Kelly, Quest and Accountants On Call were announced as the 2007 Recruiter Of The Year winners at the 4th Annual Junction Awards, held at Theatre On The Track in Kyalami on 22 August 2007.
CareerJunctionís prestigious Awards honour best practices in Recruitment and give South African career seekers the opportunity to vote for Recruitment Agencies that have excelled in Personal Service, Understanding their Career Requirements, Advice and Guidance, Negotiations, Securing Interviews and Placement and Post Placement Advice.
The 2007 Junction Awards are an initiative of CareerJunction, South Africaís leading career web service, and were held in association with the Sowetan and Sunday World newspapers for the second consecutive year. ìThis is our second year of involvement with CareerJunction and our job market editions have shown significant growth. It shows how important it is to help someone get a job,î said Sowetan and Sunday Worldís editor-in-chief Thabo Leshilo.
The 2007 Awards were once again divided into three categories ñ small, medium and large. The Agency size is determined by the number of jobs they advertise on CareerJunction.
Kris Jarzebowski, CEO of CareerJunction (a Johnnic Communications company), announced that the 2007 Junction Awards were more than double the size of the previous year ñ with over 430 guests attending the prominent event and more than 2,600 votes cast for the Recruiter Of The Year by South Africaís career seekers.
ìThis tremendous growth signals the increasing importance of this event in the recruitment calendar. It also shows just how much growth CareerJunction has experienced over the past year ñ from Resumes to Jobs to Traffic to Website visits - and we are still one of the most visited websites in SA and the biggest careers portal in SA by far,î said Jarzebowski.
The 2007 Recruiter Of The Year Winners are:
Large Agency Category
WINNER Kelly
1st runner-up DAV Professional Placement Group
2nd runner-up Emmanuels Advance
Vanessa Brown, Marketing Manager of Kelly, said, ìPeople are at the heart of our business. Kelly thanks all the work seekers for their positive feedback and we are delighted to be named Recruiter of the Year (large category) for the second consecutive year. We will continue to listen to our work seekers, deliver on our promises and partner with them in order to find exciting career opportunities.î
Medium Agency Category
WINNER Quest Flexible Staffing Solutions
1st runner-up Cozens Recruitment Services
2nd runner-up Fempower Personnel
ìWe would like to thank the career seekers for taking the time to vote for Quest. We realise how stressful the job seeking process can be. Itís great to be recognised for the hard work that the people of Quest do,ì said Ann Vermaak, Quest General Manager.
Small Agency Category
WINNER - Accountants On Call
1st runner-up - Ernst & Young
2nd runner-up - Careers IT
One of our key strategic imperatives is to continually improve our service levels to our candidates, and we are proud of this Junction Award which reaffirms that commitment, said Sean dos Santos, Accountants On Call General Manager.
In addition to the Recruiter Awards, one lucky career seeker was randomly selected to win the sponsored Lenova Thinkpad T60 Laptop. Thabo Leshilo handed the Laptop to the career seeker winner, Ntshepo Lakaje, who was present on the night to collect her prize.
The results of the 2007 Junction Awards were Audited by registered Auditors, Nexia Levitt Kirson.
Recruiter of the year winners honoured at the 2007 Junction Awards
Kelly, Quest and Accountants On Call were announced as the 2007 Recruiter Of The Year winners at the 4th Annual Junction Awards, held at Theatre On The Track in Kyalami on 22 August 2007
