The 'Epitome' of elegance @ The Irish News Awards

Lindsey and Victoria got their glad rags on to attend the annual Irish News Workplace & Employment Awards, held this year at Titanic Belfast on June 19^th. As I’m sure you’ll agree both ladies looked the ‘Epitome’ of elegance as they arrived to take their seats and wait for the evening to begin. For the first time Epitome had been short listed as a finalist in the prestigious section of Recruitment Innovator of the Year, up against some well established national companies we went in with heads held high and full of anticipation.

The glittering ball room with the famous stair case (the one from the movie with Leo and Kate) was a buzz with excitement, many of Northern Ireland’s leading organisations gathered to celebrate their successful people and a successful year of business. The Workplace awards really highlight the importance of getting it right when recruiting, hiring people who will fit with your team, fit with your corporate culture and fit with your management style. The variety of personalities in the room supports the evidence that not all companies hire the same people, they don't want clones.We all need to ensure we are hiring not just people who have the right skills but also the right personality.

At Epitome we put this high on our selection scoring when recruiting for our team and also for our clients. People need to fit in with the existing team and feel like they are valued by their employer. This was evident in the room on the 19^th June, those companies who fully supported and developed their people where the winners on the night and even those short listed as finalists had fantastic teams around them, including several of our key clients one of whom, Henderson Retail, received a Highly Commended award, well done Team Henderson's we like to think we played a role in your success.

Unfortunately Epitome came away empty handed on the night, but being our first time at the event and first time short listed we still came away with heads held high and confident that we are innovators in recruitment. With the developments we have in the pipeline for the rest of the year including online assessments and video interviews are a quietly confident that we will be back to challenge the winners in 2015.

Congratulations to all the winners and runner's up, see you next year.