Recruitment awards finalists announced

FINALISTS have been announced for this year's Archant Suffolk Recruitment Awards which are due to be presented at the third annual awards dinner next month.

There are just two nominees for each award in the list of finalists revealed this week.

The awards dinner, co-ordinated by Archant Suffolk with Axa as the main sponsor, will take place at Hotel Elizabeth Copdock on October 19.

About 260 people are expected to attend.

The nominations (in alphabetical order) are:

Best Recruitment Advertising Campaign (sponsored by Select Recruitment) - Mad Rabbit Recruitment, Papworth Trust;

The Innovation Award (sponsored by Gain Advantage) - Select Recruitment, Time Appointments;

Best Induction Programme (sponsored by Jark Recruitment) - Hales Group, Select Recruitment;

Best HR Practice (sponsored by jobcentreplus) - Ipswich Hospital NHS Trust, Select Recruitment;

The Customer Service Award (sponsored by Elizabeth Hotels) - Jark Industrial, Select Recruitment;

Unsung Hero(sponsored by Time Appointments) - Sharon Austin of Ipswich Hospital NHS Trust, Angie Jobson of Seetec;

Rising Star (sponsored by Icon Consultants) - Joshua Peacock of Jark Construction, Tom Blake of Time Appointments;

Best Recruitment Process (sponsored by REC) - Hales Group, Ipswich Jobcentre Plus Recruitment Team;

Best Recruitment Consultant (sponsored by Cash Simply) - Demelza Laws of Jark Construction, Richard Cooke of Sanctuary Personnel;

The Special Recognition Award (sponsored by Hales Group) - Craig Sennett of Icon Consultants, Jackie Stoneman of Select Recruitment;

Best Manager (sponsored by Tandem Personnel) - Nicola Mewse of Hales Group, Beverly Lambert of TCR Sheldrake;

Best Recruitment Company (sponsored by Find A Job) - Select Recruitment, Time Appointments.

Judges for this year's awards were: Hannah Breen, HR Consultant with Insight Human Resources Consultancy; Joanna Latham, Employment & Training Services Manager of Suffolk Youth & Connexions Service; Nicky Bird of AXA Resourcing; Peter Swallow, managing director of Archant Suffolk and Aidan Walmsley, owner/Director of Your HR Support Ltd.

This year's awards will be hosted by Mark Murphy and Lesley Dolphin of BBC Radio Suffolk. Live music during the evening will be provided by the Red Hot Radiators and jazz combo IP3.