Sodexo’s Morgan is In-House Recruiter of the Year

Jo Morgan, a senior HR manager at contract catering firm Sodexo Prestige, has scooped In-House Recruiter of the Year honours at last night’s Recruiter Awards for Excellence, sponsored by Eploy.
Thu, 2 May 2013
Jo Morgan (left), a senior HR manager at contract catering firm Sodexo Prestige, has scooped In-House Recruiter of the Year honours at last night’s Recruiter Awards for Excellence, sponsored by Eploy.

She took gold in a four-man field for her work finding 3,000 people every day to work over 1m man-hours during the 2012 Olympic Games. Working 16-hour days in the first week of set up and operation, Morgan achieved cost savings of around £1.4m for Sodexo.

The event, recognising the best and brightest of in-house and agency recruitment and recruitment process outsourcing was hosted by Ed Byrne at a packed Grosvenor House Hotel in London’s Mayfair.

In addition, money was raised for SoldierOn!, Recruiter's charity of choice for 2013-14, through a charity casino. 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 in-house winners of awards at the event follows:

  • Best Employee Referral Strategy, sponsored by Eploy: EMC
  • Most Effective Recruitment Campaign: The Portland Hospital in partnership with Pink Squid
  • Most Effective Employer Brand Development, sponsored by Transline Group: LV= (Highly Commended: Allied Bakeries)
  • 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 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 Global/International Recruitment Strategy: Life Technologies
  • Best Technology Innovation: YO! Sushi in partnership with Pink Squid
  • In-House Recruiter of the Year: Jo Morgan, Sodexo Prestige
  • Best Recruitment Team: Life Technologies (Highly Commended: LV=)

Click for a list of winners in full. 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.

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