Recruiter is proud to announce the shortlist of finalists for the Recruiter Awards for Excellence 2010, supported by Innovate CV.

The event, which takes place on 11 May at London’s Grosvenor House Hotel, Park Lane, London, recognises the accomplishments of in-house recruitment, recruitment agencies, recruitment ad campaigns, job boards and RPOs at one event.

The shortlist is as follows:

Best Candidate Experience

Harrods

KPMG

Kwik Fit Insurance

Pizza Hut (UK)

Best Diversity Recruitment Strategy

E.ON

The London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games & Paralympic Games

Best Graduate/Trainee Recruitment Strategy

Accenture (Work)

BT (TMPW)

Diageo

Grant Thornton (Stafford Long)

The Royal Bank of Scotland Group

Best Recruitment Team

Atkins

Diageo

McDonald’s Restaurants

Network Rail

William Hill

Innovation in Recruitment

Accenture

adidas (SMRS)

Atkins

Integrated Dental Holdings

McAfee

Network Rail

Royal Bank of Scotland

Careers in Optics Working Group (in partnership with Words & Pictures)

Most Effective Employer Brand Development

Alliance Medical (Jupiter Advertising)

Gala Coral Group

Pizza Express

Royal Bank of Scotland

Most Effective Recruitment Strategy

Boots UK

Harrods

RS Components

Barclays Capital (Stafford Long)

Best Employee Referral Strategy

Domestic & General

Harrods

Kwik Fit Insurance

Britvic (SMRS)

Best Large Agency of the Year

Blue Arrow

Morgan Hunt

Morson International

Northern Recruitment Group (NRG)

Resource Solutions Group

SkyBlue

Best Small Agency of the Year

Communicate Recruitment Solutions

Empiric Solutions

ITN Mark Education

Sanctuary Personnel

Steria Recruitment

Supertemps

The Pathology Group

Best Large Recruitment Agency to Work For

Marks Sattin

Eden Brown

Volt

Blue Arrow

Hydrogen Group

Best Small Recruitment Agency to Work For

Aspire People

CBSbutler

Encore Personnel

Penta Consulting

SRG

Steria Recruitment

Timothy James Consulting

Best Candidate Care

Career Teachers

Impact Teachers

Morson International

Resource Solutions Group

The JM Group

The Stopgap Group

Best Client Service

Carrot Pharma Recruitment

CBSbutler

Henderson Scott

Meridian Business Support

Morgan Hunt

Resource Solutions Group

Transline Resource Group

Best Banking/Financial Recruitment Agency

Astbury Marsden

Hays Financial Markets

Marks Sattin

Selby Jennings

Watson Moore Recruitment

Best Engineering Recruitment Agency

CBSbutler

JAM Recruitment

Meridian Business Support

Morson International

NES Group

Best Healthcare Recruitment Agency

Medic International

The Pathology Group

Your World Medical Recruitment

Best International Recruitment Company

Antal International

NES Group

Penta Consulting

Robert Walters

RP International

Tangent International

Best IT Recruitment Agency

Astbury Marsden

Henderson Scott

IT Human Resources

Matchtech Group

Networkers International

Nicoll Curtin Technology

Penta Consulting

The JM Group

Best Newcomer Agency

360 Resourcing Solutions

Annapurna HR

ForceSelect

Caritas

Meet the Real Me

School Staffing

The Grichan Partnership

Best Professional Services Recruitment Agency

Definitive Consulting

Digby Morgan

Goodman Masson

IDEX Professional Recruitment

Marks Sattin

Randstad Financial & Professional

SEC Recruitment

Best Public Sector Recruitment Agency

ITN Mark Education

Morgan Hunt

Sanctuary Personnel

Term Time Teachers

Best Retail Recruitment Agency

360 Resourcing Solutions

Detail2Retail

Elite Associates Europe

Exsurgo

Quest Search & Selection

Best Temporary Recruitment Agency

Astbury Marsden

Driver Hire Nationwide

Extrastaff

Green Park Interim & Executive Search

Meridian Business Support

Morgan Hunt

The Pathology Group

Transline Resource Group

Best Embedded Recruitment Team

Carlisle Managed Solutions at Luton Borough Council

hyphen at Nokia

Ochre House at 02/Telefonica

ResourceBank Recruitment at Pitney Bowes

Volt at Pfizer

Outstanding Outsourced Recruitment Organisation

Carlisle Managed Solutions

Independent

Omni Resource Management Solutions

Randstad Managed Services

TMP

Most Effective Recruitment Campaign

Deloitte Graduate Campaign by Alexander Mann Solutions

Straight Talking from KPMG by Bernard Hodes Group

Augmented Reality CV Campaign by CWJobs.co.uk

Pets at Home – Groom Room by Jupiter Advertising

Orange – Characters Welcome by Penna Communications

Draw the Line – Police Specials by Tribal Resourcing

Best Multi-Sector Job Board

CV-Library

Guardian Jobs

Jobsite.co.uk

Totaljobs.com

Best Niche Job Board

Caterer.com

Changeboard

Only Marketing Jobs

The IT Job Board

At this year’s judging day, judge Adrian Thomas, head of resourcing at Network Rail, urged award entrants to really think about their entries and what makes them stand out.

Click on the video below to see what Thomas had to say: