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Every year, for the past ten years, I get swamped with enquiries from recruitment agencies, job boards and employers, asking how to enter a website into the National Online Recruitment Awards.  “Where do I register, how do I apply, how much does it cost?” etc.  Well, let me answer all those questions, and show you how we’ve made it even simpler.

The essential foundation of the NORAs is built upon nominations, and not votes.  We ask candidates to nominate the recruitment websites they like best, in each of our 12 award categories.  This means that webmasters

Today we launch the nominations process for the 10^th annual National Online Recruitment Awards.  This historic anniversary for the definitive online recruitment industry awards confirms not only the longevity of the candidate-nominated awards, but also the prestige and acclaim accorded to the achievement of our Finalists and Winners.  Having a full decade under our belt, in such a young industry, means that we have a history that accurately maps the development of the sector, and how the industry has utilised internet technology to meet the individual needs of job seekers.

We are extremely proud to announce the Finalists for this year’s National Online Recruitment awards.  Now in our ninth year, the NORAs have become established as the standard by which all recruitment websites are measured.  Uniquely, the awards are initially nominated by job seekers themselves, in order that the perspective of those who utilise each site remains paramount.  This year we received almost 25,000 nominations for 654 separate websites.  http://www.norauk.com/finalists/

Due to the overwhelming volume of nominations this year, the job of determining our Finalists is proving more arduous than ever. For the first time, we have a panel of industry experts involved in the process, and want to ensure that we have the very highest calibre of UK recruitment websites in this year’s shortlist. In total we have received almost 25,000 nominations for 654 separates websites.

The announcement of this year’s Finalists will therefore be made at 12:00 noon on Wednesday 30th September.

We now have only 48 hours left to nominate your favourite recruitment websites for this year’s National Online Recruitment Awards.  In a year full of incident for the recruitment industry, we have still received a huge volume of nominations so far.   Dramatic developments throughout the year to the unemployment figures,  have clearly been the focal point of most people in the industry; over 210,000 jobs have been lost on the past 3 months alone. 

As you will know, the National Online Recruitment Awards are entirely about the candidate experience of searching for a job on the Internet.  That’s why, from the first NORAs in 2001, we always begin the process by inviting nominations from job seekers for the websites in each category.  We genuinely want to know which recruitment websites are impressing you, and why.  Over the past nine years, we have seen plenty of progress and innovation, where employers, recruitment agencies, online publications and job boards have sought to deliver an online service that delights and inspires, rather than disappoints and frustrates.  Thankfully there are far fewer sites that frustrate, and the standard that candidates have come to expect is far greater as a result.

At the NORAs, we like to think that by representing the views and preferences of candidates, we have helped to encourage that …

Nominations have now opened for the National Online Recruitment Awards 2009 (NORAs). The awards are now in their ninth year, and have closely plotted the emergence and growth of the UK online recruitment sector throughout that time. Devised to recognise the very best recruitment websites, from a candidate’s perspective, the NORAs are respected as the definitive award in the industry, and a tangible achievement for those sites which truly excel in delighting job seekers.

There are 12 awards this year, recognising dedicated job boards, recruitment agencies, employers, and publications which advertise vacancies online. We also recognise the best employment advice websites, best newcomer, and the best innovation in online recruitment. This last award will surely be hotly contended, with the emergence of recruitment channels via social media, including Twitter, Facebook, Linkedin and many others.