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Awards FAQs

You've got questions about the Recruiting Excellence Awards? We've got answers. Call (212) 671-1181 or email help@ere.net if this page doesn't help you find what you're looking for.

How is this award unique?
It's only for recruiting and related talent successes — not for benefits, training, and so on. It's chosen among an audience of the most progressive and interesting and dynamic recruiters (truly some of the most forward-thinking recruiting leaders in the business).
Do I need to be a big, for-profit corporation to have a shot at winning?
No way. Non-profits from any part of the world are welcome to apply. Government agencies from any nation are welcome to apply. Small and mid-size companies are welcome to apply. Some winners and finalists are well-known, big-name companies, but many others are smaller and become well-known through this process!
How do I apply for the awards?
The form is online and can be found here.
Can I enter multiple categories?
Yes, three.
What is the deadline for awards applications?
All entries must be received by 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time, on January 5, 2011. Entries received after that date will not be accepted. You will be notified when we receive your entry.
I'm a vendor who sells products and services to recruiters, such as Manpower or Korn/Ferry. Can I apply?

Only submissions from recruiting departments or other internal corporate departments, applying for their own companies, will be accepted and evaluated.

If you're a CEO, or a human resources department, or a business unit, or some other department applying for your company's success in talent acquisition and talent management, that's no problem. But if you are a vendor applying for your efforts selling a product or service, this isn't the best venue for you.

I'm not a recruiter. I'm a CFO, a CEO, a General Manager, an owner, a VP of HR, etc. Can I apply?
Yes, no problem. Submissions from recruiting departments or other internal corporate departments, applying for their own companies, will be accepted and evaluated. If you're a CEO, or a human resources department, or a business unit, or some other department applying for your company's success in talent acquisition and talent management, that's no problem.
Will I get exposure for winning?
In a nutshell, yes! In the ERE Daily email newsletter and in the Journal of Corporate Recruiting Leadership. You'll be on a panel at the ERE Expo Spring 2011. ERE will announce the winners, and your firm can send a separate release to local media in your area if you wish. There will be a lot of opportunities to publicize your success.
What if there is information I want to provide for the application but I want this specific piece of information or data to not be publicized?
If there's a statistic or projection you'd like to keep confidential, no problem. Let us know. We will not release this information. Otherwise, however, we may use parts of your application in putting together slides about the winners, or articles about the winners.
Are there finalists? Or just winners?
ERE usually names finalists. The winners are announced in March. The finalists are announced before then. There have been some excellent finalists in the past who have gotten some good exposure for being finalists, even though they didn't win.
I'm not sure what category to enter in.
Shoot an email over to todd@ere.net. We can probably help you decide. You cannot enter two categories with the same application. You can enter two categories for two totally different applications.
I'd like to hear more about some past winners.

There are a lot of places to find this information. First, for 2010: John Sullivan wrote a four-part series on the 2010 winners. Sodexo spoke at ERE's Spring conference in 2010 and video is online. EY, AT&T, and others also spoke at the same conference. Winners and finalists were on a panel, which is on video.

For past winners: If you're a subscriber to the Journal of Corporate Recruiting Leadership, check out your past issues to see a lot of articles by and about winners (such as the June 2007 articles about employee-referral-programs by Tenet and Fair Isaac; the July 2007 interview about workforce planning with HealthEast; the May 2006 article about recruiting innovation by Recruiter of the Year Dan Hilbert of Valero, and the May 2006 article about college recruiting by Jennifer Warne of Towers Perrin).

Also, check out the brief past winners feature on this website. And read more about some of their best practices.

At the Fall 2009 conference, in Hollywood, Florida, Tony Blake of DaVita gave a presentation about the work DaVita did to win the recruiting department of the year award.

Also, Marvin Smith, from Microsoft, has written quite a few articles for ERE's website.

Did we miss anything? Email Todd Raphael at todd@ere.net if you have any remaining questions or concerns that were not addressed here.