Winners of the 2010 NORAs revealed
After months of nominations, shortlisting, and judging, the winners of this year’s 10th annual National Online Recruitment Awards have been announced. The new venue was Sway London, in Covent Garden, and on Thurday 4th November, there wasn’t anywhere else any self-respecting online recruiter would have wanted to be.
Everyone who is anyone was part of the over 300-strong audience, including those from 66 Finalists for the 13 awards. The 13th award was a particular high point, as it recognised the recruitment website that had made the greatest contribution to online recruitment since the NORAs began. The Recruitment Website of the Decade award was shortlisted to 8 Finalists, who all had video presentations shown on the night, between the usual award categories. The winner, who can now claim bragging rights until 2020, was Jobsite, who also walked away with the Best Generalist Job Board award too. Felix Wetzel, Jobsite’s Group marketing Director, was on hand to accept the awards with colleagues, and gave a great speech, including a promise of even better to come from the Portsmouth shirt sponsors.
All night the noisy crowd were particularly vocal, especially when their own sites were announced. As ever, it’s great to see the genuine enthusiasm from our worthy winners. Of course, not every one left with a trophy, and there were healthy debates on the results. However, all Finalists were clear that it was a great achievement to have got to this stage, and left further determined to return next year.
The Full list of Winners for the National Online Recruitment Awards 2010 are:
Best Generalist Job Board – Jobsite – www.jobsite.co.uk
Best Specialist (Niche) Job Board – Only Marketing Jobs - www.onlymarketingjobs.com
Best Regional Job Board – Graduates Yorkshire - www.graduatesyorkshire.co.uk
Best National Recruitment Agency – Pulse - www.pulsejobs.com/uk
Best Small Recruitment Agency Website – Orchard – www.orchard.co.uk
Best Innovation in Online Recruitment – TGI Friday FriDOiDS Blog - www.fridoids.co.uk/blog/
Best Major Employer Website – Army Jobs - www.armyjobs.mod.uk
Best Small Employer Website – Jagex - www.jagex.com/careers/
Best Online Recruitment by a Consumer Publication – The Guardian – jobs.guardian.co.uk/
Best Online Recruitment by a Trade Publication – Times Educational Supplement - www.tes.co.uk/
Best Employment Advice Website – Career Player - www.careerplayer.com
Best Newcomer in Online Recruitment – CV See Me - www.cvseeme.co.uk
Recruitment Website of the Decade – Jobsite - www.Jobsite.co.uk
Stephen O’Donnell, Director AlljobsUK.com (Chairman of Judging Panel)
Notes for editors:
The National Online Recruitment Awards were founded in 2001, by AlljobsUK.com. In the nine years of the NORAs so far, there have been 587 Finalists, and 86 awards have been presented to 56 separate websites.
The NORAs is organised and hosted by AlljobsUK.com , a comprehensive online portal for candidates, along with sister site, 1Job.co.uk, the UK’s leading job search engine.
Stephen@alljobsUK.com , 0141 5725301, 07801552149, www.linkedin.com/in/stephenodonnelluk
