2025 Award Categories
Recognition, Credibility & Prestige
The TIARA Recruitment Awards recognise employee excellence, innovation, client & candidate service, growth and purpose in the UK & Ireland recruitment sector.
Entry deadline: Friday 4th July
Entry Guidelines
To increase your chances of being shortlisted:
- Register on our online entry platform and select the TIARA Recruitment Awards UK&I. Our awards management system allows you to save, amend, submit and pay for your entries.
- Provide testimonials, links to videos or case studies in the Supplementary Information section.
- Provide information about commercial performance and other key improvement measure.
- If you are entering multiple award categories, please adapt your entries as questions may differ.
- Please note that the £320 cost per entry includes judging feedback.
- For any support using the award platform, please contact emily@talintpartners.com
*Please note that TALiNT Partners Members qualify for discounts on entry fees and ceremony places
The 2025 Categories
The Business Services Team of the Year
- This Award recognises an exemplary services team within any staffing back-office function that has best supported growth, enabled innovation or improved performance.
The Client Service Award
- This Award recognises excellence and collaboration in the delivery of a talent acquisition project, campaign or ongoing client partnership.
The Bullhorn Best Use of Technology Award
- This Award recognises the best use of technology in a recruitment company to gain a competitive edge by improving candidate experience, client service, productivity or profitability.
The Candidate Experience Award
- This Award recognises excellence in the way candidates are sourced, managed and supported to ensure the best outcome.
The Recruitment Marketing Award
- This Award recognises the best marketing initiative that demonstrated excellence and innovation in conception, execution and results.
The 3B Innovation Award
- This Award recognises the best examples of innovation and improvement that have enabled recruiters to gain a competitive edge or grow more profitably.
The Growth Recruitment Company of the Year
- This Award recognises an impressive track record of sustainable growth and resilience in context of size, stage of scale, specialism and sector.
The International Recruitment Company of the Year
- This Award recognises those who have demonstrated sustainable and compliant growth in international sales, profit, headcount, and customer base.
THE TEMPORARY RECRUITMENT COMPANY OF THE YEAR
- This Award recognises excellence, innovation and growth in sourcing, placing and supporting temporary and contingent talent.
THE Grant Thornton Specialist Recruitment Company of the Year
- This Award recognises market leaders in a specialist sector who can demonstrate the best growth, depth of knowledge, and differentiation from competitors.
THE Sourcewhale Best Recruitment Company to Work For (up to £50 million)
- This Award recognises employers of choice in recruitment who can demonstrate excellence in the attraction, induction, development, and retention of their own talent.
The Blackwood Capital best recruitment company to work for (over £50 Million)
- This Award recognises employers of choice in recruitment who can demonstrate excellence in the attraction, induction, development, and retention of their own talent.
The Mishcon de Reya Recruitment Leader of the Year
- This Award recognises a visionary recruitment leader who has achieved exceptional growth, pioneered transformational improvement - in their business or industry – and inspired the highest levels of engagement and performance from their people.
The Hall of Fame Award
- This Award honours an individual with a distinguished career in the recruitment sector who has had a major impact on the industry and achieved exceptional success as a business leader.
