Hodes Dominates HR Creative Excellence Awards

Wins Most Awards for Health Care Clients and Most Awards Overall
April 28, 2009 - NEW YORK CITY, NY

Bernard Hodes Group, a leading provider of integrated talent solutions, received the most awards (14) for health care clients from the Creative Excellence Awards Competition, sponsored by Recruitment Marketplace. Across all industries, Hodes walked away with a total 62 wins, more than any other organization, for outstanding client work from Hodes offices worldwide on behalf of 28 clients.

California Prisons Health Care Services received a Grand Prize and a first place award in the prestigious M.O.R.E. (Measurement of Recruiting Effectiveness) category. Additionally, MediCorp Health System received a Grand Prize award for non-print promotions – a website video that shows a realistic job preview. MediCorp was also awarded one first place award, three second place awards and one third place award for a variety of categories including video, on-boarding collateral and advertising.

Additional winning entries included work completed on behalf of: Catholic Healthcare West – Arizona; Metropolitan Jewish Health System; Tulane Medical Center and UTMB.

“Our wins are a reflection of two key factors: dedicated client partners and a keen understanding on our part of those partners’ needs and the health care industry overall,” said Alan Schwartz, president and CEO of Bernard Hodes Group.
 
About Bernard Hodes Group
Bernard Hodes Group is a leading fully integrated talent solutions provider, Bernard Hodes Group (http://www.hodes.com) offers solutions that often combine multiple service offerings from the Company's core competency areas: Recruitment Marketing; Sourcing/Response Management; Hiring Process Re-engineering; and Staffing Technology (see http://www.hodesiQ.com). All solutions are developed and measured within the company's 360-degree process methodology. The company’s Health care Division (http://www.hodes.com/industries/healthcare/index.asp ) is staffed by RNs with clinical, managerial and recruiting experience. In addition, Bernard Hodes Group has health care strategists in many of its offices nationwide. The company is headquartered in New York, with over 80 offices and affiliates around the globe. Bernard Hodes Group is a part of Omnicom Group, Inc., (NYSE - OMC) (www.omnicomgroup.com). Omnicom is a leading global advertising, marketing and corporate communications company. Omnicom's branded networks and numerous specialty firms provide advertising, strategic media planning and buying, interactive, direct and promotional marketing, public relations and other specialty communications services to over 5,000 clients in more than 100 countries. Bernard Hodes Group serves thousands of clients in virtually every industry, helping them to attract and retain talented workers in every skill set.

About Recruitment Marketplace and the Creative Excellence Awards
Recruitment Marketplace is a newspaper sales and marketing company dedicated to the prospect of helping recruiters and their agencies find the best markets to reach a specific skill set through advertising in newspapers and their products. A proven formula using the most modern research available is used to locate those markets that will best satisfy the needs of the recruiter. Recruitment Marketplace sponsors the Creative Excellence Awards, the only creative awards competition of its kind recognized by the human resources industry.

Media contact:
Stacey Havel, Bernard Hodes Group
954-966-3500
shavel@mi.hodes.com