Award Categories

The key attributes of the Employer of Choice Award outline the characteristics of well-managed, high-performing, industry leading organizations that provide a stimulating and supportive workplace.

Entrant organizations for this category are required to demonstrate their achievements across the key areas of innovative Recruitment and Retention Strategy, Training & Development, Employee Education, Recognition & Remuneration, Organizational Culture, Leadership & Strategy, Employee Health, Safety & Satisfaction, Work-Life Balance……….

This award aims to attract entries from high-performing organizations that are unlocking discretionary effort from staff through effective employee engagement. Judges will look for evidence of respected leadership, high levels of communication, and a strong sense of community that centers on shared values, including measurement data such as employee opinion survey results and turnover rates, to prove the success of strategy and implementation.

Learning and development impact all areas of the business, from productivity to retention.  It matters to employees and it helps the organization grow, making it one of the most important practices for the organization. Judges are looking for innovative L&D strategies that are well structured, with a proven record of achieving their talent development objectives effectively.

This award recognizes an organization that has implemented an innovative initiative that increases staff employment and development opportunities for graduates and young employees. Successful entries should demonstrate how their graduate attraction and selection process recruits the most suitable employees; how their young employees learn and develop through focused training and placements; and how these programmes have benefited the organization.

This award identifies organization with the best innovative and most impactful Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) practice. Entries should demonstrate the role of HR has played in the strategy and execution of CSR initiatives. They should demonstrate how CSR makes a difference to employees and the business through measurable results. Judges will be looking for an organization that has embedded CSR strategy throughout the organization and demonstrate its business benefits.

This award recognizes effective and innovative approaches to the targeting, selection and recruitment of talent at all levels. The judges will look for successful examples of innovative ways of attracting talent to the organization. Relevant to this category are new methods of talent attraction and acquisition, including those around social media; and the measuring and assessing capability and performance of candidates.

This award recognizes an organization that is using the latest HR-specific technology to greatest effect, making it a responsive and effective HR operations. The judges will look for outstanding case of employing technology to improve the HR efficiency. Entries should outline the Innovation in the types of technology used, alignment of the use of the technology with the organization’s broader goals and efficiencies gained from use of technology.

Entries of this Award should demonstrate that the organization has undertaken a successful change program, resulting in clear improvements to the business. Judges will look for examples of HR’s role in managing and embedding change, which might, for example, focus on creating or modifying major structures and processes in the organization. Entries should explain how the program was successful and its benefits to the business.

This award recognizes organizations that has adopted a proactive approach to leadership development and succession planning. Judges will look for initiatives which review by HR team and working in conjunction with others in the business. Entries should describe the organization’s unique business practices with respect to develop leadership capability, and explain what action has been taken to nurture key employees in leadership and how this has benefited the organization.

This award recognizes the program which help employees achieve a healthy work-life balance. The program strives to increase employee satisfaction, productivity and performance. Entries should provide an overview of the strategies to demonstrate the success of the implementation, and demonstrate the unique role of HR in helping companies and employees work together to accomplish a reasonable work-life balance.

This Award recognizes an organization with well-rounded HR strategies which foster a diverse work environment and aim at integrating each individual into the company. Entries are required to indicate the rationales and practices that demonstrate why the D&I strategy was implemented and how it is linked to broader business strategy.

This award celebrates an organization that has demonstrated the most unique, compelling and practical internal or external HR communication strategy. Entries should clearly show that how was the strategy deployed and through what means, as well as how it has strengthened the organization with the evidence of success.

This award acknowledges an organization that has developed outstanding strategies and practices to improve the workforce stability and productivity effectively. Entries should provide an overview of the strategies and evidence to demonstrate the success of the implementation, such as the impact on employee productivity & retention, staff turnover rate and return on investment.

Entrant should demonstrate the corporate strategy and HR initiatives that maximizes the value for enterprises, society, consumers and employees as well as integrating social, economic and environmental elements into an enterprise’s strategies of development.  The judging will recognize corporations that have put HR contributions in the any of the four following assessment categories: Workplace Quality, Environmental Protection, Operation Practice and Community Involvement.

Health and wellbeing are essential elements to increase employee performance, productivity, job satisfaction and engagement within the work environment. This award goes to the organization which could clearly show that how were the policies and practices deployed and leaded to healthy employees with a high state of wellbeing.

Employer brand management describes the reality of the employment experience and not simply its presentation. By doing so it supports both external recruitment of the right kind of talent sought by an organization to achieve its goals, and the subsequent desire for effective employee engagement and retention. This award recognizes the HR teams which create a strong employer brand and effectively leverage that brand to add value to the organization.

A family-friendly work culture award is a recognition given to organizations that prioritize and promote a positive work environment that supports employees in balancing their work responsibilities with their family commitments and personal lives.

Criteria for a family-friendly work culture award may include flexible Work Arrangements, Parental Leave Policies, Family Support program, covering childcare, elder care services and caregiver.

This award is an accolade given to organizations who have demonstrated excellence in identifying, assessing, and managing risks related to human resources areas within their organization, such as compliance with labor laws, employee health and safety, diversity and inclusion, talent management, and employee relations.

Winners of the awards should have evidences of highlighting the importance of proactive risk management in HR practices and the positive impact it can have on the overall success and sustainability of an organization.

Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) has been in the spotlight increasingly in recent years. The success of sustainable business illustrates how employees meet with the mission of the organization through leadership, corporate culture and HR practices. This award acknowledges an organization that has developed outstanding strategies and practices to integrating a comprehensive ESG (Environment, Social and Governance) approach to the human capital.

This award is a recognition given to HR professionals who have demonstrated exceptional skills and knowledge in partnering with business leaders to drive organizational success.

Participants should demonstrate the organization who have gone above and beyond in aligning HR strategies with the overall business objectives of the organization, contributing significantly to the company's growth, employee engagement, and overall performance.

This award acknowledges the efforts made by companies that have demonstrated exceptional commitment to creating a positive and engaging work environment for their employees.

Judging will look into the HR professional that can create a supportive and collaborative work environment through different winning strategies such as fostering a culture of inclusivity, diversity, and respect, offering competitive benefits and compensation packages, providing opportunities for career growth and development, and promoting work-life balance.

This award recognition is given to organizations that excel in attracting and retaining talents from around the world. It acknowledges the efforts and strategies implemented by the awarded companies to recruit high potential individuals to the respective locations.

The major criteria for winning this award include the demonstration of organization commitments in recruiting and engaging global talents, such as impactful hiring strategies, attractive job opportunities, positive working environment, high standard of diversity and inclusion framework, and unique culture of engagement for global talents.

This award recognizes dynamic organizations that develop totally new approaches with their strategies across the HR industry. Its objective is to explore the innovative thinking of people management and become a trend setter for the HR practices. Entries are required to propose a self-designed award title and clearly show that how was the HR strategy deployed and through what means, as well as how it has strengthened the organization with the evidence of success.