Modern job seekers surge forward towards multiple World Wide Web solutions. In 2001, the ultimate "thank you" was launched to the contributors of this online employment industry, called the National Online Recruitment Awards.
The National Online Recruitment Awards, or the NORA's as they are commonly referred to, has become an annual celebration of the most innovative online career sites that the United Kingdom has to offer. The winners are treated to a gala event to recognize their achievements. The ability to add the official NORA logo to the winning websites adds further distinction to their business, and encouragement to others to live up to their standards. AlljobsUK.com, one of the most comprehensive British online employment databases available, created this momentous award competition. AlljobsUK.com organize over 30,000 recruitment agencies, employers, and advisory services for users to easily access. As an industry giant, AlljobsUK.com is undoubtedly the ideal choice to observe the evolution of employment opportunities and information. In 2007, six years after it's initial launch, the National Online Recruitment Awards attracted Direct Recruit Limited to partner with AlljobsUK.com in hosting the NORAs. Direct Recruit Limited owns 1job.co.uk, which is the most widely used job search engine in the UK. With 1job.co.uk hosting over 300,000 continually updated vacancies from popular job boards, and sending them over 1 million job seekers, 1job.co.uk makes an obvious choice to join the NORA team.
Now the next question is, how does an employment website in the UK become a winner of the National Online Recruitment Awards? First, each company must register their website at norauk.com to receive their personal nomination URL and banner. This extremely brief process will allow sites to offer their visitors the chance to vote for them with one click. After this initial open voting procedure, these selected companies are then taken into consideration and reduced to roughly 5 nominations per category by AlljobsUK.com and a panel of experts. The requirements that are used to judge the nominees include: navigation simplicity, design, layout, amount of obtainable vacancies, number of claimed visitors, available services for users, prominence in it's niche market, and applications for a mobile platform if applicable. The National Online Recruitment Awards currently has 13 award categories for recruitment websites to actively compete in. There is recognition for best general job board, regional job board, specialist job board, small recruitment agency website, national recruitment agency website, small employer's website, and major employer's website. Online advise resources are also rewarded for best online recruitment by a consumer publication, online recruitment by a trade publication, and best employment advice website. The last three types of awards are presented to the best newcomer, innovation in online recruitment, and a special NORA for the recruitment website of the decade. Chefsworld.net is proud to be involved for chef Jobs and Chef recruitment.
As economic woes cause global panic, it is encouraging to see the National Online Recruitment Awards rewarding online innovation in the employee recruitment field.