What are the UK Candidate Experience Awards? and what are the benefits of participating for employers? These slides provide an overview of the UK programme including: Absolutely NO COST to employers to participate and the comprehensive and individual candidate experience benchmark report is FREE. All for 60-90 minutes of your time to complete a questionnaire on your recruitment and hiring processes - all information shared remains 100% CONFIDENTIAL at all times. So there really is nothing to lose and everything to gain in helping you on your journey to improve the candidate experience. Contact Leigh Carpenter at the Talent Board for more info: leigh.carpenter@thetalentboard.org or complete the 2 minute registration page: http://bit.ly/2014UKCandEApply Registration for the UK & Ireland programme is open until 30th September 2014 and the candidate survey closes at the end of November 2014. The Awards ceremony will be held in central London end of February 2015 (Entry to the Awards ceremony is FREE for UK participants).

1. THE CASE FOR ENTERING THE UK
CANDIDATE EXPERIENCE AWARDS
2014

2. Talent Board
A non-profit organisation
The mission of the Talent Board is to facilitate
the evolution of the employment candidate
experience principally through the annual
production of The Candidate Experience
Awards.
The CandE Awards is a free, annual competition
process where:
1. Employers have the opportunity to
benchmark their candidate experience
against other companies.
2. Employers have the opportunity to
participate in a 3rd party survey of their
candidates to see what their candidates
really think of their process
3. The CandE Award process is a competition,
but it is also designed to provide every
organisation that chooses to participate,
confidential and specific feedback on how
they can improve their candidate
experience.

3. INTRODUCTION
• As the competition for talent continues to grow, organization's the world over
are looking to improve their ability to recruit great people and ensure cultural
fit.
• This puts the spotlight on the efficiency of the recruitment process and
particularly how well it engages with candidates to make them feel positively
disposed towards the organisation – even if they are not eventually recruited.
• The Candidate Experience Awards provide a painless way for UK (and US)
organizations of all shapes and sizes to gain authoritative feedback on their
recruitment process and candidate relationship.
• The following key facts will help you decide if it’s something you want to try.
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4. WHAT ARE THE CANDIDATE EXPERIENCE AWARDS?
• AN INDEPENDENT AUDIT OF AN EMPLOYER’S CANDIDATE
EXPERIENCE
• LOOKS AT WHOLE PROCESS FROM ATTRACTION TO APPOINTMENT
• AIMED AT HELPING EMPLOYERS’ IMPROVE STANDARDS
• STARTED IN THE US IN 2011 (139 organisations involved in 2013)
• BROUGHT TO THE UK IN 2012 (29 organisations involved in 2013)
• RUN BY A NON-PROFIT ORGANISATION – THE TALENT BOARD
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5. WHAT DO YOU HAVE TO DO?
ROUND 1: COMPLETION OF INITIAL EMPLOYER QUESTIONNAIRE
Takes (60-90mins.); achieving required standard leads to:
ROUND 2: CONFIDENTIAL SURVEY OF CANDIDATE SAMPLE
If subsequently felt to have high quality process may be selected for:
ROUND 3: INTERVIEW BY A PANEL OF INDEPENDENT JUDGES
Which may result in ‘With Distinction’ rating
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Employers can elect to enter ‘BENCHMARK ONLY’
and NOT be considered for the Award – Rounds 1 and
2 will need to be completed to receive the FULL
CONFIDENTIAL INDIVIDUAL BENCHMARK REPORT

6. WHAT ARE THE BENEFITS?
• NO COST TO EMPLOYERS
• CONFIDENTIAL, INDIVIDUAL REPORT AND COMMENTARY FOR ALL
PARTICIPANTS (INCLUDING BENCHMARK ONLY)
• ACCESS TO CUMULATIVE ANNUAL RESEARCH REPORT AND WHITE PAPERS
• IDENTIFIES STRENGTHS AND WEAKNESSES AND SHOWCASES BEST
PRACTICE
• ANNUAL AWARD AND ACCREDITATION CEREMONY
• SUCCESSFUL COMPANIES PERMITTED TO USE LOGO AND ACCREDITATION
STAMP IN COMMUNICATION
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7. 2013 UK Winners
Winners with distinction

8. And the NAM winners:
Accenture
adidas Group
Automatic Data Processing, Inc.
American Airlines, Inc.
American Family Insurance
Amplify Federal Credit Union
Avanade Inc.
BASF Corporation
Blackbaud
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota
Blum Shapiro & Company, P.C.
Bridgepoint Education
Capital One
CDW
CH2M HILL
Chesapeake Energy
Colorado Springs Utilities
ConAgra Foods
CVS Caremark
Deloitte
Deluxe Corporation
Enterprise Holdings, Inc.
Flowserve
Genentech
General Dynamics Information Technology
General Motors
H-E-B
Intel Corporation
Intuit Inc.
Humana
InfoReliance Corporation
Informatica
Intel Corporation
Intellectual Ventures
InterContinental Hotels Group
Intuit Inc.
iPlace USA Inc.
LifePoint Hospitals
Lockheed Martin
McGladrey
McGraw Hill Financial
MetLife Premier Client Group
Midmark Corporation
Ochsner Health System
Parata Systems
PepsiCo
Percolate Industries, Inc.
Providge Consulting
Raymond James Financial, Inc.
RMS
Sapient
Shoppers Drug Mart
SmartIT Staffing, Inc.
Spectrum Health
SWIFT
The Bozzuto Group
The Hershey Company
T-Mobile US, Inc.
Under Armour, Inc.
Vidant Medical Center
W. L. Gore & Associates
Wall Street Services
Wal-mart, Inc. (US)
Wells Fargo
WilsonHCG
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9. WHAT TO DO TO GET INVOLVED
If you want to find out more about the Candidate Experience
Awards, or apply to take part, visit the website at:
http://uk.thecandidateexperienceawards.org/how-to-apply/
Register for the research papers:
http://uk.thecandidateexperienceawards.org/2013-uk-results/
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