Recruiter 2007 Awards For Excellence

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• Client, Magic Circle Firm | Wed, 28 Mar 2007 10:54 am

  I attended the Recruiter Awards last night, invited by one of the nominees as a guest and as a client to many of the consultants at the event.
  
  Unfortunately, I must comment on the disgraceful behaviour of many recruiters in the room, as they refused even the smallest courtesy to their colleagues or the presenters as the awards were delivered. I was seated in the middle of the room and found it almost impossible to hear over the noise. Most notably, the table of consultants seated behind me were probably one of the worst behaved tables there, shouting and laughing above all other noise from the very beginning of the awards. I was extremely disappointed to note that not only was this agency one of our preferred suppliers, they also won one of the awards. It has made me question their ability to listen to their client, when they were unable to focus their attention for 1 hour for the benefit of their colleagues and fellow nominees and winners.
  
  I was extremely embarrassed for Marcus Brigstocke as, after repeated attempts to get the room's attention, had to resort to yelling into the microphone above the din.
  
  For the first time, after many years in the recruitment industry, both as a client and as a consultant in an agency, I was ashamed to be a recruiter and associated with so many present at the awards. I will be rethinking many of the relationships we have with those at last nights ceremony and will not attend the event again.

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• guest | Wed, 28 Mar 2007 12:11 pm

  Let's not allow a few louts without any manners or sensitivity to cast a shadow on what was actually a brilliant night. I made some great contacts, and look forward to attending in 2008! However -- could some staff be appointed to kick some of the noisier elements out? Or could those who can't control themselves be banned from attending future Recruiter Awards events?

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• Marc Moreso | Wed, 28 Mar 2007 1:11 pm

  Many thanks to the team at Recruiter for last night, superb evening, very professional, will be there next year.

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• A Winner | Wed, 28 Mar 2007 2:54 pm

  Although the night was generally enjoyable, I was angered at the people who would not stop talking through the awards. Marcus Brigstocke did his best to carry on regardless but for us sitting at the back (and all trying to listen) we found it hard to hear what he was saying.
  That aside, we were one of the night's winners and would like to thank Recruiter for "Making it Happen."
  See you next time!

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• LANC | Wed, 28 Mar 2007 3:06 pm

  I agree with the other "Guest", lets us not allow some miserable, sad little fool (if you were my client, Magic Circle Firm, I'd tell you to take a hike; no-one needs business from a jumped up little vegetable like yourself) to cast any shadow over what was a brilliant evening. The food was fantastic, the vibe was great and the opportunities the event promoted; superb. All in all, an enormous CONGRATULATIONS to those who won (our firm being one of the lucky few) and a very big WELL DONE to the organisers! A marvellous evening. My colleagues and I enjoyed ourselves thoroughly!

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• rognal | Wed, 28 Mar 2007 3:49 pm

  Right on sister!

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• Toni Cocozza | Wed, 28 Mar 2007 4:44 pm

  The event was, as always, well organised by Recruiter and we were delighted to win the award for Best IT Recruitment Firm. I was however very pleased that it was only the 2nd award of the evening and that my team therefore was able to hear what was said about our company success before the noise in the room completely drowned out the speaker!
  
  What I personally found most disturbing, was when Gary Clark's wife, stepping onto the stage to present an award in memory of Gary, was shown no respect by certain guests, and probably never even heard the tribute paid to him. It reminded me of the time in the late 90's when Stephen Hill had to stand up at an REC event and shout at the guests to be quiet. The behaviour at a number of the tables tainted the achievements of the majority of the guests and also the reputation of our industry. Even Marcus Brigstocke's comment 'you must be very proud of yourselves' failed to shame the individuals in question and that further added to my embarrasment (maybe they could not hear him!).

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• An Attendee | Thu, 29 Mar 2007 3:39 pm

  I hope that you all realise that publicly slating each other does not make the recruitment industry look good as whole.
  
  Maybe a subtle email to recruiter would have been better with this option of responding to the article as a means of congratulations to all the winners on the night.
  
  Thank you Recruiter, myself and my company had a great time - well organised.

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• Peter Smith | Sat, 31 Mar 2007 9:32 am

  I think there is an opportunity at the Awards evening to raise some money for charity. An auction for, say, for great prizes provided by the industry and a raffle for one more would be good for the charity, good for our industry and provide an opportunity for all of us to briefly reflect on something other than the success of our company and industry.

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• Graham Palfery-Smith | Sun, 1 Apr 2007 10:23 pm

  A great night, well-organised and fun to catch up with loads of old friends. Shame about the lack of respect shown by a noisy few who couldn't hold their booze and who obviously spoilt it for many.
  Perhaps Recruiter should ask for a few ideas as to how to prevent this in future? Might even make a competition out of it!

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