2012 Categories

ENTRIES FOR 2012 ARE NOW CLOSED

Please click on the links below for category descriptions and to download category entry forms for information only. Details of the awards are subject to change for 2013.

The shortlist will be announced during the second week of March and winners annouced at the awards ceremony on Wednesday 2nd May 2012.

Recruiter of the Year Award

Recruiter 2012 - Personality Award

1. Recruiter of the Year

Open to all professional recruiters (in-house private or public sector, agency, recruitment outsourcing organisation, recruitment advertising agency, job board). This person will have made the most significant impact on the profession, recruitment/resourcing business/industry and best practice within recruitment/resourcing in the year October 2010 to October 2011.

Nominations will be made and voted upon by the judges adjudicating the Recruiter Awards 2012.

If you would like to submit a nomination into this category, please click here to download the Category Entry Form and then upload the completed form on the Submit an Entry page. Nominations into this category are submitted free of charge.

Internal Recruitment Awards - For Employers

Achievements outlined in the entries should have occurred between October 2010 and October 2011.

External Recruiter Awards - For Agencies

12. Agency of the Year

Awarded to a recruitment, interims or executive search agency operating in any sector achieving the most stand-out business accomplishment, or series of accomplishments, of the year. The winning entry will provide evidence of financial stability and profitability and of having significantly enhanced the recruitment industry’s reputation in the UK business world.

Please click here to download the Category Entry Form.

Please click here to download the Testimonal / Referee Form.
13. Best Recruitment Agency to Work For

Awarded to a recruitment, interims or executive search agency operating in any sector that can provide evidence that it provides the most effective work environment, incentives, benefits, training, internal communications and ‘best practice’-orientated management. Along with providing evidence of financial stability and profitability, the winning entry must demonstrate workforce diversity and the availability of career development opportunity for all. A set of clearly defined organisational values will also be evident in the winning entry.

Please click here to download the Category Entry Form.

Please click here to download the Testimonal / Referee Form.
14. Best Candidate Care

Awarded to a recruitment, interims or executive search agency operating in any sector, which provides exceptional service to candidates. The winning agency will provide evidence of financial stability and profitability, exceptional insight into the sector(s) it which is operates and into its candidates and their needs as they look for work. Not only must the agency must demonstrate that it provides candidates with outstanding basic care such as interviewing each candidate and ensuring they are put forward only for appropriate roles -- the agency must show that they add outstanding value to their work with candidates and how they contribute to their candidates’ career success.

Please click here to download the Category Entry Form.

Please click here to download the Testimonal / Referee Form.
15. Best Client Service

Awarded to a recruitment, interims or executive search agency operating in any sector which provides exceptional service to clients. The winning agency will provide evidence of financial stability and profitability, exceptional insight into the sector(s) in which it operates and into its clients, their cultures, current and strategic goals, staffing requirements and how the clients fit into the marketplace. The agency must demonstrate how they add outstanding value to their partnerships with clients.

Please click here to download the Category Entry Form.

Please click here to download the Testimonal / Referee Form.
16. Best Banking/Financial Recruitment Agency

Awarded to a recruitment agency working in the banking and financial recruitment sector which provides outstanding services to clients and candidates. The winning agency will provide evidence of financial stability and profitability, exceptional insight into its sector(s), business innovation, successful placement record, outstanding service to clients and candidates as well as practising ‘best practice’ as an employer

Please click here to download the Category Entry Form.

Please click here to download the Testimonal / Referee Form.
17. Best Engineering Recruitment Agency

Awarded to a recruitment agency working in sectors such as aerospace, biotechnical, civil, commercial, construction, defence, electrical, energy, environmental, mechanical, manufacturing, rail which provides outstanding services to clients and candidates. The winning agency will provide evidence of financial stability and profitability, exceptional insight into its sector(s), business innovation, successful placement record, outstanding service to clients and candidates as well as practising ‘best practice’ as an employer.

Please click here to download the Category Entry Form.

Please click here to download the Testimonal / Referee Form.
18. Best International Recruitment Agency

Awarded to an agency with a UK head office which operates physical offices and bases staff in a minimum of three countries outside the UK and Ireland, providing outstanding services to clients and candidates abroad. The winning agency will provide evidence of financial stability and profitability, exceptional knowledge of and insight into the localities outside/inside the UK where it operates and the sectors in which it operates, business innovation, successful placement record, outstanding service to clients and candidates, as well as practising ‘best practice’ as an employer.

Please click here to download the Category Entry Form.

Please click here to download the Testimonal / Referee Form.
19. Best IT Recruitment Agency

Awarded to a recruitment agency operating in the IT sector, which provides outstanding service to clients and candidates. The winning agency will provide evidence of financial stability and profitability, exceptional insight into its sectors, business innovation, outstanding service to clients and candidates as well as practising ‘best practice’ as an employer.

Please click here to download the Category Entry Form.

