2022 winners
The Winners
THE ACCESS GROUP BACK-OFFICE TEAM OF THE YEAR
- AMS
The judges praised AMS for their excellent metrics with a sustainable focus. They said it was an innovative, stand-out entry. A great success story.

- Finalists: Cox Purtell Staffing Services, Fuse Recruitment, SustainHealth Recruitment and Zeep
The Recruit Wizard Client Service Award
- People2People Recruitment
The judges said that there was a real connect between the company and it’s clients, resulting in win/win partnerships.

- Highly Commended: Cox Purtell Staffing Services
- Finalists: Pulse Australia and SULLIVAN Consulting
THE ONBOARDED CANDIDATE EXPERIENCE AWARD
- Evolve Talent
Judges were impressed with Evolve Talent’s training program aimed at improving the candidate experience. They also showed an impressive turnover and invested in their own team and candidates.

- Finalists: Cornerstone Medical Recruitment, Horner Recruitment, People2People Recruitment, SULLIVAN Consulting, Talent Matters and Zeep
THE DIVERSITY, EQUITY & INCLUSION AWARD
- HOBAN Recruitment
The judges felt that HOBAN Recruitment is an outstanding example of a culture that is fully committed to DE&I, not just as a social initiative but one that truly improves business results, both for them and their clients.

- Finalists: Norwest Recruitment, PageGroup, PeopleIN and TalentWeb
THE VOLCANIC BEST USE OF TECHNOLOGY AWARD
- FIRESOFT People
FIRESOFT People used new tools to focus on employee excellence and some great partnerships were forged, leading to great growth.

- Finalists: Zeep
THE BULLHORN COMMUNITY IMPACT AWARD
- FIRESOFT People
Our judges said that it was clearly evident that profit for purpose is entirely embedded into FIRESOFT’s philosophy.

- Finalists: HOBAN Recruitment, PeopleIN, SULLIVAN Consulting, TalentWeb, TaylorCare Recruitment and Zeep
THE ENTIRE ONHIRE GROWTH RECRUITMENT COMPANY OF THE YEAR
- The Network
The judges were really impressed with The Network’s ‘Perm as you go’ initiative and loved the idea of the podcast. They clearly showed excellent growth.

- Highly Commended: Evolve Talent and Talenza
- Finalists: Frog Recruitment, Henderson Healthcare, Precision Sourcing, SustainHealth Recruitment, TalentWeb, Your Doctor Jobs and Zeep
THE TRAINING & DEVELOPMENT AWARD
- HOBAN Recruitment
Judges praised HOBAN for clearly demonstrating a commitment to their staff through training, development and employee wellbeing.

- Finalists: Halcyon Knights, Kona Recruitment, MAYDAY Recruitment Group, PeopleIN and Spencer Ogden
THE PROMINENCE SPECIALIST RECRUITMENT COMPANY OF THE YEAR
- Cornerstone Medical Recruitment
Our judges praised Cornerstone Medical Recruitment for it’s specialist niche teams making it possible for the business to pivot and recruit for new opportunities.

- Highly Commended: [axr] recruitment & search
- Finalists: AllSquares, Capstone Recruitment Group, JIVARO Recruitment, Kennedy Reid, ReillyScott, SMAART Recruitment, The Network and The Nudge Group
THE DAXTRA RECRUITMENT BRAND OF THE YEAR
- The Network
Our Judges liked The Networks value-driven approach to the sector and the brand focus across their clients, candidates and employees journey.

- Highly Commended: Zeep
- Finalists: [axr] recruitment & search, Ashley Services Group, Evolve Talent, Kona Recruitment, Salt, SMAART Recruitment, TalentWeb, and Talenza
THE RPO TALENT SOLUTIONS COMPANY OF THE YEAR
- Comensura
Talent Solutions is currently the fastest growing segment in the talent universe and our judges felt that Comensura were pioneering and changing the landscape in this sector.

- Finalists: AMS
THE APPLYFLOW RISING STAR AWARD
- Your Doctor Jobs
Our judges said that Your Doctor Jobs had shown remarkable progress underpinned by longer term sustainability.

- Highly Commended: Henderson Healthcare
- Finalists: AllSquares, Change Recruitment Group, Latitude IT, SULLIVAN Consulting and WOW Recruitment
THE AYERS GROUP BEST SMALL RECRUITMENT COMPANY TO WORK FOR (1-15 EMPLOYEES)
- WOW Recruitment
WOW Recruitment were once again praised by the judges for their impressive achievements, their growth all underpinned by a clear strategy and comprehensive employee development programmes.

- Finalists: [axr] recruitment & search, AllSquares, Change Recruitment, Cox Purtell Staffing Services, i-Pharm Consulting, Kona Recruitment, Proclinical Staffing, SustainHealth Recruitment, Talent Matters and Your Doctor Jobs
THE AYERS GROUP BEST MID-SIZED RECRUITMENT COMPANY TO WORK FOR (16-40 EMPLOYEES)
- Launch Recruitment
Our judges said that Launch Recruitment provided its employees with an environment where they are clearly engaged, successful and can develop their skills and talents.

- Highly Commended: MAYDAY Recruitment Group
- Finalists: Capstone Recruitment Group, Clicks IT Recruitment, Exclaim IT - Tech & Digital Recruitment, Horner Recruitment, JIVARO Recruitment, Precision Sourcing, Salt, SMAART Recruitment and Zeep
THE MERCURY BEST LARGE RECRUITMENT COMPANY TO WORK FOR (41+ EMPLOYEES)
- Halcyon Knights
Our judges said that the company’s performance was underpinned by firstly listening to all of its employees and then embracing their thinking.

- Highly Commended: Cornerstone Medical Recruitment
- Finalists: Evolve Talent, PageGroup, People2People Recruitment, Peoplebank Australia, PeopleIN, Spencer Ogden and Talenza
THE DAXTRA RECRUITMENT LEADER OF THE YEAR
- Simon Hair, Managing Director, Precision Sourcing
Judges praised Simon for his people orientated leadership, commitment to the growth of his team and his ability to inspire those around him.

- Finalists: James Toth, Managing Director, Kona Recruitment
- Andrea McHutchon, Country Director, Salt
- Andrew Sullivan, Managing Director, SULLIVAN Consulting
- Colin Fannon, CEO, TalentWeb
- Kate Taylor, Managing Director, TaylorCare Recruitment
- Robin Jerome, Managing Partner, Zeep