JobsGroup.net Wins Best Online Service at the Recruiter 2006 Awards

(PRLEAP.COM) JobsGroup.net, the niche online recruitment network, has won Best Online Service Award at the Recruiter 2006 Awards for Excellence. JobsGroup.net had been nominated for the Award alongside Eden Brown, eFinancialCareers.com, Michael Page International, Monster UK and Ragtime Ltd.

The Best Online Service Award, which was sponsored by MKH Advertising, recognises outstanding achievements in creativity, innovation, competitive advantage and services to both recruiters and jobseekers. The Award was presented at a prestigious ceremony at the Grosvenor House Hotel, Park Lane London, on Thursday, before an audience of over 1,000 recruitment professionals.

Mark Hepworth, Managing Director of JobsGroup.net, comments, "We are absolutely thrilled to have won the Award for Best Online Service, as we faced some strong competition in this category. It serves as recognition of the high quality service we provide to recruiters, from achieving the W-Mark accreditation last year, to being recognised as the number one site for placements in the OnRec Top 100 last month. I would like to thank the organisers for a superb evening and MKH Advertising for their sponsorship of the category."

Craig Bines, Sales and Marketing Director, comments, "This Award is testament to all the hard work the team has put in over the past year, so on a personal level I’m incredibly pleased to see their efforts rewarded in this way. It’s also really gratifying to receive this Award as we were up against some very stiff competition, including the world’s biggest online recruitment company."

JobsGroup.net is the publisher of the popular monthly newspaper Just Technical Jobs and operates ABC Electronic audited niche sites for the engineering; rail; construction; utilities; aviation; defence; sales and marketing; finance; executive; and graduate sectors.

JobsGroup.net is the most popular destination for technical jobseekers and the third most popular niche job network overall, according to the UK’s largest source of industry information, the National Online Recruitment Audience Survey (NORAS) 2006. The company was recently recognised by Online Recruitment Magazine as the number one site for placements and is the first in the UK to be awarded the W-Mark website quality accreditation by the EIQA.

Jobseekers can register free with JobsGroup.net sites and within minutes gain access to the UK’s most active recruiters. Career tools and advice are available on all the sites, including free CV reviews and discussion forums, to help job seekers maximise their chances of success.

For information on why over 2,000 recruiters use JobsGroup.net as their number one choice for recruitment advertising solutions please call 0845 050 2000. www.JobsGroup.net

For media enquiries please contact: Guy Cookson, PR Manager T: 01524 428 224 E: guy.cookson@jobsgroup.net JobsGroup.net, York House, 76-78 Lancaster Road, Morecambe LA4 5QN

About JobsGroup.net

Established in 2000, JobsGroup.net operates a network of award winning websites for sector specific jobseekers. Attracting 388,816 unique users a month and with over 210,000 CVs available across ten specialist sites, JobsGroup.net offers a high quality targeted approach to online recruitment. JobsGroup.net helps to fill over 24,000 vacancies a year. Recent achievements include:

• Winner of Best Online Service at the Recruiter 2006 Awards
• Online Recruitment Magazine 2006 Number One Site for Placements - third year running.
• Short-listed for Best Online Service at the Recruiter 2006 Awards.
• Finalist in the Best Technical Innovation at the OnRec Awards 2006.
• Finalist in the Innovative Online Marketing Awards at the OnRec Awards 2006.
• First in the UK to be awarded the W-Mark website quality accreditation by the EIQA.
• Full ABCe auditing of all sites.
• Member of the Online Recruitment Marketing Council (ORMC).
• Twice winner of the National Online Recruitment Award (NORA) for Best Specialist Job Site.
• Affiliate of the Engineering Council.
• Approved by Link-Up, the rail industry supplier qualification and verification scheme.
• Approved by the Utilities Vendor Database (UVDB) supplier verification scheme.


www.JustEngineers.net – Engineering jobs
www.JustRail.net – Rail jobs
www.JustUtilities.net – Utilities jobs
www.JustConstruction.net – Construction jobs
www.DefenceJobs.com – Defence jobs
www.Just4Aviation.net – Aviation jobs
www.JustSalesandMarketing.net – Sales and Marketing jobs
www.Just4Graduates.net – Graduate jobs
www.Just4Executives.net – Executive jobs
www.Just4Finance.net – Financial jobs
www.JobsInABox.net – Specialist recruitment industry internet services
www.JustTechnicalJobs.net – Free monthly newspaper for engineering, rail and construction jobseekers
www.Just4Finance.net – Financial jobs
www.JobsInABox.net – Specialist recruitment industry internet services
www.JustTechnicalJobs.net – Free monthly newspaper for engineering, rail and construction jobseekers