2023 WINNERS
The WINNERs
The Workforce Solution of the Year
- Pixid
Judges’ Comments: Judges praised Pixid for their agile solution, their collaborative approach to servicing clients and their innovative plans to sustain growth and future proof the business.
- Finalists: Bright Network, Bullhorn, Fuel50, Metaview, Signal Software, WorkLLama, WrkWrk
The Contractor Solution of the Year
- Sonovate
Judges’ Comments: Judges praised Sonovate for meeting an important need in the market, with an innovative solution that captures the breadth of contingent workers and enables SMEs to grow their business while ensuring their workers get paid on time.
- Highly Commended: WorkLLama
- Finalists: 3R, My Digital, Nétive VMS, People Group Services, Quadzu
The Candidate Experience Solution of the Year
- WorkLLama
Judges’ Comments: Judges praised WorkLLama for the global reach of their solution which provides a one stop shop for applications, shifts, referrals and much more, resulting in an impressive increase in pipeline of new candidates and significantly reducing the time to engage with referred candidates.
- Highly Commended: TopScore
- Finalists: Elevatus, Meet & Engage, MyPeople Group, TalentNet
THE RECRUITMENT MARKETING SOLUTION OF THE YEAR
- Unifrog
Judges’ Comments: Judges praised Unifrog for clear evidence of purpose beyond profit, impressive reach and targeted campaigns to address an important economic challenge – reducing the number of young people not in education, employment or training.
- Finalists: Adway, Paiger, Talisman Tech, Talention, Thrive Marketing Communications, WorkLLama
The DE&I Solution of the Year
- Diversely
Judges’ Comments: Judges praised Diversely for their solution which is clearly driven by thought leaders who truly understand the challenges for employers and recruiters, built with a specific DE&I purpose with impactful tech to enable a positive change.
- Finalists: Access Volcanic, Phoenix51, Recruitment Smart Technologies, Sova Assessment, VireUp
The Compliance Solution of the Year
- Referoo
Judges Comments: Judges praised Referoo for their agile, fast growing and innovative vetting solution which integrates with CRMs to enable an enhanced process for candidates and recruiters, whilst also saving time and money.
- Highly Commended: Hiring Hub
- Finalists: Firefish Software, Quadzu, Shape Payroll
The Onboarding Solution of the Year
- Eli Onboarding
Judges’ Comments: Judges praised Eli Onboarding for a solution that saves time and admin whilst enabling personalisation and improving the experience of candidates and new hires. Great examples and success metrics.
- Finalists: Advance Clear Review, Phoenix51
THE marriott harrison TALENT TECH CUSTOMER SERVICE AWARD
- HireVue
Judges’ Comments: Judges praised HireVue for its brilliant AI ethics, great bank of content and skills first approach to hiring, with very strong testimonials and metrics demonstrating impressive customer service.
- Finalists: 3R, Advanced Clear Review, Cezanne HR, OneUp Sales, Paiger, Pixid
The Talent Tech innovation Award
(<30 employees)
- Stratigens
Judges’ Comments: Judges praised Stratigens for its thought leadership in talent intelligence with a global perspective on talent and skills, an impressive client portfolio and demonstrating how it is harnessing data and converting it into insight to effectively grow a clients’ talent pool.
- Highly Commended: Talisman Tech & Wave
- Finalists: Activ8 Intelligence, bobcheck, Gigged.AI, Phoenix51, Rectec, VireUp
THE TALENT TECH INNOVATION AWARD
(30+ EMPLOYEES)
- SourceWhale
Judges’ Comments: Judges praised SourceWhale for an excellent entry that used great metrics and examples to show why customers and revenues are growing, with hackathons to keep improving and impactful innovation in how it automates around DE&I and NLP.
- Finalists: Broadbean Technology, Mercury, Paiger, Sonovate, Sova Assessment
The Talent Tech fast growth Award
- Sonovate
Judges’ Comments: Judges praised Sonovate for impressive growth on all fronts, with a great client base, clear innovation and diversification to support scale and a specialist solution enabling growth for the SME recruitment market.
- Finalists: Bright Network, My Digital, Talos360
The best Talent Tech Company to Work For
- Talos360
Judges’ Comments: Judges praised Talos360 for its sustained and impressive growth, under-pinned by the pride and passion the CEO clearly has for the company and her team, with strong testimonials and metrics on both employee and client engagement.
- Highly Commended: Meet & Engage
- Finalists: Firefish Software
The Optima Talent Tech Leader of the Year
- Talos360 - Janette Martin
Judges’ Comments: Judges praised Janette for the people-centric culture she has created and sustained, optimising outside investment to sustain growth and great client service.
- Finalists: Adrian McDonald - Adway, James Uffindell - Bright Network, Helen McGuire & Hayley Bakker - Diversely, Wendy McDougall - Firefish Software, Ali Hackett - Meet & Engage, Richard Prime & Damon Chapple - Sonovate, Phin Naugton - TopScore
The Venero Champion of Champions Award
- Unifrog
Judges’ Comments: Judges praised Unifrog for an innovative solution that is enhancing the life chances of the next generation of the workforce. Its B-Corp status and focus on reducing NEETs and supporting disadvantaged students proves its purpose beyond profit, with an impressive student reach and targeted ad campaigns making a big difference.