Best Recruitment Experience

This award aims to recognise an organisation’s strategic approach to domestic recruitment and the improvement of nurses’ and midwives’ experience of the recruitment journey. The panel will look at innovative marketing initiatives, the speed of the recruitment process, communication with candidates along the way and the assessment day/interview experience plus the onboarding/induction process.

What are the judges looking for?

The judges will be looking for originality and innovation that stands out from others in the sector, supported by meaningful quantitative evidence that demonstrates the following:

• Innovation – originality of campaigns or approach to the recruitment journey
• Value – demonstrating an improvement in the recruitment experience or vacancy rates evidenced by meaningful data and case studies
• Adaptability – ideas that could be easily adopted by other organisations
• Collaboration – evidence of the involvement of other professionals or services in the project

Please attach any supporting evidence to your application that you feel is relevant. This can include testimonials, evaluations or any other appropriate evidence.

Stage one of the judging process involves shortlisting entries based solely on the information provided here. Stage two will involve a roundtable discussion between judges to decide a winner, so please make sure this entry includes as much evidence as possible. 

Take a look at what our 2019 winner had to say about winning this award: