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The
Panel of Judges for the 2007 National Online Recruitment Awards has now
been finalised. As usual they will, of course, have
extensive experience of the current online recruitment sector.
They are selected on the basis of this knowledge and have no vested
interested in the nominated websites.
The Judging Panel
STEPHEN
O'DONNELL FREC (Fellow of the Recruitment and Employment Confederation)
Founder
of AlljobsUK.com. Stephen has been a professional recruiter for
the last 20 years, and has owned and run successful
recruitment companies since 1993. Stephen O'Donnell is Chairman of
the Judging Panel.
TOM ATKINSON
Tom Atkinson, currently C.E.O of Keen Thinking, director of Purple
Factors, non executive director of Manage People, and compliance
consultant for Gain Advantage and others, is always keen to witness
“best of breed”. He was elected a Fellow of the Institute of the Motor
Industry (F.I.M.I.) before moving into recruitment 10 years ago and
becoming one of Plimsoll Publishing’s Entrepreneurs of the Year. He is
listed in “Who’s Who” in both “Who’s Who” in Britain’s Business Elite
and “Who’s Who” in Recruitment. (2002 edition). A previous judge for,
presenter and recipient of, many awards, Tom is currently a judge for
the “Orange” National Business Awards and has been for the last 4 years.
As well as NORA, Cash Simply, one of his company’s brands, is sponsoring
“Best Recruitment Consultant” awards across the country.
LOUISE TRIANCE
Louise Triance has a background in
recruiting and the internet. She is founder and director of
ukrecruiter.co.uk which, via
its web site and newsletter, provides comprehensive and independent
information to the recruitment industry.
DAN MCGUIRE
Dan McGuire, Managing Director,
Broadbean Technology. Dan heads up Broadbean Technology,
Europe's largest multiple job posting and applicant source tracking
company which distributes in excess of 1,500,000 online job adverts
every month to more than 600 job boards across the globe. Dan has been
involved in the recruitment industry, both traditional and online for
over 8 years.
DON MCINTOSH
Don is the Development Director of RecruitActive Ltd who provide erecruitment systems and expertise to corporate employers. Don combines
over 8 years experience in online recruitment with 12 years running
conventional recruitment companies. Don was the UK Managing Director of
Top Jobs on the Net and the Chairman of the AOLR from its launch in
September 2000 and is currently on the committee of the Online
Recruitment Marketing Council.
DEEDEE DOKE
DeeDee Doke has been editor of Recruiter, the market-leading title for
the UK recruitment industry, since May 2005. Previous roles include the
editorships of monthly HR titles Global HR and Employers’ Law, both part
of the Personnel Today Group. She has written about recruitment, HR and
workplace issues for titles including The Sunday Times, the Financial
Times, the Daily Telegraph, the Telegraph Business Club, The Guardian,
Guardian Unlimited, Travel Weekly, Community Care, and in the US, HR
Magazine (the official magazine for the Society of Human Resource
Management, or SHRM) and SHRM Online.
ISABEL KAY
Isabel is a UK and internationally experienced HR Director working for
Cadbury Schweppes plc, the world’s largest confectionery business. Based
in London Isabel is a passionate and energetic advocate for the people
agenda in organisations. Isabel believes it is particularly important
for HR professionals to have the organisational insight and ability ‘to
see ourselves as others see us’ and considers being a judge for NORA a
great opportunity to do just that.
ANN SWAIN
Ann is the Chief Executive of ATSCo. Having entered the IT Staffing
Industry in 1982, her career has encompassed sales, sales management, as
well as HR, and indeed training. Ann founded Recruitment Industry
Training Specialist, Learning Curve in 1988, which was acquired by
Delphi Group in 1997. She became UK Sales Director of Computer People
until 1999 when she joined ATSCo as the founding Chief Executive.
The
criteria to be used in judging will include:
1.
Ease of use, design, layout & speed.
2.
Volume of available vacancies.
3.
Volume of claimed visitors.
4.
Available facilities for jobseekers.
5.
Prominence in targeted market.
Sites
will be judged from the point of view of a jobseeker, and what benefits
candidates best.
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