It’s time to share your finest professional achievements from over the past year, as Recruiter prepares to launch the 2011 Recruiter Awards for Excellence. And for the second year, Innovate CV will be the Awards’ headline sponsor.

Recruiter editor DeeDee Doke said: “We are delighted to have Innovate CV as our headline sponsor for 2011. It is a pleasure to work with them, and we couldn’t ask for more supportive partners in our aim to continue to raise the professional bar for our recruitment community.”

From 1 November, entrants will be able to enter a variety of categories online at www.recruiterawards.co.uk. New categories this year include Best Graduate/Trainee Recruitment Strategy and Best Employee Referral Programme.This year also marks the return of more sectorised categories for agency recruiters, including Best IT Recruitment Agency, Best Engineering Recruitment Agency, Best Retail Recruitment Agency and Best Temporary Recruitment Agency.

For the first time, job boards will be able to compete in separate categories for generalist and niche online recruitment services.
“Each year we review the categories against the current recruitment climate to pinpoint where honours are most relevant at that particular time,” said Doke. “Many categories remain a constant from year to year. But as recruitment practice and the business of recruitment evolve, so must the specific honours evolve to keep pace with the changes.”

The gala Awards ceremony, dinner and accompanying entertainment will be held on 3 May 2011 at the Grosvenor House Hotel in London.