JobsGroup.net Nominated in Two Categories at the National Business Awards – North West

JobsGroup.net, the UK's largest independent online recruitment network, has been nominated in two categories at the National Business Awards – North West. JobsGroup.net received a nomination for the AXA Small to Medium Sized Business of the Year Award and the Orange Best Use of Technology in Business Award. The company was also highly commended in the 3i Growth Strategy of the Year category.

The nomination for the AXA Small to Medium Sized Business of the Year Award follows a year in which sales increased by 115%, jobseeker traffic grew by 44%, retention rates grew to 85%, and the number of JobsGroup.net employees increased threefold.

The nomination for the Orange Best Use of Technology in Business Award follows the successful launch of Artificial Intelligence Matching (AIM) in November 2006, an advanced CV database search tool that enables recruiters to quickly and effectively identify relevant candidates for key vacancies before their competitors.

JobsGroup.net has won or been nominated for twelve awards in just over a year, including winning Best Technical Innovation at the Onrec Awards 2007 and Best Online Service at the Recruiter Awards for Excellence 2006.

Mark Hepworth, Managing Director of JobsGroup.net, comments, "We are delighted to have been nominated for these prestigious awards, which are testament to all the hard work and late nights the team here has put into ensuring JobsGroup.net leads the field when it comes to strategy, growth and innovation."

Launched in 2000, JobsGroup.net is currently nominated in two categories at the National Business Awards – North West: The AXA Small to Medium Sized Business of the Year Award and The Orange Best Use of Technology in Business Award. JobsGroup.net also recently won the Best Technical Innovation Award at the Onrec Awards 2007.

JobsGroup.net operates ten award-winning niche online recruitment websites in the UK: JustEngineers.net; JustRail.net; JustConstruction.net; JustUtilities.net; Just4Aviation.net; DefenceJobs.com; Just4Finance.net; JustSalesandMarketing.net; Just4Executives.net; and Just4Graduates.net. In January 2006 JobsGroup.net launched a free monthly newspaper, JUST TECHNICAL jobs, sent to over 45,000 candidates. In September, JobsGroup.net launched a new site based in Sydney, Australia: JustEngineers.com.au.

JobsGroup.net clients include some of the UK’s best known companies, including Atkins, Alfred McAlpine, Amec, Arup, Atomic Weapons Establishment (AWE), Boeing, BSkyB, Bupa, Carillion, EDF Energy, E.ON, GCHQ, Greggs, Jacobs, Lloyds TSB, Highways Agency, MI5, Ministry of Defence, Mouchel Parkman, National Grid, National Air Traffic Services (NATS), Parsons Brinckerhoff and Siemens.

JobsGroup.net is unique because it combines the reach of generalist jobsites with the industry expertise of niche job boards, with over 360,000 unique visitors a month.

Notes to Editors

For more information and media enquiries please contact: Guy Cookson, Marketing and Communications Manager T: 01524 428 224 E: guy.cookson@jobsgroup.net JobsGroup.net, York House, 76-78 Lancaster Road, Morecambe, Lancashire, LA4 5QN, United Kingdom.