Australian recruitment service providers – the best of the best

It can be a daunting task to try and navigate a recruitment landscape of close to three thousand firms, of varying sizes, reach, specialisation and business models. For employers who are new to the industry and looking to work with recruitment firms, the annual achievers’ list is a good place to start.  Listed below are various awards recognising the best of the best in the recruitment industry for 2008.

SARA (SEEK Annual Recruitment Award) winners, 2008

    (Also, check out previous winners of SARA since 2003)

    FEMA (Fairfax Employment Marketing Award) winners, 2008

    • Recruitment company of the year : Hays
    • Executive recruitment company of the year: Talent2
    • Best small recruitment company : SG Group
    • Best recruitment advertising agency : Adcorp
    • Best candidate care : Hays
    • Recruiter of the year – Carolyn Ezzy of 2Discover and Erin McLoughlin of Hays (joint winner)
    • Executive recruiter of the year : Pat Hart, Hudson
    • Rookie of the year :  Rebecca Penning of West Recruitment
    • Best recruitment advertising agency employee : Rachel Beable of The Face
    • Best employer brand : Connect East
    • Best promotion of graduate careers: Sinclair Knight Merz
    • Best onsite communications team: Westpac
    • TMP Worldwide : Best art direction; best online campaign; best promotion of regional careers; best promotion of public sector and education careers.
    • Reagent : Best creative/most innovative campaign; best integrated campaign; best corporate careers website.

    (Previous winners of FEMA can be found here)

    BRW’s fastest growing companies in 2008

    Fourteen recruitment firms made it to the BRW list of fastest growing companies in Australia.

    Telstra Business Awards 2008 Finalist

    Other awards related to the recruitment/human capital industry

    Hewitt’s best employers for 2008 (Website)

    Great place to work 2008 winners (website)

    Other awards which are yet to be announced

    1 reply
    1. James
      James says:

      With the Hewitt results for 2008 out again it’s interesting to dig into the publicaly available data and look at what makes a company really shine. Leadership, values and recognition are traditionally the areas in which most businesses in Australia score poorly on.
      On recognition it’s those businesses that use a myriad of strategies to build acknowledgment by peers and the business into the everyday culture that really seem to be succeeding, supported by forward thinking rewards and recognition partners like RedBalloon Days.

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