•Tangent International 


19.Best IT Recruitment Agency

•Annapurna IT 

•Cititec 

•ConSol Partners 

•Energize Recruitment Solutions

•Eurostaff Group 

•Henderson Scott

•LA International Computer Consultants 

•Nicoll Curtin Recruitment

•Salt

•The ITHR Group


20.Best Newcomer Agency

•AdMore Recruitment 

•Alderwood

•Argyll Scott 

•Barclay Meade

•Dynamite Recruitment Solutions 

•Gemini Search

•Pod Talent


21.Best Professional Services Recruitment Agency

•Annapurna HR

•Goodman Masson

•ITN Mark Education

•Oakleaf Partnership 

•Shilton Sharp Quarry


22.Best Temporary Recruitment Agency

•Barker Ross Staffing Solutions

•Caritas Recruitment

•Driver Hire Nationwide

•Extrastaff 

•Meridian Business Support

•Pathology Group

•Protocol Education

•Randstad Education

•Resourcing Group


23.Best Large Recruitment Agency of the Year (+50 employees)

•Darwin Recruitment

•LA International Computer Consultants 

•Oliver James Associates

•Pathology Group & Associated Companies 

•SThree 


24.Best Small Recruitment Agency of the Year (less than 50 employees)

•Annapurna HR

•Hanson Search

•Lawrence Harvey

•Resourcing Group

•Salt

•Templeton and Partners 


25.Best Embedded Recruitment Team

•Capita Resourcing at Secure Central Government Client

•Meridian Business Support at Spirax Sarco UK 

•Ochre House at Telefónica

•Pertemps Recruitment Partnership at Transport for London (TFL)

•The Transline Group at Monsoon Accessorize, Wellingborough

•Volt Consulting Group at Boehringer Ingelheim


26.Outstanding Outsourced Recruitment Organisation

•GradWeb

•GTI Recruiting Solutions

•Hays 

•Ochre House

•Raw Talent Academy


27.Best Technology Innovation

•3 Story Software (a Hays PLC company)

•DiversityJobs.co.uk 

•Hollaroo

•LaunchPad Recruits

•YO Sushi! in partnership with Pink Squid

•The Transline Group

•TribePad (WebSearch)


28.Best Job Board

•CareersinAudit.com

•Chemistry World Jobs, Royal Society of Chemistry

•CV-Library

•DiversityJobs.co.uk 

•Technojobs


29.Most Effective Recruitment Campaign

•Mars in partnership with Work Group

•McDonald’s Restaurants

•Nando’s in partnership with Pink Squid

•Portland Hospital in partnership with Pink Squid

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