The awards ceremony for the 11th annual National Online Recruitment Awards, on Wednesday 2nd November, will take place at the exclusive West End venue, Sway London, in Covent Garden, near Holborn. This spectacularly refurbished, venue has hosted the NORAs for the past 2 years, and is perfect for our type of event. The fantastic turnout of over 350 attendees in 2010 ensured that it was the online recruitment event of the year!
As you will know, nominations closed on Friday 9th September. This year we recieved 17,717 nominations for 526 separate websites. The NORAs Judging Panel are now in conclave, working on reducing these nominations to our shortlist of Finalists for each of our twelve awards.
This year, we will also be considering the wider range of channels utilised by job boards, recruitment agencies, employers and publications in order to deliver a wider range of recruiting services more effectively to candidates.
As we begin the second decade of the NORA’s, it’s worth reflecting on just how much the UK online recruitment sector has changed, grown and matured since our very first awards were presented. Back in 2001, we were seeing the initial bloom fall from the cheeks of many online businesses. The Dotcom Bubble, as it was called had inflated so quickly, that new online ventures were being formed every day, and often gaining investment on the basis of a “fag-packet” business plan. By 2001, no-one was investing, and many companies, like BOO.com, had folded after burning through immense amounts of investment.
Earlier this year, I was honoured to be asked to join the judging panel for this year’s NORAs (National Online Recruitment Awards). The judging panelconsists of a selection of independent judges from across the recruitment industry, all experts in their respective fields but none having an affiliation with a particular online recruitment site – so it is a massive honour to join such an illustrious group.
As is usual, at this time of year, we have been inundated with requests for information about his year’s awards. I can confirm that preparations are indeed underway for the 11th annual NORAs, and that the schedule will be as follows.
20th June – Nominations open
9th September – Nominations close
27th September – Our shortlist of Finalists will be revealed
Wednesday 2nd November – This year’s Winners will be announced at our awards event in London
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