Thu, 2 May 2013
The best and brightest in recruitment were recognised last night (1 May) at the 2013 Recruiter Awards for Excellence, sponsored by Eploy.

The event was hosted by Ed Byrne at a packed Grosvenor House Hotel in London’s Mayfair.

In addition, money was raised at a charity casino on behalf of SoldierOn!, Recruiter's charity of choice for 2013-14. This is the second time Recruiter has partnered with the organisation, which works to enable disabled ex-servicemen and women into meaningful, long-term employment.

The full list of winners follows:

• Best Newcomer Agency: AdMore Recruitment (Highly Commended: Pod Talent)
• Best Employee Referral Strategy, sponsored by Eploy: EMC
• Best Recruitment Agency Marketing Team: FiveTen Group (Highly Commended: Cititec)
• Most Effective Recruitment Campaign: The Portland Hospital in partnership with Pink Squid
• Best Banking/Financial Recruitment Agency: Cititec

• Most Effective Employer Brand Development, sponsored by Transline Group: LV= (Highly Commended: Allied Bakeries)
• Best Temporary Recruitment Agency: Protocol Education (Highly Commended: Randstad Education)
• Best Candidate Care, sponsored by the Recruitment & Employment Confederation: Independent and Kiddicare (Highly Commended: Penta Consulting, Tangent International)
• Best Candidate Experience and Onboarding, sponsored by indeed: Matalan (Highly Commended: Ovo Energy)
• Best Client Service, sponsored by Liquid Friday: CBSbutler
• Best Graduate/Trainee Recruitment Strategy: Newton Europe (Highly Commended: Deutsche Bank)
• Best Apprentice/School Leaver Recruitment Strategy: Network Rail with Work Communications (Highly Commended: Visa Europe)
• Best International Recruitment Agency, sponsored by Eploy: Penta Consulting (Highly Commended: Antal International)
  
• Best Global/International Recruitment Strategy: Life Technologies
• Best Engineering Recruitment Agency, sponsored by Boox: CBSbutler
• Best Professional Services Recruitment Agency: Annapurna Recruitment
• Best IT Recruitment Agency: LA International Computer Consultants

• Best Technology Innovation: YO! Sushi in partnership with Pink Squid
• Innovation in Recruitment: Hays (Highly Commended: The Royal Bank of Scotland Group in association with ThirtyThree)
• Best Job Board: CareersinAudit.com (Highly Commended: Technojobs)
• Best Small Recruitment Agency to Work For: Caritas Recruitment
• Best Large Recruitment Agency to Work For, sponsored by CV-Library: Goodman Masson
• Best Embedded Recruiting Team: Capita Resourcing at Secure Central Government Client
• Outstanding Outsourced Recruitment Organisation: GradWeb
• Small Recruitment Agency of the Year: Resourcing Group
• Agency Recruiter of the Year, sponsored by Strategic-Move: Tony Vickers, Balance Recruitment
• In-House Recruiter of the Year: Jo Morgan, Sodexo Prestige
• Best Recruitment Team: Life Technologies (Highly Commended: LV=)
• Large Recruitment Agency of the Year, sponsored by ICS: Pathology Group
  

For more coverage of the awards, see the next issue of the magazine, out 17 May.

Entries for the 2014 honours are due to open in early autumn.