IRP Awards 2018 Winners Announced

The REC’s Institute of Recruitment Professionals (IRP) celebrated its tenth annual award ceremony last night at the Royal Lancaster hotel in London. The IRP Awards recognise recruiters’ professional excellence and best practice. The evening was hosted by sports presenter Mark Durden-Smith. 

REC chief executive Neil Carberry said:

“These awards are a celebration of the amazing talent in the recruitment industry which is made up of 115,000 dedicated professionals across the UK. The REC is about brilliant recruitment and that’s what these winners represent. They have shown great commitment to their jobs and demonstrated best practice. As always this year’s IRP award winners have beat out stiff competition and been judged by non- industry names such as Pepsico, Mercedes-Benz and Santander. 

“The efforts of all those nominated should be recognised as these individuals are all helping to grow our industry by increasing the value it provides to clients, and the opportunities it provides to candidates.”

The 2018 IRP Award winners are:

Recruiter of the Year: Kristy Potter, Acorn People

Lifetime Achievement Award: Carmen Watson

Individual:

Recruitment Apprentice of the Year: Matthew Stimpson, Human Capital Ventures 

Best Newcomer of the Year: Chris Forsyth, Redline Group

Best Candidate Experience: Adriana Brito Brito, One Step Recruitment Ltd  

Permanent Consultant of the Year: Kristy Potter, Acorn People

Temporary Consultant of the Year: Mehreen Ayub, Admiral Recruitment

Business Manager of the Year: Chris Pritchard, Search Consultancy Ltd

Business Leader of the Year: Raj Tulsiani, Green Park Recruitment

Company:

Back-Office Support Team of the Year: Compass Associates

People Development Business of the Year: Amoria Bond 

Recruitment Campaign of the Year: Guidant Global

Corporate & Social Responsibility Practitioners of the Year:  Thorpe Molloy Recruitment Ltd

Advocate Company of the Year: Serocor Group

Best Company to Work for (up to 20 employees): InfoSec People

Best Company to Work for (up to 50 employees): Hyper Recruitment Solutions 

Best Company to Work for (up to 150 employees): VHR 

Best Company to work for (Over 150 Employees) Amoria Bond

Highly Commended:

Best Newcomer of the Year: Sariat Adeniji, Hyper Recruitment Solutions 

Permanent Consultant of the Year: Matthew Covell, Search Consultancy 

Temporary Consultant of the Year: Sophie Banks, Monarch Education

Business Manager of the Year: Beth Daniels, Jane Lewis

Back-Office Support Team of the Year: Star

Best Company to Work for (up to 50 employees): Bramwith Consulting 

ENDS

 

Notes to editors:  

1. The awards were judges by an independent panel of individuals from across business and were not from the recruitment industry itself.

2. For more information, contact the REC Press Office on 0207 009 2157/2192 or pressoffice@rec.uk.com. An ISDN line is available for interviews on 0207 021 0584

3. Jobs transform lives, which is why we are building the best recruitment industry in the world. As the professional body for recruitment we’re determined to make businesses more successful by helping them secure the people they need. We are absolutely passionate and totally committed in this pursuit for recruiters, employers, and the people they hire. Find out more about the Recruitment & Employment Confederation at www.rec.uk.com