On the 23rd March 2011, Onrec held their 8th annual online recruitment awards, and celebrated the achievements of individuals and companies. The ceremony was held at The Grange, City in London, and was attended by over 300 people. The awards were a great success and enjoyed by all the participants. David Hurst, founder of onrec, says “The nominees and winners this year prove again that despite the current challenging economic climate, our industry has been resourceful and continues to triumph”. onrec is proud to announce the following winners for this year’s 11 categories:
Online Marketing – Niche Award
Sponsored by CareerLingual
Winner – Only Marketing Jobs
Online Marketing – General Award
Winner – Jobsite.co.uk
Online Marketing – Supplier Award
Winner – RS Componenets.com
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Offline Marketing – Niche Award
Sponsored by MyResourcer
Winner – STV Jobs
Offline Marketing - Generalist Award
Winner – Red Advertising
Offline Marketing - Supplier Award
Winner – Amris
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The Candidate Service Award
Sponsored by eteach
Winner – G4S Plc
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The Niche Job Board Award
Sponsored by Jobrapido
Winner – WikiJob
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Best Technical Innovation in Online Recruitment – Niche
Sponsored by JobsDetective
Winner – CVSeeMe.co.uk
Best Technical Innovation in Online Recruitment – Generalist
Winner – WorkDigital
Best Technical Innovation in Online Recruitment - Supplier
Winner – OVIA.me
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Corporate use of Online Recruitment - National Category
Sponsored by Aktor Interactive
Winner - BBC
Corporate use of Online Recruitment - Multi National Category
Winner – easyJet
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Best Corporate Graduate Site
Sponsored by WikiJob
Winner – Aviva
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Best use of online recruitment by a recruitment agency
Sponsored by RDB ProNet
Winner – Executives Online
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The Newcomer of the Year Award
Sponsored by Matchwork
Winner – CVWow.com
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Unsung Hero of the Year 2011
Sponsored by idibu / Daxtra
Winner – Justin Finch, executivesontheweb.com
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Personality of the Year 2011
Sponsored by Sonru
Winner – Colin Minto – G4S Plc
Congratulations to all the winners!
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The awards also hosted a charity auction in aid of Whizz Kidz, where prizes included rugby tickets, a case of fine wine and a rugby day out. Onrec also raffled 2x tickets to the Global Party. Cvwow.co.uk won the Newcomer of the Year award, Stephen Joell-Ireland, PR/Marketing Manager, commented, In just 10 months of trading we are so proud to see the teams hard work and determination recognised and rewarded by the Onrec awards. We were up against some great organisations and were genuinely surprised when our name was called out as the winner. It just goes to show that if you provide your clients with a premium quality service for a competitive price they will use you time and time again and be greatful for the hard work that you put in.”
Jobs Detective were headline sponsor of the onrec Awards 2011, Sonum Tailor commented: “As a headline sponsor we would like to congratulate the winners for their hard earned efforts, and thank all who attended. As we mark the beginning of jobsdetective.co.uk with forth coming celebrations in the very near future, we hope everyone will join us in support of the launch of jobsdetective.co.uk. We truly appreciate everyone’s patience and support in working towards what will be considered as one of the very best job sites in the UK.”
Award winner Anne Beitel from Executives online also commented “We are thrilled to have won “Best Use of Online Recruitment by a Recruitment Agency” at the Onrec Awards. It is an extremely positive thing, especially following 2010, which was a very challenging year for many in the recruitment industry. A very good night by all”
The awards followed a half day trade conference held by Onrec to discuss the latest developments with employment legislation; as well as job fraud and the latest statistics from the industry. Speakers included Bridget Wood, Partner from Blake Lapthorn John Salt, Website Director, Totaljobs, Steve Evans, Managing Director, Net Natives, Tom Daly, President & CEO, Appvault and Ciaran O’Sullivan Sales Manager, comScore
Onrec would like to say thank you to the award sponsors, and we look forward to next years awards event! The next event will be on the 28th March 2012.