Entrants are asked to pay close attention to the detail requested by judges in each category. Entries should be no longer than four sides of A4.


Innovation means different things to different people. This award is aimed at organisations that are clearly able to demonstrate innovative approaches to managing and developing staff, at a time when the current economic climate is bringing considerable new challenges.
Preparing staff to meet current and future challenges is one of the key issues facing employers, and in this category the judges will be looking at how companies have approached this in the context of management and leadership.
In your submission, please pay particular attention to the following questions:
How has your company approached management and leadership
in order to negotiate its way through a difficult period?
Give details of how your company has introduced creative/innovative working practices in order to secure the company’s future.
What measures has the company taken to inform and reassure staff of impending change?
What practice and performance measures have contributed to managing change?


Awards will be made in two categories;
Small and Medium/Large.
The judges will be looking for socially responsible organisations that can demonstrate close links to charities and have a genuine commitment to environmental issues.
In your submission, please pay particular attention to the following questions:
Outline the company’s charitable and environmental strategies.
What role do staff and management have in both the development and implementation of these strategies?
Explain how the company’s environmental strategies actively contribute towards a reduction in the carbon footprint. Please provide tangible results.
Give details on how the company’s charitable and green policies have had a positive impact on employees and the communities it is based in.
What have the benefits of these policies been to the organisation?


Awards will be made in two categories;
Small and Medium/Large.
The judges will be looking for organisations who can demonstrate a proactive and imaginative approach to Talent Management.
In your submission, please pay particular attention to the following questions:
Outline the challenges facing your organisation in managing talent in line with organisational need.
Provide evidence of the systematic approach adopted in identifying and developing talent.
Give details of the company’s succession planning process and how the organisations future needs are matched to the aspirations of individual employees.
Provide details on how your talent management polices are aligned with HR policy and organisational goals.
What have the benefits and achievements been to the company in adopting these policies?


Awards will be made in two categories;
Small and Medium/Large.
The judges will be looking for organisations which show a planned approach to implementing work, life and wellbeing practices, can demonstrate good practice in areas such as flexible working, maternity/paternity leave, employee health and welfare and have a clear rationale for the practices applied.
In your submission, please pay particular attention to the following questions:
What have been the benefits to the organisation since implementing its work, life and wellbeing initiatives?
Give details on how management are committed to work, life and wellbeing practices.
What impact have these policies had on employee welfare?


Awards will be made in two categories;
Small and Medium/Large.
Judges will be looking for organisations that can demonstrate they provide a uniquely positive, productive and rewarding environment for employees in the face of current economic difficulties.
In your submission, please pay particular attention to the following questions:
Explain how the company demonstrates flexible and innovative ways of developing people.
How does the organisation empower and engage staff in driving continuous improvement?
Give details on the business benefits of the company’s approach to people management.
Provide details on a clear rationale for the organisation’s reward and recognition strategies.


Awards will be made in two categories;
Single branch agency and Multiple branch agency.
The judges will be looking for a consultancy that offers complete recruitment solutions and demonstrates a high standard of service to both candidates and customers and has adapted its business strategy where required in a proactive way to deal with the present economic situation.
In your submission, please pay particular attention to the following questions:
How has the company developed its relationship with employees, client companies and candidates to deal with their changing employment needs?
Can the consultancy demonstrate the application of best practice as a means to setting them apart from their competitors?
Can the consultancy demonstrate success at developing their client base and portfolio of services based on the changing employment market?


Awards will be made in two categories;
Single branch agency and Multiple branch agency..
The judges will be looking for a consultant who is well organised and efficient, is customer focused, has proven business development skills, works as part of a team and makes exceptional contribution to their agency.
In your submission, please pay particular attention to the following questions:
Does the consultant offer innovative solutions/alternatives when positions are difficult to fill?
Is the consultant focused on today’s commercial realities by successfully selling the time and cost savings of using agency
services?
Can the consultant demonstrate regular proactive contact with his or her clients?
Detail the exceptional contribution the consultant makes to his/her agency.


Awards will be made in two categories;
Client Recruitment Advertisement and Recruitment Agency/Advertising Agency Advertisement.
Please attach a copy of the recruitment advertisement that appeared in an Irish publication during the required period.
The judges will be looking for an advertisement that is:
• Eye catching
• Has Individuality
• Sells the role to the reader
• Meets all the necessary legal standards, including being non-discriminatory
• Provides all the required response details with a clear call to action
In your submission, please pay particular attention to the following questions:
What was the main objective of the advertisement?
How successful was the advertisement in achieving its objectives?
What was the creative process which led to this advertisement?