Launch of NORAuk.com

Now in their ninth year, the National Online Recruitment Awards has become an annual fixture in this burgeoning industry.  Launched in 2001, as an integral part of AlljobsUK.com, the awards have been the answer to candidates questioning “Which are the best recruitment websites in the UK?”

As we begin the nomination process for this year’s NORAs, leading to our awards event on 5th November, it was felt that a dedicated website, showcasing not only current contenders, but also previous Finalists and winners, was long overdue.  Still backed by AlljobsUK.com and 1Job.co.uk, the NORAs are a strong recognisable brand in their own right, and as such, require their own space.

The NORAuk.com website is deliberately setup as a showcase site, where we are able to present and celebrate the very best examples of online recruitment, from a candidate’s perspective.  With regular articles and features, as well as awards related news, we hope that we can not only reflect the preferences of job seekers, but also the continual flow of new developments in the online recruitment sector.

This year, we expect the feedback, alongside nominations, to be even more enlightening than in 2008, when we received almost 64,000 nominations.  As a candidate focused event, we invite nominations from job seekers themselves.  The final assessments by our expert judging panel are made from that perspective also.  It is essential that our awards are relevant to those who use and rely upon recruitment websites on a daily basis, and not simply an industry back-slapping exercise.  This goes to the core of the credibility the NORAs have sought to maintain.

“In such a fast changing, and very young industry, the NORAs now have a depth of history, which charts the evolution of a vital and responsive sector that is now embedded in everyday working life.  The new NORAuk.com website gives us the platform to continue that work into our second decade.”

Stephen O’Donnell, Founder of the NORA’s and Chair of the judging panel.
Stephen@NORAuk.com