Awards for Excellence

Recognising excellence within recruitment and staffing

The Finalists are in!

APSCo Australia is proud to announce the finalists for the 2025 Awards for Excellence.

 

These Awards shine a light on the businesses who set the benchmark for professionalism, innovation, and service within the recruitment industry.

 

This year’s finalists represent the very best of our community, demonstrating outstanding achievements and a commitment to raising standards across the sector.

 

Congratulations to all who nominated in this year’s new-look Awards for Excellence. Our judging panel shared that the new format was a fantastic success, and the calibre of entries made for an inspiring selection of finalists

 

Winners will be revealed at the APSCo Gala Dinner in Sydney on Thursday 16 October 2025. Tickets for the Gala Dinner are now on sale.

 

This year's Finalists are:

 

Back Office Team of The Year 

Allegis Group
Talent International
Whizdom
Medipeople
 

Best Brand  

HorizonOne
Peoplebank
Lotus People

 

Candidate Experience

Lotus People
Tradewind Australia
Calleo Resourcing

 

Client Service

Edge Recruitment
Preacta
Troocoo
Lotus People
Guidant Global

 

ESG (Environmental, Social, Governance)

Whizdom
Calleo Resourcing

 

MSP of the Year

CXC
ManpowerGroup
Guidant Global
Comensura

 

Employer of the Year 

Morson/ACR World
HorizonOne
Six Degrees Executive

 

RPO of the Year

ManpowerGroup
Solve by Talent
Preacta
Harrier

 

Specialist Firm of the Year

Leaders IT
Preacta
The Network

 

Technology & Innovation

Comensura
Preacta
Z Staffing

 

Partner of the Year

 

Astute Payroll

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Bookssorted

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Bullhorn

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Claverdon Consulting

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Gadens

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IMS People Possible

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JobAdder

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Risk Collective

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Squire Patton Boggs

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William Buck

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WorkPro

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Younique Coaching

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Dates


  • Winners announced: Thursday October 16 at the APSCo Gala Dinner.

 

Support

 

If you have any questions, please contact Carly Fordred at APSCo Australia by email carly@apscoau.org

Meet our Gala Dinner MC

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Nathan Valvo

 

Nath Valvo’s hilariously physical, high-energy comedy is impressing critics and crowds alike with his perfect blend of cheeky charm and witty insights. Nath’s comedy career skyrocketed after winning the Adelaide Fringe Weekly Best Comedy Award. That same year Nath’s debut show at Edinburgh Fringe  scored him a coveted Best Newcomer Nomination and praise from UK royalty  Graham Norton. In 2023 Nath was invited to perform in the Montreal Comedy Festival appearing in Mae Martin's televised gala, as well as hosting the 2023 International New Faces show. Nath’s current TV credits include hosting ABC’s Comedy Up Late series, as well as the Just For Laughs Australia series. He has also appeared on The Project, Show Me The Movie, Question Everything, The 100 and released his stand up special, I’m Happy For You for Paramount Plus. This year will see Nath tour the country with The Nath Valvo Show, a spectacular hour of stand-up and frivolity. This is off the back of his 2024 tour of Anyway, Back to Me where Nath’s unique point of view was delivered with broad relatability and exemplified the very best in contemporary Australian stand up. 

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Our Judges

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Elouise Paul

Three Sixty Digital

Elouise is the founder of Three Sixty Digital, a recruitment marketing firm born from her realisation that recruiters and marketers don’t always speak the same language. With experience across Australia, NZ and the UK, she helps make recruitment agencies unmissable to clients, candidates and consultants alike. 

 

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Sophie Robertson

Younique Coaching

Sophie Robertson is a recruitment industry advisor, coach and trainer. She worked in recruitment for 18 years in various roles from consultant to Business Development Director to General Manager in a global firm as well as in a boutique firm.

Since 2007, Sophie has through her business Younique Coaching coached many recruiters at all levels to bill more and be more successful.

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Amy Towers

Risk Collective

Amy founded Risk Collective with a clear vision: to provide businesses with the expertise they need to navigate workforce compliance and culture challenges. With her background in work health and safety, Amy is passionate about building long-lasting partnerships and ensuring that every client feels supported and confident in their journey.

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Lee Anne Whitaker

Hyper Automate Consulting Services

Lee  is the Founder of Hyper Automate Consulting Services and is a recognised leader within the recruitment software sector, she has 20 years of experience. Her career encompasses roles such as Founder, Chief Operating Officer, Director of Customer Services, and Country Manager. Lee has held senior positions at Broadbean (now Veritone Hire), Seek and Kyloe Partners.

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Mike Beeley

Lightbox Communications

Mike has spent the last 30+ years helping global and local organisations understand their EVP and how to market their employment proposition to their target audiences through traditional and emerging media. Mike has helped organisations across all industries in the private and public sectors, showing them how to build the skills and resources to ‘farm’ talent through employer branding and talent experience management. 
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Paul Masters

Sovereign Private

Paul spent nine years as a partner at Deloitte, where he was Tax Leader for Deloitte Private, National Leader of Clients & Markets, and led the Recruitment Industry Group. In 2014, he founded Sovereign Private to specialise in M&A and tax advisory for recruitment and staffing businesses. Paul assists business owners with exit readiness, sale negotiations, and international buyer engagement. He also advises on restructuring, profit repatriation, and employee share schemes. 
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Cameron Martin

William Buck

Cameron has over 20 years’ experience in general accounting and tax advisory services.  He works with a broad range of private businesses, individuals, start-ups, family groups and subsidiaries of multinationals. Clients seek his expertise in accounting, tax advice, financial and tax compliance, audit, SMSF, structuring advice, cloud accounting support, succession and estate planning, management reporting and virtual CFO services.

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Richard Spencer

AgeInc

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David Wolstenholme

BrandMeBetter

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Nigel Harse

Staffing Industry Metrics

Awards for Excellence Judges 2025
Colin Cuthbert

EOS Worldwide

Colin has built, scaled, and sold his own business - through a 16-month due diligence marathon, only to face an unexpected personal chapter: a battle with mental health that taught me the true meaning of leadership, resilience, and purpose.

Today, as a Professional EOS Implementer®, he helps business owners and leadership teams of privately owned companies create clarity, discipline, and accountability, so they can scale without losing their soul.
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Ben Richardson

Odyssey Group

Ben Richardson has been supporting ‘leaders’ within the recruitment industry for over 20 years. As a pioneer of Australia’s rec2rec sector, he is now a trusted adviser, coach and mentor to recruitment owners and industry executives globally.

 

A serial recruitment entrepreneur, he has launched, backed, and invested in numerous recruitment businesses throughout his career. He remains passionate about liberating others to start their own entrepreneurial journeys, recognising ‘time’ as the most valuable currency any of us have.

 

Ben’s experience includes mergers & acquisitions having assisted with several successful exits both domestically and internationally. Offshore recruitment BPO (business process outsourcing) through a joint venture in the Philippines.

Our 2024 Award Winners

Congratulations to all of our winners of the 2024 Awards for Excellence!

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CMR | Cornerstone Medical Recruitment
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Horner Recruitment

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Whizdom
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Comensura
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ManpowerGroup
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ManpowerGroup
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Horner Recruitment
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Talent
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Rainy Day Recruitment
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CMR| Cornerstone Medical Recruitment
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Robert Walters
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Recruitment Hive
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Peoplebank
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Medacs Healthcare
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Aaditya Chavda (Zeep Medical)
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Squire Patton Boggs