WINNERS 2021

We are absolutely thrilled to reveal the Winners of the National Online Recruitment Awards 2021, which were announced at our 21st annual in-person event on Wednesday 10th November. Given the global turmoil of the past 18 months, the outstanding calibre of this year’s Finalists, nominated by jobseekers, reflects the heightened levels of innovation in the online recruitment sector today.  Jobseekers should lookout for this logo on our winners’ websites.

In particular, we are blown away by the resilience of these organisations during this year’s pandemic.

We also presented the NORA Academy Award, which is voted for by former Finalists and Winners from the last 21 years. This award reflects how recruitment websites regard each other, and from their unique perspective.

The winner of our Academy Award 2021 is McCarthy Recruitment, which has had a long history of continual innovation, and been a finalist and winner multiple times. McCarthy were closely followed by Adzuna and Reed.co.uk as runners up.

At our first awards event at the Carisbrooke Hall, some 300 attendees made it the most unique awards we have held. Our stellar line-up of Finalists enjoyed a fantastic night of celebration of UK online recruitment excellence.

The Winners for the National Online Recruitment Awards 2021 are as follows:

BEST GENERALIST JOB BOARD URL
Reed https://reed.co.uk/
   
BEST SPECIALIST JOB BOARD  
Creativepool https://creativepool.com/
   
BEST REGIONAL JOB BOARD  
s1jobs https://www.s1jobs.com/
   
BEST NATIONAL RECRUITMENT AGENCY  
Morson Talent https://www.morson.com/
MacDonald and Company (commendation) https://www.macdonaldandcompany.com/
   
BEST LARGE RECRUITMENT AGENCY  
NRL https://nrl.co.uk
   
BEST SMALL RECRUITMENT AGENCY  
Soda https://trustinsoda.com
   
BEST MAJOR EMPLOYER  
Entain https://www.entaincareers.com/
Unum (Commendation) https://careers.unum.co.uk
   
BEST SME EMPLOYER  
Macildowie https://www.macildowie.com/work-for-us-new
   
BEST CONSUMER PUBLICATION  
The Guardian https://jobs.theguardian.com/ 
   
BEST TRADE PUBLICATION  
Tes https://tes.co.uk/jobs/
   
BEST EMPLOYMENT ADVICE WEBSITE Joint award
BBC Bitesize https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/careers
Exec Career Jump https://www.execcareerjump.com/ 
   
BEST NEWCOMER / NEW WEBSITE  
Camino Partners https://www.caminopartners.co.uk/
   
BEST INNOVATION  
My Plus Students Club https://myplusstudentsclub.com/
   
 

Academy Award

The Academy Award is our only trophy which is voted for by their peers. All fellow and former Finalists from...
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Best Generalist Job Board

Given the profile of the Finalists here, this is often seen as our flagship award. This award recognises the largest...
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Best Specialist Job Board

Competition for the Best Specialist, or Niche Job Board award is so fierce, we have eight Finalists in this category....
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Best Regional Job Board

Regional job boards are able to provide candidates and employers with a local focus, which they can identify with and...
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Best National Recruitment Agency

These recruitment industry giants have enormous clout in the marketplace, and ensure their online presence appeals to both candidates and...
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Best Large Recruitment Agency

This award is in recognition of that middle ground between small recruitment agencies, and national PLC organisations. You could say...
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Best Small Recruitment Agency

The UK has the highest density of recruitment agencies found anywhere in the world, and some 80% of those are...
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Best Major Employer

Large national employers in the UK, often led by extremely experienced in-house recruiters, have really raised the bar this year,...
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Best SME Employer

Small to medium enterprise employers form the backbone of industry and commerce in the UK, and have particularly unique challenges...
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Best Consumer Publication

Whilst printed newspaper recruitment advertising for many publications has all but disappeared, their online services are still advertising vacancies to...
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Best Trade Publication

Trade Publications, often in line with trade bodies in the UK, have a unique role in each professional marketplace and...
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Best Employment Advice Website

Our award for Best Employment Advice recognises an area of vital importance to jobseekers looking to research not only the job...
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Best Newcomer / New Website

Our award for Best Newcomer (New Website) in Online Recruitment recognises all types online recruitment in every category, and can...
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Best Innovation in Online Recruitment

Our award for Best Innovation recognises all forms of innovation in online recruitment. Whilst the NORAs primarily identifies websites and...
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