2024 Winners

Best Place to Work

Proudly Partnered by:

🥇Cooper Parry🥇

🥈Cadent Gas🥈

🥉Aldermore Bank🥉

Finalists:

Alcumus
Aldermore Bank
Cadent Gas
Care UK
Cooper Parry
Corona Energy
DWP Digital
Kier
Octopus Energy Group
Sopra Steria
UCAS
Vivup

Candidate Assessment

Proudly Partnered by:

🥇Berkeley Group (ThriveMap)🥇

🥈Unilever (Sova Assessment)🥈

🥉Sky (Cappfinity)🥉

Finalists:

Alcumus
Berkeley Group (ThriveMap)
SGN
Sky (Cappfinity)
So Energy (AssessFirst)
Thales (Amberjack)
Unilever (Sova Assessment)
Wincanton (ThriveMap)

Candidate Experience

Proudly Partnered by:

🥇Just Eat Takeaway.com🥇

🥈 Sky🥈

🥉Kier🥉

Finalists:

Care UK
HCRG Care Group
Just Eat Takeaway.com
Kennedys
Kier (eArcu)
Prolific
Sky
Specsavers

Career Site

Proudly Partnered by:

🥇Manchester Metropolitan University🥇

🥈Five Guys (eArcu)🥈

🥉Dunelm🥉

Finalists:

Dunelm
Five Guys (eArcu)
Heron Foods
Kier (eArcu)
Manchester Metropolitan University
Yodel (SMRS)

Diversity, Equality & Inclusion Strategy

Proudly Partnered by:

🥇Just Eat Takeaway.com🥇

🥈Accenture🥈

🥉Leonardo Hotels🥉

Finalists:

Accenture
AJ Bell (Tech Returners)
BBC (Wiser)
BT Group
Cadent Gas
DFDS
Just Eat Takeaway.com
Leonardo Hotels
Mars
OVO

Early Careers Initiative

Proudly Partnered by:

🥇Atkins Réalis (Amberjack)🥇

🥈Booking.com🥈

🥉MBDA (SMRS)🥉

Finalists:

AECOM
AtkinsRéalis (Amberjack)
Booking.com
Cadent Gas
Cooper Parry
Danone (Amberjack)
DFDS
Frazer-Nash Consultancy
Just Eat Takeaway.com
MBDA (SMRS)
RWE Supply & Trading (SMRS)
Specsavers
Tata Consultancy Services

Employer Brand

Proudly Partnered by:

🥇 Lego (SMRS)🥇

🥈BP🥈

🥉Kraft Heinz (Wiser)🥉

Finalists:

Adevinta (Creed Comms)
BP
Collinson (Chapter 2)
Kraft Heinz (Wiser)
Lego (SMRS)
Reckitt
Sky (Wiser)
Virgin

Executive Search Strategy

Proudly Partnered by:

🥇Reckitt🥇

🥈Serco🥈

🥉HSB UK&I part of the Munich Re Group🥉

Finalists:

Essex County Council (Curve)
HSB UK&I part of the Munich Re Group
Kennedys
NTT DATA
Reckitt
Serco

High-Growth Hiring Strategy

Proudly Partnered by:

🥇Specsavers🥇

🥈Urenco (Morson Group)🥈

🥉Relay Technologies🥉

Finalists:

Cera Care
Holland & Barrett
Playnetic
Relay Technologies
Specsavers
Urenco (Morson Group)

In-house Recruiter (Individual)

Proudly Partnered by:

🥇Cheryl Stobo, Ofgem🥇

🥈Hayley Wright, InHealth🥈

🥉Jyoti Sagoo, Holland & Barrett🥉

Finalists:

Cheryl Stobo, Ofgem
Daniel Brace, Onward
Dean Williams, Kennedys
Eddie Marshall, Urenco (Morson Group)
Flynn Hall, LV= (Hudson RPO)
Hayley Wright, InHealth
Isabel Green, Heron Foods
James Chambers, Realise Learning & Employment
Jyoti Sagoo, Holland & Barrett
Liam Welsh, Accenture
Olivia Adams, Tandem Bank
Paris Alderman, Softcat

In-house Recruitment Leader (Individual)

Proudly Partnered by:

🥇Chris Ward, Corsearch🥇

🥈Elisha Kirkham, Softcat🥈

🥉Alex Scott, Fulkers Bailey Russell and Sarah France-Gorton, North Yorkshire Council🥉

Finalists:

Ahmir Saleem, Solenis (Hudson RPO)
Alex Scott, Fulkers Bailey Russell
Chris Ward, Corsearch
Daniel Perry
Elisha Kirkham, Softcat
Katy Bagstaff, GXO
Mark Kunaseelan, University of the Arts London
Sarah France-Gorton, North Yorkshire Council
Zoe Mackenzie, Barchester Healthcare

