2013 Categories

This category has been split into two this year, click below to download the correct entry form:

Agency/RPO Recruiter of the Year

In-House Recruiter of the Year

Open to all professional recruiters. 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 2011 to October 2012.

Nominations will be made and voted upon by the judges adjudicating the Recruiter Awards 2013.

If you would like to submit a nomination into this category, please click above 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.

Open to all internal/in-house recruitment teams of employers operating in any industry sector or public sector organisation. This category identifies outstanding innovation by an employer’s staff (directly employed) recruitment team and recognises outstanding creativity, innovation and effectiveness in developing and executing an onboarding strategy for new recruits that has led to the achievement of strategic business goals. 

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Open to all in-house recruitment teams of employers operating in any industry sector or public sector organisation. This category recognises outstanding creativity, innovation and effectiveness in developing and executing an apprentice and/or school leaver recruitment programme that has led to the achievement of strategic business goals.

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Open to all internal-house recruitment teams of employers operating in any industry sector or public sector organisation. This category recognises outstanding creativity, innovation and effectiveness in developing and executing a graduate/trainee recruitment programme that has led to the achievement of strategic business goals.

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Open to all internal/in-house recruitment teams of employers operating in any industry sector or public sector organisation. This category recognises outstanding service and achievement by an employer’s staff (directly employed) recruitment team.

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Open to all internal/in-house recruitment teams of employers operating in any industry sector or public sector organisation. This category recognises outstanding innovation by an employer’s staff (directly employed) recruitment team that has led to the achievement of strategic business goals.

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Open to all internal/in-house recruitment teams of employers operating in any industry sector or public sector organisation and, if applicable, internal (i.e. marketing) and/or external partner(s) (i.e. recruitment advertising agency, recruitment agency). This category recognises the most effective development of an employer brand as it applies to the employer organisation’s recruiting and, if applicable, overall hiring cycle.

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Open to all internal/in-house recruitment teams of employers operating in any industry sector or public sector organisation. This category recognises creativity, innovation, efficiency and effectiveness in developing and executing an employee referral strategy. 

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Open to all in-house recruitment teams of employers operating in any industry sector or public sector organisation. This category recognises outstanding creativity, innovation and effectiveness in developing and executing a global/international recruitment programme that has led to the achievement of strategic business goals.

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Open to marketing teams from all recruitment, executive search and interim management firms. Awarded to the in-house recruitment agency marketing team achieving the most stand-out accomplishment, or accomplishments, of the year aligned to the agency’s overall business strategy.

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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.

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Open to all recruitment, executive search and interim management firms with less than 50 employees. The judging will aim to recognise agencies who offer outstanding value as employers and not those who simply provide a professional employment environment. They will also be looking for innovation and profitability. Achievements outlined in the entries should have occurred between October 2011 and October 2012.

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Open to all recruitment firms providing outstanding service through recruitment solutions in any sector. 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. Achievements outlined in the entries should have occurred between October 2011 and October 2012.

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Please click here to download the Testimonial / Referee Form.

Open to all recruitment firms providing outstanding service through recruitment solutions in any sector. 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. Achievements outlined in the entries should have occurred between October 2011 and October 2012.

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Open to all recruitment firms providing outstanding service through recruitment solutions to the banking/financial.  A significant proportion of your business must be derived from this sector: either or at least 25% of revenue must come from it, or no fewer than 20 staff must be responsible for it.

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. Achievements outlined in the entries should have occurred between October 2011 and October 2012.

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Open to all recruitment firms providing outstanding service through recruitment solutions to the engineering sector (i.e. civil, construction, oil and gas etc).  A significant proportion of your business must be derived from this sector: either or at least 25% of revenue must come from it, or no fewer than 20 staff must be responsible for it.

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. Achievements outlined in the entries should have occurred between October 2011 and October 2012.

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Open to all recruitment firms providing outstanding service through recruitment solutions to at least three countries outside the UK (because the Republic of Ireland is often considered within the same territory as the UK by international firms, none of the three minimum may be the Republic of Ireland).  A significant proportion of your business must be derived from this sector: either or at least 25% of revenue must come from it, or no fewer than 20 staff must be responsible for it.

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. Achievements outlined in the entries should have occurred between October 2011 and October 2012.

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Open to all recruitment firms providing outstanding service through recruitment solutions to the IT/Technology Sector.  A significant proportion of your business must be derived from this sector: either or at least 25% of revenue must come from it, or no fewer than 20 staff must be responsible for it.

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. Achievements outlined in the entries should have occurred between October 2011 and October 2012.

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Please click here to download the Testimonial / Referee Form.

Open to all recruitment firms providing outstanding service through recruitment solutions in any sector that started trading no earlier than 1 January 2010. Companies entering this category cannot be the product of an insolvency pre-pack administration or ‘phoenix’ arrangement.

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. Achievements outlined in the entries should have occurred between January 2010 and October 2012.

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Open to all recruitment firms* providing outstanding service through recruitment solutions to the following sectors: accountancy, human resources, legal etc. A significant proportion of your business must be derived from this sector: either or at least 25% of revenue must come from it, or no fewer than 20 staff must be responsible for it.

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. Achievements outlined in the entries should have occurred between October 2011 and October 2012.

Please click here to download the Category Entry Form.

Please click here to download the Testimonial / Referee Form.

Open to all recruitment firms providing outstanding service through recruitment solutions to the Temporary sector.  A significant proportion of your business must be derived from this sector: either or at least 25% of revenue must come from it, or no fewer than 20 staff must be responsible for it.

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. Achievements outlined in the entries should have occurred between October 2011 and October 2012.

Please click here to download the Category Entry Form.

Please click here to download the Testimonial / Referee Form.

Open to all recruitment, executive search and interim management firms with a UK presence.

Awarded to the firm 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 enhanced the recruitment industry’s reputation in the UK business world. Achievements outlined in the entries should have occurred between October 2011 and October 2012.

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Open to all recruitment, executive search and interim management firms with a UK presence.

Awarded to the firm 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 enhanced the recruitment industry’s reputation in the UK business world. Achievements outlined in the entries should have occurred between October 2011 and October 2012.

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Please click here to download the Testimonial / Referee Form.

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.

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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.

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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. 

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Awarded to the organisation achieving the most stand-out accomplishment/s of the year in Job Board usage and innovation. Awarded specifically to an employment website dealing with employment or careers The judging will aim to recognise products which 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.

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Open to all UK-based recruitment advertising/creative agencies on behalf of clients operating in any industry sector, private or public. The campaign must have been developed and executed between April 2011 and October 2012.

For this category, examples of the campaign materials will be required for review by the judges

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