Shaker Recruitment Advertising & Communications Honored at Creative Excellence Awards

Publication date: 04/22/2008

Chicago, IL – Shaker Recruitment Advertising & Communications (Shaker), the second largest privately held recruitment advertising agency, received top honors at this year’s Creative Excellence Awards held at the Society for Human Resource Management’s (SHRM) Staffing Management Conference & Exposition in Nashville, Tennessee.

Shaker won a total of eleven Creative Excellence Awards, receiving four First Place honors, two Second Place honors and five Third Place honors. Shaker was pleased to receive First Place honors in the category of Self Promotion for their newly branded corporate communications including website Shaker.com, video, brochure and giveaways. Winning entries honored work for the following Shaker clients: Take Care Health Systems, Target, The Regence Group, UPS, CTJobs.com, Smith & Nephew, Rainbow Hospice, GE Aviation, and ChicagoJobs.com.

“I am especially delighted for our clients, to be able to achieve these accolades on their behalf. They’re what it’s all about,” said Cathy Shaker Breit, Executive Vice President of Client Services at Shaker. “These results—like any in our business—are earned through close collaboration. Perhaps that’s why so many of our clients have continued to partner with Shaker for so many years.”

Shaker consistently receives high acclaim at the annual Creative Excellence Awards, which is considered to be the premier event of the recruitment advertising industry celebrating creative excellence.

“It’s a pleasure to be recognized and to celebrate these awards with my creative colleagues—and with our media and client services teammates who worked so hard to deliver compelling, effective communications for our clients,” said Kristine Penn, Director of Creative Services at Shaker. “Our people’s long-standing loyalty to Shaker and commitment to our clients are inspiring, and these awards acknowledge their dedication and hard work.”

About SHRM’s Staffing Management
The nation’s leading association for employment and staffing professionals, Staffing Management, is the largest professional emphasis group of the SHRM, the world’s largest human resource management association.

About Shaker Recruitment Advertising & Communications
Shaker Recruitment Advertising & Communications helps organizations realize their business objectives by connecting them with top talent through employer branding, employee and candidate communications, interactive media solutions, campaign development, collateral materials and metrics. Shaker is headquartered outside Chicago, with offices in Florida, New Jersey, and New York.