Congratulations to the finalists of the 2020 TalentEgg National Recruitment Excellence Awards and Conference! We are so egg-cited to celebrate you and announce the winners at our first ever VIRTUAL Awards and Conference on July 8, 2020. 

The TalentEgg Awards applications are evaluated by a team of top student judges from across Canada, who give a student perspective and first-hand feedback on career development programs and employer branding and recruitment strategies. Our panel of student judges had their work cut out for them this year. With so many amazing applications, it was a close race!

Please join us at this year’s Awards and Conference to celebrate the winners, and tune-in to insightful panels with our egg-cellent lineup of expert speakers from the recruitment and career development space. We will be sharing critical insights from our COVID-19 Student, New Grad and Early Career Survey conducted this spring to understand how the pandemic is impacting Canada’s young job seekers and influencing employers’ future recruitment strategies. We will explore virtual tools and practices to help employers continue to engage and attract top candidates in the “new normal” of remote recruiting. We will also share best practices and new solutions for welcoming back employees to the workplace and students to campus — safely — in the months to come!  

Don’t miss out! Registration is open until July 7th, 2020 at 11:59 pm EST. 

Now, what you’ve really been waiting for: your 2020 Finalists!

2020 TalentEgg National Recruitment Excellence Awards Finalists

Please note: Finalists are listed in no particular order.

EMPLOYER AWARDS FINALISTS

BEST GRAD PROGRAM

• Vale
• CIBC: TLAP & GLDP
• FDM Group Canada Inc.
• CIBC – TGRP
• Bell Canada
• Rogers Communications

BEST CAREER WEBSITE

• Visier
• IBM 
• First Capital
• Bell Canada

BEST INTERNSHIP/CO-OP PROGRAM

• PwC
• Bell Canada
• Export Development Canada
• BlackBerry Limited
• CIBC
• IBM

CAMPUS RECRUITING PROGRAM OF THE YEAR

• CIBC
• PwC
• Abbott
• Blackberry Limited
• Bell Canada
• First Capital
• Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan

RECRUITING PROGRAM OF THE YEAR FOR A NONPROFIT [NEW]

• Insurance Institute – Career Connections – WINNER!

CAMPUS RECRUITER OF THE YEAR (INDIVIDUAL)

• Gaby Patenaude – Campus Recruitment Program Lead (EDC)
• Trevor Buttrum – Manager, Career Connections (Insurance Institute)
• Griffith Dias – Recruiter, Early Talent Acquisition, Corporate Functions (RBC)
• Chelsea Assimes – Campus Program Manager (Visier)
• Jennifer Brownhill – Campus Talent Acquisition Partner (CIBC)

BEST EMPLOYER BRANDING AND OUTREACH

• Bell Canada
• Interfor
• FGF Brands

BEST SOCIAL MEDIA PRESENCE

• IBM
• BlackBerry Limited
• Bell Canada

SPECIAL AWARD FOR DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION IN RECRUITING [NEW]

• IBM
• BlackBerry Limited
• Bell Canada
• Abbott

SPECIAL AWARD FOR CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY IN RECRUITING

• Dream Shapers Foundation
• Bell Canada

BEST CONTRIBUTION TO STUDENT CAREER DEVELOPMENT

• CIBC – Technology Co-op Program
• FGF Brands
• Generis Global Partners Corp.
• Bell Canada
• First Capital
• Insurance Institute – Career Connections

BEST USE OF STUDENT COMPETITIONS FOR RECRUITMENT [NEW]

• Visier
• CIBC -GLDP/TLAP All-Comers Thought Forum
• Bell Canada
• Abbott

BEST RECRUITMENT BRANDING STRATEGY BY A PROFESSIONAL OR INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION [NEW] 

• Insurance Institute – Career Connections  WINNER!

EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION AWARD FINALISTS

SPECIAL AWARD FOR INNOVATION BY A CAREER CENTRE

• Ryerson University, Ted Rogers School of Management  WINNER!

CAREER COACH OF THE YEAR (INDIVIDUAL)

• MomentswithBren
• Luki Danukarjanto – FOCUS Inspired
• Jen Coombs – Dalhousie University – Rowe School of Business
• Jennifer Morozowich – Humber College
• Ibiyemi Balogun – Ryerson University, Ted Rogers School of Management

Thank you to all of the employers, career centres and educational institutions who participated this year. We look forward to connecting with you at our conference to celebrate all the finalists and announce the winners of the 2020 TalentEgg National Recruitment Excellence Awards. Get your tickets here!