Award Categories

Recognition, Credibility & Prestige
The Talent Acquisition Awards enable employers to showcase the incredible work they do in talent acquisition and resourcing across 8 award categories.
Cost of entry: AED 1,050
Closing date: Friday 2nd February
Entry Guidelines
To increase your chances of being shortlisted:
- Register on our awards platform and select the Talent Acquisition Awards MENA. Our awards management system allows you to save, amend, submit and pay for your entries
- Carefully read the criteria for each award category
- Provide an answer for every question within the word limit. Use the hint text to help fully answer the question
- Provide testimonials, links to videos or case studies to support your entry
- If you are entering multiple award categories, please adapt your entries as some questions may differ
- Please note that the AED 1,050 cost per entry includes judging feedback
For any support using the platform, please contact awards@talintpartners.com
The Categories
THE EMPLOYER BRAND AWARD
- This Award recognises the best development of an employer brand, effectively communicating the organisational values and employee value proposition as well as having a positive impact on candidate perception and attraction.
The candidate experience award
- This Award recognises employers who show clear evidence of delivering consistently good experience at every stage of the candidate journey.

The NES Fircroft DE&I AWARD
- This Award recognises the commercial and cultural impact of policies and initiatives to promote greater diversity, equity and inclusion driven by the TA function.
The Best Careers Website
- This Award recognises the most effective, engaging and candidate-friendly Careers Website and its impact on talent acquisition.
The Best Innovation in Internal Recruitment Award
- This Award recognises innovation in internal recruitment, enabling successful internal mobility to meet the talent needs of the organisation as well as retain key employees.
The best use of technology award
- This Award recognises the most effective and impactful use of technology within talent acquisition either through implementing a unique, new tech solution or using existing tech in an innovative way.
THE RECRUITMENT MARKETING CAMPAIGN OF THE YEAR
- This Award recognises an innovative, creative and successful digital campaign which meets the needs of the organisation's talent strategy and delivers a unique candidate attraction story.
THE TA TEAM EXCELLENCE AWARD
- This Award recognises exceptional performance, delivery or transformation of a TA team to meet the needs of their organisation’s talent strategy.