Who were the winners at the 20th anniversary Recruiter Awards?

After 20 years of promoting excellence in the recruitment sector, last night’s Recruiter Awards proved that the industry’s appetite to celebrate was stronger than ever.

The JW Marriott Grosvenor House Hotel in London’s Park Lane hosted over 1,000 recruiters in a Covid-safe environment, where they were entertained by comedian Joel Dommett, who presented all the awards in his inimitable style.

Among the stand-out winners was temporary specialist recruitment agency Seven Resourcing, which finished the evening with four awards, and Signify Technology’s CEO Ryan Adams, who won Recruitment Industry Entrepreneur of the Year following his previous year’s award for Recruitment Leader of the Year.

Find out more about all the winners at the Recruiter Awards site, and see below for a run down of all the winners and highly commended firms and people.

AGENCY RECRUITMENT LEADER OF THE YEAR (Sponsored by RSM-UK)
Andrew Anastasiou, Managing Director - Pertemps Professional Recruitment
HIGHLY COMMENDED - Daniel Cornwell, Managing Director - SPE Resourcing

RECRUITMENT INDUSTRY ENTREPRENEUR OF THE YEAR
Ryan Adams, CEO - Signify Technology
HIGHLY COMMENDED - Ryan McCabe, CEO - Odro
HIGHLY COMMENDED - Chris Sheard, Managing Director - SR2 - Socially Responsible Recruitment

BEST CANDIDATE EXPERIENCE (Sponsored by The Recruitment Group)
Tomorrow’s Talent - Sky in partnership with Cappfinity
HIGHLY COMMENDED - Network Rail Signaller Experience - Network Rail in partnership with Bavarde

BEST GRADUATE RECRUITMENT STRATEGY
Be the Change - Police Now
HIGHLY COMMENDED - Vodafone in partnership with Aon

BEST APPRENTICE/SCHOOL LEAVER RECRUITMENT STRATEGY
GTR Engineering Apprentices - GTR in partnership with eArcu
HIGHLY COMMENDED - Greene King Apprentice Recruitment - Greene King

IN-HOUSE INNOVATION IN RECRUITMENT (Sponsored by VacancySoft)
How Iceland saved their store leaders 24,000 hours a year by implementing transformational change – during a pandemic! - Iceland Foods in partnership with PredictiveHire

MOST EFFECTIVE EMPLOYER BRAND DEVELOPMENT    
You make the story - Telegraph Media Group in partnership with That Little Agency

BEST IN-HOUSE RECRUITMENT TEAM (Sponsored by Freelancer & Contractor Services Association)
Global Talent Attraction & Acquisition - Thermo Fisher Scientific
HIGHLY COMMENDED - Foxtons Talent Acquisition Team - Foxtons

BEST RECRUITMENT AGENCY MARKETING TEAM  
Charlton Morris
HIGHLY COMMENDED - Acre

BEST CANDIDATE CARE
Remedium 

BEST CLIENT SERVICE (Sponsored by Redwood Collections)
Amoria Bond

BEST BANKING/FINANCIAL SERVICES RECRUITMENT AGENCY      
Eames Consulting Group

BEST ENGINEERING RECRUITMENT AGENCY
ersg

BEST INTERNATIONAL RECRUITMENT AGENCY (Sponsored by 6CATS International)
Elemed
HIGHLY COMMENDED - Amoria Bond

BEST IT/TECHNOLOGY RECRUITMENT AGENCY
Lucid Support Services

BEST NEW AGENCY (Sponsored by CV-Library)
Impala Search
HIGHLY COMMENDED - Harper Fox Partners

BEST PROFESSIONAL SERVICES RECRUITMENT AGENCY   
Laurence Simons Search

BEST PUBLIC/THIRD SECTOR RECRUITMENT AGENCY    
Seven Resourcing

BEST TEMPORARY RECRUITMENT AGENCY  
Seven Resourcing

MOST EFFECTIVE BACK OFFICE OPERATION 
Seven Resourcing

RECRUITMENT AGENCY OF THE YEAR – MICRO (UP TO 19 EMPLOYEES)      
Select Offshore
HIGHLY COMMENDED - InfoSec People

RECRUITMENT AGENCY OF THE YEAR – SMALL (20-49 EMPLOYEES) (Sponsored by Zodeq)
Signify Technology
HIGHLY COMMENDED - VIQU

RECRUITMENT AGENCY OF THE YEAR – MEDIUM (50-99 EMPLOYEES) (Sponsored by Mercury x RM)  
Seven Resourcing
HIGHLY COMMENDED - Oyster Partnership

RECRUITMENT AGENCY OF THE YEAR – LARGE (100+ EMPLOYEES) (Sponsored by Freelancer & Contractor Services Association)   
Goodman Masson

MOST EFFECTIVE COMPLIANCE OPERATION     
Ganymede Solutions

OUTSTANDING OUTSOURCED RECRUITMENT ORGANISATION
Morson Group

RECRUITMENT TECHNOLOGY INNOVATION OF THE YEAR  
Odro

RECRUITMENT INDUSTRY SUPPLIER OF THE YEAR  
Tribepad
HIGHLY COMMENDED - Generate
HIGHLY COMMENDED - Suits Me

MOST EFFECTIVE RECRUITMENT MARKETING CAMPAIGN   
ITV Apprentices - ITV in partnership with Chatter Communications
HIGHLY COMMENDED - Truck Sized CV Campaign – Zoek 

SUSTAINABLE RECRUITMENT AGENCY OF THE YEAR
Acre

RECRUITMENT IMPACT AWARD
Hung Lee, Curator – Recruiting Brainfood

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