The 2006 Recruiter Of The Year in the category of small, medium and large Agency category were announced at the prestigious 2006 Junction Awards at the Indaba Hotel in Johannesburg on the evening of Wednesday 23 August.
The Junction Awards is an initiative of South Africaís leading online placement solution, CareerJunction, and this yearís event was co-sponsored by CareerJunctionís valued partners - the Sowetan and Sunday World.
The Junction Awards have become a prominent annual event and are the only Awards of their kind that recognise South Africaís Recruitment Agencies from the perspective of the job seeker. CareerJunctionís career seekers nominate Agencies that excel in personal service, understanding their career requirements, advice and guidance, negotiations, securing interviews and placement and post placement.
Three Agencies received the accolade of winning the 2006 Recruiter Of The Year, in three categories according to the quantity of jobs that the Agencies advertise on CareerJunction. The winners were Kelly, Quest Flexible Staffing Solutions and Abantu Resources.
Large Agency Category
Winner ñ Kelly
Gina Meintjies, Marketing Executive of Kelly, says Kelly are absolutely delighted to be named the Top Recruiter in the large agency category and specifically because they were nominated by career seekers. ìAs South Africaís top staffing brand, we strive to always deliver the best services and people solutions to our clients and candidates alike. We are very pleased with our partnership with CareerJunction,î says Meintjies.
The 1st runner up in this category was DAV Professional Placement Group, while the 2nd runner up was PAG.
Medium Category:
Winner ñ Quest Flexible Staffing Solutions
Ann Vermaak, Quest Flexible Staffing Solutions GM Resourcing and Projects, says that Quest is very proud and thankful to be the winner of such a prestigious award for the second year running. ìLooking for employment is a very stressful situation and we strive to assist career seekers to make this process as easy as possible. Thank you to everyone who voted for us, your feedback helps us improve the service we deliver,î said Vermaak.
The 1st runner up in this category was MultiSearch, and the 2nd runner up was Taudata Consultants.
Small Category:
Winner ñ Abantu Resources
Jo-Anne Macris, Managing Director of Abantu Resources, says on winning the Award ìThe staff and management of Abantu Resources are very proud to have received the award for best small recruitment agency for job seekers from CareerJunction. Changing jobs is one of the most stressful events in a personís life. We endeavour to help make this change as smooth as possible for a job seeker. We, at Abantu Resources, pride ourselves in not just finding people jobs but enhancing peopleís careers through perfectly matching a candidate to a company.î
The 1st Runner up in the Small Category was CallForce Direct, while the 2nd runner up was Career South Africa Recruitment.
Kris Jarzebowski explains the rationale for leaving the voting up to South Africaís career seekers, ìOur career seekers are still Clients and should be treated as any other client or person with whom we deal. So, it is appropriate to respect these individuals and allow them the space to vote for their favourite service providers. CareerJunction processes over 450 000 job ad responses each month. And these responses are nearly all South Africans. Out of this volume, over 650 agencies are now serving these career seekers. We think itís fitting to hear what these individuals think of the service they receive from the Agencies in our Network.î
The CareerSeeker who was lucky enough to win the sponsored CANON Digital Camera was Molotsi Thango from Pretoria. He was present on the night to collect his prize.
For photographs of the event, please contact Joni Layton on 011 280 0819 or joni@careerjunction.co.za
Kelly, Quest and Abantu are Winners of the 2006 Junction Awards
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