2022 WINNERS
The WINNERs
The Workforce Solution of the Year
- Bright Network
Judges’ Comments: Judges praised Bright Network for a timely solution to upskill new talent and embed DE&I whilst also bringing its values to life, proving purpose beyond profit, and innovating with data.
- Highly Commended: Talos360
- Finalists: iCIMS, Sova Assessment, Talmix, Ubeya
The Contractor Solution of the Year
- Sonovate
Judges’ Comments: Judges praised Sonovate for impressive growth across all meaningful metrics, supporting contractor payments during a very challenging time, and championing support of the growing flexible workforce.
- Highly Commended: 3R
- Finalists: My Digital, People Group Services, Pixid, Suits Me
The Marriott Harrison Candidate Experience Solution of the Year
- Sova Assessment
Judges’ Comments: Judges praised Sova for its customer and market led assessment solution that optimises data insight and innovation to deliver value to both clients and candidates.
- Highly Commended: Connectr
- Finalists: Hinterview, inploi, Odro, Ubeya
THE RECRUITMENT MARKETING SOLUTION OF THE YEAR
- Paiger
Judges’ Comments: Judges praised Paiger for heavily investing in its own marketing, doubling its revenue and growing clients in the US, Australia and Europe. It was also highly commended for its role in championing recruitment marketing and educating professionals.
- Highly Commended: Odro
- Finalists: crooton, Hoxo Media, inploi, Talisman
The DE&I Solution of the Year
- HireVue
Judges’ Comments: Judges praised HireVue for proving the impact of its solution on diverse and inclusive hiring at scale, with a multi-pronged approach to reducing bias and ensuring a great experience for both clients and candidates.
- Finalists: Connectr, Diversely, Get-Optimal, Recruitment Smart Technologies, RoleMapper
The Compliance Solution of the Year
- Worksome
Judges Comments: Judges praised Worksome for vastly reducing risk exposure for large employers and removing unnecessary stress for freelancers whilst enabling them to begin projects faster.
- Finalists: Ceridian, My Digital, Qdos Contractor
The Onboarding Solution of the Year
- Eli Onboarding
Judges’ Comments: Judges praised Eli Onboarding for clearly demonstrating the value and impact of its onboarding solution but also its investment in its own people as a focussed, values driven company with a highly engaged and innovative team.
- Finalists: Connectr in partnership with Thales, FintechOS, giant screening
The Learning Solution of the Year
- Bright Network
Judges’ Comments: Judges praised Bright Network for optimising its data to create a fair and equitable training and deployment solution for emerging talent and a more diverse and inclusive solution for employers.
- Finalists: Advanced Clear Review, Our Tandem, Recruitment Juice, Recruitment Mentors
The Talent Tech Customer Service Award
- Pixid
Judges’ Comments: Judges praised Pixid for its impressive client retention and referral rates and also for its investment in staff development which is enabling great customer service.
- Highly Commended: Odro
- Finalists: 3R, idibu, itris, SourceBreaker
The Talent Tech Scale Up Award
- Talos360
Judges’ Comments: Judges praised Talos for its visionary leader who has not only achieved impressive sales and client growth but also built a senior team to achieve even more ambitious milestones over the next two years.
- Highly Commended: inploi
- Finalists: Expertlead, Paiger, SonicJobs, Sonovate
The Talent Tech Innovation Award
- Mercury
Judges’ Comments: Judges praised Mercury for its impressive client retention, solid growth and its innovative ambition to make recruitment more proactive with predictive analytics using a tech platform that everyone is familiar with.
- Highly Commended: GliderAI
- Finalists: EVA.ai, Hinterview, Kyloe Partners, My Digital, Sova Assessment, Wave
The Pearl Meyer best Talent Tech Company to Work For
- Eightfold AI
Judges’ Comments: Eightfold impressed judges as a champion of skills over roles or experience, with an innovative solution to achieve this at scale, and an authentic commitment to provide the right career for everyone that it applies in its own business.
- Highly Commended: Firefish Software
- Finalists: Hinterview, SourceBreaker, Suits Me
The Optima Talent Tech Leader of the Year
- Talos360 - Janette Martin
Judges’ Comments: Judges praised Janette for leading a company rebrand, structural change and impressive growth in a short period of time whilst also demonstrating her commitment to career progression, training and wellbeing.
- Finalists: Ashutosh Garg - Eightfold AI, Wendy McDougall - Firefish Software, Sean Anderson - Hoxo Media, Chris Kendrick - Mercury
The Venero Champion of Champions Award
- Eightfold AI
Judges’ Comments: Judges praised Eightfold for a genuinely innovative solution that is championing the move to skills-led recruitment at scale and proving its success as the model for its own business as the Best Talent Tech Company to Work For. Eightfold is a worthy Champion of Champions for 2022.