Award categories and criteria
The SARAs are open to Australian and New Zealand-based recruitment agencies and RPOs. View the categories and criteria to determine the awards you'll enter and the information you need to showcase.
The SARAs are open to Australian and New Zealand-based recruitment agencies and RPOs. View the categories and criteria to determine the awards you'll enter and the information you need to showcase.
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The winner of this award will be able to demonstrate their dedication and pursuit of excellence across culture, innovation, growth, candidate engagement and contribution to the success of the recruitment industry.
The winner of this award will demonstrate how they support and promote their customer's brand in-market, apply innovation and efficiency to solutions, execute effective business partnership and drive candidate engagement. This award is open to agencies that primarily operate as a dedicated Recruitment Process Outsourcing (RPO) agencies that can demonstrate that RPO services represent a core and substantial part of their business offering.
The winner of this award will be an agency that has made its mark on the industry in a short time, demonstrating merit across culture, innovation, growth, candidate experience and industry contribution.
This new category is open to recruitment agencies that have been in operation for one to two years, and have created great outcomes for candidates, clients and the industry.
The winner of this award embeds diversity, equity, and inclusion into their business and their work with clients. They demonstrate this commitment not only through new initiatives, but also through the way they operate day-to-day, with inclusive practices, policies and behaviours that create lasting benefit for diverse talent pools and the recruitment industry.
The winner of this award will be able to demonstrate their commitment to providing an exceptional experience for candidates throughout their job search journey.
The winner of this award will be a recruitment professional who inspires and motivates their team, performs to business objectives, and makes a positive impact within their agency and the overall recruitment industry.
The winner of this award will be a recruitment professional who has excelled in the area of client and candidate engagement, and has contributed positively to the recruitment industry as a whole.
Our panel of industry experts assess entries using the following guiding criteria. This criteria has been designed to recognise outstanding professional service and client support across the recruitment industry, and shine a light on the positive impact recruiters make on people’s lives. Here's an overview of what the judges will look for:
How are you putting the candidate and your clients at the centre of your strategy or initiative/s?
How are you doing things differently and challenging the status quo? What sets you or your agency apart?
What are your targets and how do you know you are meeting them?
How does this achievement improve your team, your agency, or the broader recruitment industry?
Experts in their field, our exceptional judges have been appointed to select the winners and finalists of the SEEK Annual Recruitment Awards. We're still finalising our full judging panel but you can take a look at our confirmed 2026 SARAs judges below: