Onrec.com, a leading resource for global online recruitment information, announced winners of the first annual Onrec Recruiting Technologies Awards at the Onrec 2008 Conference & Expo in Chicago on September 9. The theme of the well-attended show was global trends in recruitment technology. Award winners were chosen from among submitted nominations, with the chief criteria being best-in-class innovation.

2008 Onrec Award Winners are:

Best Online Career Website – U.S. Marine Corps, for its recruitment site, www.Marines.com

Most Innovative Online Recruiters - AIRS, a company of The RightThing, Inc.

Most Innovative College Recruiting Campaign - Sodexo

Most Innovative Employee Referral Program - Kelly Services

Game Changing Recruiting Technology - Jobstick

The following companies received honorable mention and were also recognized in the Game Changing Recruiting Technology category: Broadlook Technologies; Dillistone Systems; Checkster; PreVisor; Talent Technology Corporation; RecruitAlliance; BountyJobs; iCIMS; Dayak; Madgex; Arbita; and JobTarget.

"Onrec 2008 Award winners are all leading-edge companies," said RD Whitney, CEO of Onrec USA. "We've entered a very exciting phase of the online recruitment industry, and these organizations are to be congratulated for helping propel online recruitment forward."

"This year's winners are to be commended for their contribution to employee recruitment," said David Hurst, Managing Director of Onrec. "But I have no doubt, based on the global exchange of ideas at this year's conference, that next year we will see even more new technologies and innovative practices."

Onrec 2008 Recruitment Technologies Award Winners and Honorable Mentions will be featured in a November article in Online Recruitment Magazine, Onrec's flagship publication.

For a recap of Onrec 2008 Conference & Expo, and to find out about upcoming events, visit www.onrec.com/expo2008.