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
- Large generalist recruiter: Davidson Recruitment
- Medium generalist recruiter: Westaff
- Small generalist recruiter: Majer Recruitment
- Large specialist recruiter : Hudson
- Medium specialist recruiter: Judd Farris
- Small specialist recruiter: Charterhouse Professional Support
- Large IT recruiter: Talent International
- Small IT recruiter: ITCOM Australia and IT Matters (Joint winners)
- Executive Recruiter – Six Degrees
(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.
- Judd Farris , 8th place
- Hender Care, 9th place
- Staffrite Recruitment, 19th place
- Profusion Group, 26th place
- Zoom Recruitment, 28th place
- CiT Professionals, 33rd place
- Design & Build Recruitment, 43rd place
- Market U, 46th place
- Johnson Executive Search, 47th place
- West Recruitment, 58th place
- Accel Group, 62nd place
- People in Property, 63rd place
- Salt & Shein, 70th place
- Labour Solutions Australia, 75th place
Telstra Business Awards 2008 Finalist
- Childcare recruitment agency, Expect A Star Education Services, North Sydney
- Contact centre recruitment specialist, FuturePeople Recruitment, Sydney;
Other awards related to the recruitment/human capital industry
Hewitt’s best employers for 2008 (Website)
- Hewitt Best Employer – Bain & Company
- Hewitt Best Employer—Runner Up – SEEK Limited
- Hewitt Best Employer—Highly Commended
Federal Express Pacific Inc. (FedEx Express New Zealand)
Inside Mobile
Medtronic Australasia
NSW Teachers Credit Union
The GPT Group
Vedior Asia Pacific
Westaff
Great place to work 2008 winners (website)
- Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
- Dow Corning
- McDonald’s
- Morgan Stanley
- NetApp
- Russell
- SEEK
Other awards which are yet to be announced
- Anthill Cool company awards
- HR Awards 2008
- Smart Company emerging companies 2008
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.