Award winners 2009
The gradireland AHEAD award
for companies employing graduates with disabilities from the AHEAD WAM internship programme.
The winner of the gradireland AHEAD award for 2009 was Abbott.
The GCI award for the outstanding contribution to developing employability and skills in the curriculum
Winner: Enterprise Rent-A-Car
Shortlist:
Abbott Ireland
DCU Alumni Council
Enterprise Rent-A-Car
Ernst & Young
IBEC
Kerry Group
The gradireland Lifetime Achievement award
Winner: Joan Gallagher
EXPERT PANEL AWARDS
There were new awards this year for which organisations submitted entries in three categories. The winners were chosen by an expert panel of judges from a wide range of backgrounds. The standard of entries was extremely high and it was very close in many cases.
The best student marketing campaign
Winner: Ulster Bank/Royal Bank of Scotland Group
Shortlist:
Accenture
Deloitte
Ernst & Young
Musgrave
PricewaterhouseCoopers
Best work experience or internship programme
Winner: KPMG
Shortlist:
A&L Goodbody
Ernst & Young
IBM
Matheson Ormsby Prentice
PricewaterhouseCoopers
Best graduate training and development
Winner: Abbott
Shortlist:
InterTradeIreland
Kentz
KPMG
PricewaterhouseCoopers
Ulster Bank/Royal Bank of Scotland Group
SPECIAL AWARD WINNERS
There were two new categories this year.
The best small recruiter
Winner: Kavanagh Fennell
The diversity recruitment award sponsored by Open Minds Consultants
Winners (joint):
IBM
KPMG
SECTOR AWARDS
The sector awards are based on a huge national poll of third level students, undertaken over a three-month period up to the beginning of February, to identify the employers they would most want to work for. We received over 20,000 votes for 300 separate graduate recruiting organisations – making it a very significant sample indeed.
Accountancy/professional services
Winner: PricewaterhouseCoopers
Shortlist:
Deloitte
Ernst & Young
Grant Thornton
KPMG
Construction and property
Winner: Sisk
Shortlist:
BAM Contractors
Kingspan
Laing O'Rourke
SIAC Construction
Consulting
Winner: Accenture
Shortlist:
Arup Consulting Engineers
McKinsey & Company
Mercer
Watson Wyatt
Engineering
Winner: Siemens
Shortlist:
Airtricity
Arup Consulting Engineers
Electricity Supply Board
Motorola
Financial services
Winner: Bank of Ireland
Shortlist:
Citi
Quinn Financial Services
Ulster Bank/Royal Bank of Scotland Group
Zurich Group
FMCG
Winner: Diageo
Shortlist:
Cadbury
Coca Cola
L'Oréal
Procter & Gamble
Investment and investment banking
Winner: Bank of Ireland Asset Management
Shortlist:
Citi
Goodbody Stockbrokers
Irish Life & Permanent
Merrill Lynch
IT and telecoms
Winner: Accenture
Shortlist:
Apple
Ericsson
Google
Microsoft
Law
Winner: Arthur Cox
Shortlist:
A&L Goodbody
Matheson Ormsby Prentice
McCann FitzGerald
William Fry
Public service
Winner: Department of Education
Shortlist:
An Garda SÍochána
Health Service Executive
Public Appointments Service
RTÉ
Retail
Winner: Marks & Spencer
Shortlist:
Aldi
Boots
Musgrave Group
Tesco Ireland
Science
Winner: Pfizer
Shortlist:
Abbott Ireland
Boston Scientific
GlaxoSmithKline
Wyeth
Transport and logistics
Winner: Aer Lingus
Shortlist:
DHL
Dublin Airport Authority
Irish Rail
Ryanair
