The Firm Awards 2024 powered by The Talent Labs

WHY SHOULD I ENTER?

The Firm Awards powered by The Talent Labs celebrate the very best of in-house recruitment excellence, innovation and best practice. They act as an inspiration to fellow members of The Firm setting the standard for in-house recruiters and provide an opportunity for our members to recognise the achievements of their peers in a prestigious and inspiring environment.

WHO CAN ENTER?

Entry into The Firm Awards 2024 is open to any company, agency, or individual producing work specifically to recruit in-house and retain talent. Entries from outside the UK are welcome, but please ensure a representative from you organisation can attend the awards ceremony in London, UK.

WHAT SHOULD I PUT IN MY ENTRY?

Entries typically follow this structure which you will see outlined in the online entry form

• Context/ Rationale for Change

• Strategy and Development

• Obstacles overcome

• Impact and results

Where part of the criteria requires them, statistics and/or specific data must be provided.

Supporting Info
You are welcome to attach files supporting your entry. Files should contain concise information and may be marked down if overly long. Please limit to 5MB maximum file size.

You may also provide a link to a video clip of relevance to your entry. Both are entirely optional, and you will not be marked down for not providing such materials.

Some entry fields will have a word count of 500 words.

HOW MUCH IS AN ENTRY?

Early Bird Entry - £150 + Vat – 10th Jan – 16th Feb

Standard Entry Fee - £180 + Vat – 17th Feb - 8th March for each nomination entered into each category.

Once you have uploaded your entry online you can opt to pay by credit card or by invoice. Invoices and receipted invoices will be automatically sent to the email address of the user that is logged in to the website at the point of submission.

It is the responsibility of the entrant to ensure that payment of entry invoices is received before the closing date.

No entry will go forward for judging unless full payment of the fee is received.

WHAT CATEGORIES ARE THERE?

BEST ASSESSMENT AND SELECTION STRATEGY

BEST CANDIDATE EXPERIENCE

BEST CAREERS WEBSITE

BEST DEVELOPMENT OF AN EMPLOYER BRAND

BEST DIVERSITY & INCLUSION RECRUITMENT STRATEGY

BEST EARLY CAREERS RECRUITMENT STRATEGY

BEST INHOUSE EXECUTIVE SEARCH TEAM

BEST INTEGRATED MARKETING CAMPAIGN

BEST INTERNAL MOBILITY STRATEGY

BEST ON-BOARDING EXPERIENCE

BEST RECRUITMENT TECHNOLOGY STRATEGY

BEST SUPPLIER PARTNERSHIP

BEST USE OF AI

BEST USE OF VIDEO IN-HOUSE

RECRUITER OF THE YEAR

INNOVATION OF THE YEAR

LARGE RECRUITMENT TEAM OF THE YEAR (50+)

MEDIUM RECRUITMENT TEAM OF THE YEAR (11 - 50)

OUTSTANDING IMPACT TRANSFORMATION & CHANGE

RECRUITMENT EFFECTIVENESS AWARD

RECRUITMENT LEADER OF THE YEAR

RECRUITMENT MANAGER OF THE YEAR

RPO TEAM OF THE YEAR SMALL

RECRUITMENT TEAM OF THE YEAR (1-10)

SUPPLIER INNOVATION OF THE YEAR

WHAT IS THE NOMINATION ENTRY DEADLINE?

Friday 8th March 2024

CAN I PAY BY CREDIT CARD OR INVOICE?

Entries can be paid for by credit card or invoice at the time of submission.

Credit cards:

You will be redirected to Stripe payment page hosted by Evessio. Once completed you will receive a receipt from The Firm/The Talent Labs If you do not receive this, please email events@thetalentlabs.com

We do not accept American Express

Invoices:

Once you have selected the invoice option you will have the opportunity to input a Purchase Order Number if you have one. If you have a purchase order number at a later date please email this to events@thetalentlabs.com who will assign this to your invoice and re-issue. Invoices will be issued within 5 working days after point of submission and emailed to the address assigned to the login credentials.

It is the entrants responsibility to ensure that this is forwarded to their accounts team for payment.

Invoice terms are 30 days.

If you have not received the invoice from events@thetalentlabs.com, please check your junk mail and spam filters

WHAT PERIOD DOES THE WORK NEED TO HAVE TAKEN PLACE?

Entry into The Firm Awards 2024 is open to any company, agency, or individual producing work specifically to recruit and retain talent in the period from 1st January 2023 to 31st Dec 2023.

IF I START AN ENTRY CAN I GO BACK TO IT?

Yes, please press the “Save for Later” button which will then move your incomplete entry into your “Nominations”. When you are ready to submit you can log back in, go to your saved items tab to make any necessary changes before selecting the “Move to Basket” button which will allow you to complete your transaction.

We recommend writing your submission offline first in a separate document and then adding this to evessio when you are happy with it.

CAN MY COMPANY ENTER MORE THAN ONE PROJECT INTO THE SAME CATEGORY?

Yes, multiple Entries can be submitted from a single organisation, brand or individual.

If you enter multiple times on different occasions, you will be invoiced separately per nomination.

MY COMPANY IS BASED OUTSIDE OF THE UK CAN I STILL ENTER?

Entries from outside the UK are welcome.

Any submissions in languages other than English must be accompanied by an English translation.

It is encouraged that, if shortlisted, international companies attend the award ceremony in London

CAN I EDIT AN ENTRY AFTER IT HAS BEEN SUBMITTED?

Yes, as long as it is before the final entry deadline of 23:55 on 8th March 2024.

If you log back in your entry will be held under the Awards > Nominations section.

You will then be able to select the “edit” button and make necessary changes.

Please be sure to press save.

After 23:55 on 8th March 2024 no further changes can be made.

CAN THE SAME ENTRY BE ENTERED INTO MORE THAN ONE CATEGORY?

Yes, submitting the same entry into more than one category is allowed.

However each entry must be tailored to the category’s specific criteria, uploaded and paid for.

HOW WILL THE ENTRIES BE JUDGED?

There are 25 Awards categories - each category undergoes two stages of judging, the first is online judging and each entry is assessed by at least three judges.

The next stage is a live final round judging day that takes place in May and all shortlisted entries are reviewed and judges scores calibrated.

No judge is permitted to assess any categories that they have entered and a judges' company is not permitted to enter more than five categories otherwise this is deemed a conflict of interest and they are forced to withdraw from judging.

All entries will be judged against the criteria indicated for each category.

Decisions of the judges will be final.

HOW WILL I KNOW IF I AM SHORTLISTED?

All shortlisted entries will be notified by email.

WHEN WILL WINNERS BE ANNOUNCED?

Winners will be announced at a face to face award ceremony on Thursday 6th June 2024 at the De Vere Grand Connaught Rooms, London.

WHERE WILL THE AWARDS CEREMONY BE HELD?

De Vere Grand Connaught Rooms, 61 - 65 Great Queen Street, London WC2B 5DA

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