Newcomer (Team)

Proudly Partnered by:

🥇Encirc🥇

🥈The Wilf Ward Family Trust🥈

🥉Expereo🥉

Finalists:

Encirc
Expereo
Fulkers Bailey Russell
Linaker
Onward
The Air Ambulance Service
The Wilf Ward Family Trust
University of Sunderland

Onboarding Strategy

Proudly Partnered by:

🥇AND Digital🥇

🥈Mondelez international🥈

🥉Kier Group🥉

Finalists:

Accenture
Acorns Children’s Hospice
AND Digital
GoodOaks Homecare
Kier
Mitie (eArcu)
Mondelez international
NHS Property Services
Realise Learning & Employment

Outsourced In-house Recruitment Team (RPO / Embedded Solution)

Proudly Partnered by:

🥇Chapter 2 onsite at Collinson Group🥇

🥈RPO1 powered by Urenco onsite at Morson🥈

🥉Lorien onsite at Coventry Building Society🥉

Finalists:

Chapter 2 onsite at Collinson Group
Hudson RPO onsite at Solenis
Lorien onsite at Coventry Building Society
RPO1 Powered by Morson onsite at Urenco
ResourceBank onsite at Daikin
Rullion onsite at Siemens Mobility RPO
Talentheads onsite at Ad Gefrin
Tech Returners onsite at AJ Bell

Recruitment Innovation

Proudly Partnered by:

🥇Barchester Healthcare🥇

🥈Virgin🥈

🥉Cadent Gas🥉

Finalists:

Barchester Healthcare
British Transport Police
Cadent Gas
Lancashire Teaching Hospital
Octopus Energy Group
Specsavers
Virgin

Recruitment Marketing Campaign

Proudly Partnered by:

🥇Accenture🥇

🥈RWE Supply & Trading (SMRS)🥈

🥉 MBDA (SMRS)🥉

Finalists:

Accenture
Amazon Flex UK (We Optimise)
BT Group
Cadent Gas
DWP Digital
Evri (Creed Comms)
JLR (ManpowerGroup)
MBDA (SMRS)
PA Consulting
RWE Supply & Trading (SMRS)

Recruitment Team – Small (less than 1,000 employees)

Proudly Partnered by:

🥇Finom🥇

🥈Octavius🥈

🥉Realise Learning & Employment🥉

Finalists:

Aardman Animation (Eploy)
Checkatrade (Eploy)
Claranet
Finom
Octavius
Octopus Investments
Opencast
PEI Group (Eploy)
Realise Learning & Employment
So Energy
The Good Care Group
Virgin
Vivup

Recruitment Team – Medium (1,000 – 5,000 employees)

Proudly Partnered by:

🥇Hargreaves Lansdown🥇

🥈The Adaptavist Group🥈

🥉Collinson (Chapter 2)🥉

Finalists:

BPP
Carnival UK
Collinson (Chapter 2)
Currie & Brown
Global Banking School
Hargreaves Lansdown
Just Group
LV= (Hudson RPO)
Manchester Metropolitan University
RWE Supply & Trading
SGN
The Adaptavist Group

Recruitment Team – Large (more than 5,000 employees)

Proudly Partnered by:

🥇Kier Group🥇

🥈Reckitt🥈

🥉Lidl🥉

Finalists:

Barchester Healthcare
BT Group
Cera Care
Community Integrated Care
Heron Foods
Just Eat Takeaway.com
Kier
Lidl
NHS Property Services
Octopus Energy Group
Reckitt
University of the Arts London

Tech Hiring

Proudly Partnered by:

🥇Tech Returners (AJ Bell)🥇

🥈Sopra Steria🥈

Finalists:

Accenture
Tech Returners (AJ Bell)
Just Eat Takeaway.com
Sopra Steria

Use of Technology

Proudly Partnered by:

🥇Police Scotland (Oleeo)🥇

🥈RSPCA (eArcu)🥈

🥉Care UK🥉

Finalists:

Barchester Healthcare
British Transport Police
Care UK
Cera Care
Elysium Healthcare
Police Scotland (Oleeo)
RSPCA (eArcu)
Samworth Brothers
Specsavers
The Good Care Group
Unilever (Sova Assessment)
University of East Anglia (Eploy)

Video Campaign

Proudly Partnered by:

🥇British Airways🥇

🥈Collinson (Chapter 2)🥈

🥉JLR🥉

Finalists:

British Airways
Collinson (Chapter 2)
DPD (Creed Comms)
Global Banking School
IHG (SMRS)
JLR – Propulsion Hero Video (ManpowerGroup)
JLR – Mia Video (ManpowerGroup)
Serco