The National Recruitment Federation held their 10th annual awards last Friday night and the recruitment industry came out in force to celebrate its stars of the year gone by. With 350 people from the recruitment industry filling “The Great Room” in the Shelbourne Hotel Dublin and 18 awards up for grabs there was not a spare seat in the house.

The gala ceremony was presented by Gavin Duffy of the Irish Dragons Den who kept the audience entertained throughout the event.

Staffing Industry Analysts were sponsoring the Best in Practice Sales & Marketing Award, which was clinched by Recruiters in a very tight category. Marketing Manager, Rohan Verma commented: “For the past two years, SIA research has shown Ireland to be the most attractive staffing market globally, and with the relationship SIA has built with the NRF over the past couple of years, there couldn’t have been a better decision than being a sponsor at this prestigious industry Awards. It was great to meet so many SIA members and new industry colleagues from across the water. It was a fantastic event enjoyed by everyone that took part, whether winners or losers.”

Winners on the night included:

• Best Agency Online Service -  Brightwater
• Permanent Recruitment Consultant Of The Year –  Suzanne Fowler - Accountancy Solutions
• Temporary Recruitment Consultant Of The Year- Lauren Redmond - Cpl
• Best In Practice – Healthcare – Ttm Healthcare
• Best In Practice – Accounting & Finance – Marks Sattin
• Best In Practice – Office & Secretarial – Cpl
• Best In Practice – It /Telecoms & Technical – Computure Futures
• Best In Practice- Hospitality 7 Events- The Noel Group
• Best In Practice – Corporate Social Responsibility – Sigmar
• Best In Pratice – Warehousing/ Logistices/Light Industrial – Ism Recruitment
• Best In Practice - Sales & Marketing – Recruiters
• Best In Practice – Pharmaceutical/ Engineering & Science – Hero Recruitment
• Best Specialist Agency- Cae Parc Aviation
• Best New Agency - Sanderson
• Agency Of The Year - (1-12 Staff) - Hero Recruitment
• Agency Of The Year – (13- 30 Staff) – Excel Recruitment
• Agency Of The Year – (30 Staff Or More) – Brightwater
• Nrf Cert Rp Graduates Of The Year – Eoghan McDermott, Heather Fahy and Clare Kelly from Sigmar, Eoin Field from CAE Parc Aviation, Saoirse Raleigh from Thornshaw and Cora Smith from CPL.