ER Excellence Awards 2006
presented at
ER Expo 2006 Spring
San Diego, CA
March 14, 2006
about the awards
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Awards Categories & Criteria
ER Excellence Awards will be presented to the top entries received in the following ten categories. Criteria by which each category will be judged are listed below.
Best Diversity Program
Best Corporate Careers Website
Most Innovative Employee Referral Program
Best Employer Brand
Most Effective Use of Staffing Metrics
Most Innovative Recruiting Process or Departmental Structure
Best Retention Program/Practices
Best College Recruiting Program
Most strategic use of recruiting technology
Recruiter of the Year
Best Diversity Program
- What is the percentage of senior executives who are diverse?
- What is the percentage of professional level/exempt jobs filled by diverse people?
- Provide a breakdown of workforce by race, sex, disability and other criteria collected.
- Show evidence that significant resources have been allocated to diversity.
- Does manager compensation have a component based on producing diversity
results?
- Prove use of innovative tools for sourcing and attracting diverse candidates?
- Show evidence of a low turnover rate for diverse employees.
- Show evidence of a positive ROI for diversity activities.
- Show evidence of senior management support for diversity activities.
- Show evidence of success in diversity as demonstrated by the high volume of diversity applicants compared to others in the industry.
Best Corporate Careers Website
- How prominent is the link to the careers site on the home page?
- Show evidence that the content is up-to-date and full describes the organization, culture and the positions available.
- Show evidence of the use of other media such as audio or video to provide day-in-the-life stories of employees or an in-depth understanding of at least some of the positions.
- Provide examples of how candidates can complete a profile if they do not have a resume.
- Show evidence of at least an initial level of screening of candidates.
- Does your career site provide separate information for college students?
- Does your career site provide additional information or tips about how to interview, what to expect during the interview process, and timelines for decisions.
- Show examples of the interactivity of your career site and how it helps build your brand.
Most Innovative Employee Referral Program
- Show evidence of a proactive employee referral program. Do recruiters wait for names to be submitted or do they go out and ask for top people to be referred.
- Show evidence of excellence in your administration function - how quickly are candidates contacted?
- Provide evidence of how employees who refer candidates are kept up-to-date on the status of their referee.
- Show evidence of a bonus program or other incentive program being an inducement for referrals.
- Show evidence of excellence in tracking performance of the referral program.
- Show evidence of excellence in marketing your employee referral program throughout the organization.
- Show evidence of a high satisfaction rating from employees and referrals.
- Show evidence of networking referrals for additional referrals once they are hired.
- Show evidence of excellence in a targeted/customized program to meet special needs.
- Do you have quantitative evidence that referrals work harder, stay longer, or in some way are better than those from other sources?
- Show evidence of a positive ROI for your referral program.
Best Employer Brand
- Show evidence that your company is frequently cited, mentioned, or featured in public media venues such as editorials, radio programs, television programs, awards contests (i.e. Best Place to Work, etc.).
- Show evidence that your executives frequently speak, write and are quoted in the industry.
- Show evidence of high employee referral rates as an indication of a strong brand and high morale.
- Show evidence that HR and organizational resources have been committed to branding.
- Prove excellence in the employer's website as evidence of world-class branding and image building.
- Show evidence of a high ROI for branding activities.
- Show evidence of senior management support for branding activities.
- Show evidence of success in employment branding as demonstrated by the volume of applicants compared to others in the industry.
Most Effective Use of Staffing Metrics
- Provide evidence of having a short set of metrics that show quality of hire, speed of hire, hiring manager satisfaction, and staffing efficiency.
- Provide evidence that these metrics are helping to improve your staffing process.
- Provide evidence that these metrics are helping your organization acquire better people.
- Provide evidence of integration between staffing metrics and general HR metrics.
- Show innovation in the use of technology to gather metrics.
- Provide evidence that these metrics not only help the organization acquire better people but that they in the end result in higher profits or another business outcome (more salads sold, more trains arriving on schedule, etc.)
Most Innovative Recruiting Process or Departmental Structure
- Show evidence of excellence or innovation in sourcing process.
- Show evidence of excellence or innovation in candidate assessment.
- Show evidence of excellence or innovation in recruiting organizational structure.
- Show evidence of excellence or innovation in workforce planning or recruitment load forecasting.
- Show evidence of excellence or innovation in the use of technology in recruiting.
- Show evidence of excellence or innovation in the use of metrics in recruiting.
- Show evidence of media exposure, including editorials covering recruiting practices.
- Show evidence of a high ROI for the recruiting function.
- Show evidence of senior management support for the recruiting function.
Best Retention Program/Practices
- Demonstrate excellence in retention through low voluntary turnover rates.
- Show evidence of excellence or innovation in the development of retention tools.
- Show evidence of excellence or innovation in retention strategies.
- Show evidence of excellence or innovation in identifying the causes of turnover.
- Show evidence of excellence or innovation in measuring turnover.
- Show evidence of excellence or innovation in forecasting and preventing turnover.
- Show evidence of a high ROI for retention programs.
- Show evidence of senior management support for retention programs.
- Show evidence that retention has helped the company's profits or other business outcomes.
Best College Recruiting Program
- Provide evidence that the program is built on well thought-out criteria that are tied to overall corporate objectives.
- Provide evidence of a well thought-out strategy for acquiring the specific graduates required.
- Show examples of the use of creativity in branding the company on campus and in attracting students.
- Provide evidence of a website for college students that helps brand the corporation; provide information about jobs, and lists criteria for consideration.
- Provide evidence of a website that allows students to apply directly.
- Provide evidence of a website that offers the equivalent of an information session online.
- Show examples of innovation in the use of technology to attract, inform, and screen candidates.
- Provide evidence of effectively reaching diverse candidates.
- Prove success in recruiting and hiring diverse candidates.
- Provide evidence of activities conducted early in the college experience to acquaint students with the company.
- Provide evidence of tracking success and failures and applying that information to changes in the program.
Most strategic use of recruiting technology
- Show evidence of a consistent plan to integrate technology into all aspects of recruiting.
- Show evidence of a technology roadmap showing where technology will be applied.
- Provide examples of a recruiting website.
- Provide examples of the use of an applicant tracking system or equivalent.
- Provide examples of the use of online screening and/or assessment.
- Show evidence of the use of interactive technology such as chat, instant messaging or blogs.
- Show evidence of consistent use of Candidate Relationship Management tools such as email, e-marketing, newsletters, and others.
Recruiting Leader of the Year
- Provide evidence that demonstrates an understanding of the need for recruiters to be focused on candidates, not administration.
- Provide evidence that demonstrates an understanding of the need for technology-based solutions and the organization is integrating technology into your recruiting process.
- Provide evidence that demonstrates an understanding of the need for internal credibility and evidence of having put in place programs that build that credibility.
- Provide evidence of how you have developed a consistently tracked set of metrics that help make process improvements.
- Provide quantitative evidence of continuous improvement in the recruiting process.
- Provide evidence of improvement in recruiter productivity and candidate quality.
- Provide evidence that the company's recruiting results have helped the company's bottom line or other business outcomes.
Download an application form today, and showcase your company's best practices in the field of recruiting.
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