Please click here to download the Testimonal / Referee Form.
20. Best Newcomer Agency

Awarded to a recruitment, interims or executive search agency operating in any sector that started trading no earlier than 1 January 2009. The winning firm must demonstrate financial stability, business innovation, a clearly defined business plan and significant insight into the sector(s) in which it operates. The winning firm must also demonstrate outstanding service to client and candidate and successful placement record. (Note: this cannot be a new agency created by a pre-pack administration, or ‘phoenix’, deal.)

Please click here to download the Category Entry Form.

Please click here to download the Testimonal / Referee Form.
21. Best Professional Services Recruitment Agency

Awarded to a recruitment agency operating in sectors such as accountancy, HR, legal, etc. which provides outstanding services to clients and candidates. The winning agency will provide evidence of financial stability and profitability, exceptional insight into its sector(s), business innovation, outstanding service to clients and candidates as well as practising ‘best practice’ as an employer.

Please click here to download the Category Entry Form.

Please click here to download the Testimonal / Referee Form.
22. Best Public Sector Recruitment Agency

Awarded to a recruitment agency operating in public sector, education, healthcare/medical, housing, social care, voluntary and charitable organisations which provides outstanding services to clients and candidates. The winning agency will provide evidence of financial stability and profitability, business innovation, successful placement record, exceptional insight into its sectors, outstanding service to clients and candidates as well as practising ‘best practice’ as an employer.

Please click here to download the Category Entry Form.

Please click here to download the Testimonal / Referee Form.
23. Best Retail Recruitment Agency

Awarded to a recruitment agency operating in the retail sector which provides outstanding services to clients and candidates. The winning agency will provide evidence of financial stability and profitability, exceptional insight into its sector(s), business innovation, successful placement record, outstanding service to clients and candidates as well as practising ‘best practice’ as an employer.

Please click here to download the Category Entry Form.

Please click here to download the Testimonal / Referee Form.
24. Best Temporary Recruitment Agency

Awarded to a recruitment agency, providing temporary workers to employers which provides outstanding services to clients and candidates. The winning agency will provide evidence of financial stability and profitability, exceptional insight into the businesses and sectors it serves, efficiency, business innovation, successful placement record, outstanding service to clients and candidates as well as practising ‘best practice’ as an employer.

Please click here to download the Category Entry Form.

Please click here to download the Testimonal / Referee Form.

*All agencies that enter will have to verify that their companies have been in business under their current names precisely and have not been involved in insolvency proceedings (for instance pre-package arrangements) within the last two years. Further, agencies must verify that they have not had any licences removed (e.g. Gang Master Licensing Authority), been convicted in courts of law/tribunals for malpractice or poor treatment of employees, or been subjected to penalties/disciplinary action by a government organisation or a trade body for practices related to agency operation, between October 2010 – October 2011.

The judging will aim to recognise agencies who add outstanding value to their business partnerships and relationships, and not those who simply provide a solid professional service. They will also be looking for innovation and profitability.

The judging of Best Recruitment Agency to Work For will aim to recognise agencies who offer outstanding value as employers and not those who simply provide a professional employment environment.

Achievements outlined in the entries should have occurred between October 2010 and October 2011, except in the Best Newcomer Agency category (see below for effective dates).

Recruitment Outsourcing Awards

25. Best Embedded Recruiting Team

Awarded to an on-site, embedded recruitment team employed by an outsourced recruitment organisation for achieving outstanding success in its work with a client. The winning entry will provide evidence of its effectiveness in reaching and/or exceeding client goals, offering innovation, and integrating its operations with the client’s to the desired level. The entry should outline, along with the team’s overall achievements, the role played by each member of the team and each individual’s contributions.

Please click here to download the Category Entry Form.
26. Outstanding Outsourced Recruitment Organisation

Awarded to an outsourced recruitment organisation for achieving outstanding success for its client(s) in conceiving, developing and implementing a cohesive recruitment/talent management strategy or strategies. The winning entry will demonstrate its own financial stability and profitability as well as business innovation, enhancing the client(s)’s employer brand, and playing a significant role in helping the client(s) reach and exceed its goals. It will also provide evidence of significant value-add to the partnership.

Please click here to download the Category Entry Form.

Please click here to download the Testimonial / Referee Form.

Achievements outlined in the entries should have occurred between October 2010 and October 2011.

Technology Award

27. Best Technology Innovation

Awarded to the organisation achieving the most stand-out accomplishment/s of the year in recruitment-related technology innovation. Elements of such accomplishments might include but are not limited to reducing cost per hire, increasing recruiters’ or recruitment support staff efficiency, increasing and/or better targeting candidate reach.

Please click here to download the Category Entry Form.

Achievements outlined in the entries should have occurred between October 2010 and October 2011.

Recruitment Advertising Award

28. Most Effective Recruitment Campaign

Awarded to the most creative and successful campaign created, developed and implemented by a recruitment advertising agency on behalf of an employer.

Please click here to download the Category Entry Form.

The judging will aim to recognise organisations who add outstanding value to their business partnerships and relationships, and not those who simply provide a solid professional service. They will also be looking for innovation and profitability.

Achievements outlined in the entries should have occurred between October 2010 and October 2011.