The 2024 Winners

THE Client Service Award

  • Winner: PeopleScout

Judges’ Comment: The judges were impressed with PeopleScout’s approach to significantly decreasing time-to-hire for their client. They took the time to understand the business and its challenges by both investing time in visiting sites, incorporating customer feedback and leveraging technology to deliver sustainable results.

  • Finalists: GCS Recruitment Specialist, Guidant Global, HireGenics

THE best new talent solutions provider

  • Winner: HTD Talent

Judges’ Comment: HTD Talent demonstrated an innovative approach to balancing the needs of their associates with the needs of their clients. They found an effective way to condense the length of traditional hire-train-deploy models with candidate friendly contract terms. A refreshing approach to an exciting segment of the market.  

  • Finalists: 360 Talent Solutions, TalentProcure

The karmacheck talent solutions innovation of the year award

  • Winner: Magnit

Judges’ Comment: Magnit’s Contingent Referral Program provides a solution that utilizes AI to match workers with new assignments. By redeploying known resources, they enable clients to swiftly engage with vetted talent.

  • Finalists: Cross Country, KellyOCG

The talentedgeai best use of technology award

  • Winner: Sevenstep

Judges’ Comment: An excellent submission that demonstrates the value of applying true BI to the staffing process and making a meaningful impact on people analytics and hiring activity. Judges said ‘this should be an industry standard!’

  • Highly Commended: Resource Solutions
  • Finalists: Cross Country, HireGenics, Pyramid Consulting

The innovative employee solutions de&I award

  • Winner: KellyOCG

Judges’ Comment: KellyOCG’s Equity at Work program is moving the dial in breaking down barriers for untapped talent pools and using data to offer a fresh start and a second chance for many candidates. 

  • Highly Commended: Engtal, mthree
  • Finalists: E-Solutions, HTD Talent, KellyOCG, Magnit, Page Outsourcing

The cfirst long-term partnership award

  • Winner: Resource Solutions

Judges’ Comment: This was an impressively crafted entry, backed by strong examples, which demonstrated considerable impact over time, in particular, the scale up of their Recruiter Academy also moved the metrics. An outstanding result.

  • Highly Commended: Sevenstep, WilsonHCG
  • Finalists: Advanced RPO, Guidant Global, Hays, Hueman RPO, KellyOCG, PeopleScout

The best talent attraction strategy award

  • Winner: PeopleScout

Judges’ Comment: This was an outstanding submission – a longstanding relationship combined with incredibly effective results to diversify the candidate talent pool in a male-dominated industry and a great cost per hire. 

  • Highly Commended: KellyOCG
  • Finalists: Hays, HTD Talent, Hueman RPO, Resource Solutions

THE esg initiative of the year award

  • Winner: Page Outsourcing

Judges’ Comment: Page Outsourcing showed a range of concise and clear goals which are both embedded in the overall strategy of the business and engage people at all levels of their organization.

  • Finalists: Magnit

The avenica best talent solutions firm to work for

  • WilsonHCG

Judges’ Comment: This entry left judges wanting to know even more. WilsonHCG have so many things going on but the peer-to-peer recognition, analytics at the fingertips of recruiters, and training focus were all outstanding.

  • Finalists: Advanced RPO, Sevenstep

The Talent Solutions Provider of the Year

  • Winner: PeopleScout

Judges’ Comment: One judge summed up their view of PeopleScout by saying ‘They delivered the type of service that every RPO and MSP provider should aspire to’ and judges also felt their talent attraction entry was the stand– out entry of the campaign.

The outstanding achievement award

  • John Wilson, Founder & CEO, WilsonHCG

Comments: “John is a true industry visionary. He founded WilsonHCG in 2002 and over the last 22 years has built the firm that bears his name into one of the most respected and admired firms in the sector. 

Not only are WilsonHCG recognized as true talent experts, but its collaborative and collegiate culture belies a fierce will to win and a determination to do the best for their clients.” 

Ken Brotherston, Chief Executive, TALiNT Partners.