1st Annual Recruiting Service Innovation Awards (ReSIs) to Recognize Innovators & Game Changers in Recruitment Optimization
The ReSIs, sponsored by Boxwood Technology and Simply Hired, are the first accolade to recognize ground-breaking sourcing and recruiting products and services that help employers “optimize their recruiters’ experience.” Why is that important? Nan Weitzmann, Americas Talent Acquisition Leader at Hewlett Packard and a member of the ReSIs Selection Committee, explains:
The ReSIs recognize those solutions that provide a value-add to improve the recruiter experience. When recruiters are more effective and productive, the hiring process moves more quickly and enhances the overall candidate and hiring experience.
The employment service industry was hit hard by the Great Recession. But as the economy has strengthened, so have the companies that provide the tools recruiters use to find talent. By the end of 2016, the employment services industry is projected to grow to an annual value of $490.1 billion. (Research and Markets’ Global Human Resources Employment Services report.) This growth is being led by a surge of technological advances producing a myriad of new recruitment products and services which the ReSIs will recognize and promote.
The IAEWS, the trade organization for the global online employment services industry, has been at the forefront of product and service innovations among job boards, social media sites, aggregators, job ad distribution companies, applicant tracking system companies, recruitment advertising agencies and the vendors which work with and for them. Collectively, IAEWS members power or operate over 60,000 sites worldwide.
Nominations for the 2014 ReSIs may be submitted any time until March 28, 2014. Awards will be presented in five categories:
-External Sourcing: Acquisition of candidates from outside an employer
-Internal Sourcing:Acquisition of candidates from inside an employer
-Screening:Evaluation of candidates
-Candidate Management/Selection:Communication with candidates
-Wild Card:Outside-the-box developments
A blue ribbon Selection Committee composed of HR and recruiting executives from Hewlett Packard, Hyatt, Meritage Talent Solutions, New Belgium Brewing, and Outerwall, Inc. will evaluate each nomination and select a Winner and Runner-Up in each category.