Human Resources Awards Past Winners

The Employee Experience Award

Thoughtful Employee Experience Design

Employee experience is constantly evolving. Organizations in this category have demonstrated a commitment to understanding and engaging individuals through personalized, intuitive experiences. They are focused on growth—effectively upskilling and reskilling to adapt to change—and prioritizing total wellbeing and a connected culture of belonging.

The Candidate Experience Award

Guiding Candidates Hiring Journey

The ability to build strong candidate relationships sets organizations apart in a competitive labor market. Through innovative use of technology, these organizations are empowering their hiring teams, attracting candidates with the right skills, and successfully guiding them through an intuitive hiring and onboarding experience.

The HR Innovation Award

Remarkable Vision for the Future of Work

Emerging technology is playing an ever-increasing role in the daily success of the workforce. Organizations in this category are using the latest technology in innovative ways to enhance performance and outpace the competition. Through creative application of AI, intelligent user experience, machine learning, analytics, or a unified cloud platform, these organizations are leading the way toward a new world of work.

The People-First Leadership Award

Helping Managers Put Employees First

Employee success depends on managers who lead with authenticity, transparency, and empathy. Organizations in this category are equipping their people managers with the right environment and tools to connect with their team members, understand their needs, recognize their accomplishments, and nurture their growth.

The Cultivate Award - For thoughtful focus and design of the employee experience

The employee experience is constantly evolving and is unique to each individual. Organizations in this category have demonstrated a commitment to understanding the entire journey of an employee’s career from the moment they are hired, through career growth, to the many life-changing events that happen along the way. Organizations in this category are providing an employee experience that is supportive, intuitive, focused on overall wellbeing, and tailored to each person at every phase of their career and life.

The Engage Award - For creating a workplace with equal opportunities and a sense of belonging

Everyone deserves equal opportunity, pay, and a sense that they belong in the workplace. Organizations in this category have demonstrated that engaging people of different backgrounds and listening to their unique voices are core values and have created goals that are shared, discussed, and made visible to all. These HR teams are leading the way in achieving these goals by providing equal opportunities and attracting the best talent from a deep and diverse workforce.

The Innovate Award - For demonstrating a new and remarkable vision for the future of work

Looking out over the next 10 years, it’s clear that technology will play an ever-increasing role in the success of organizations and the daily experience of the workforce. Organizations in this category are using the latest technology in innovative ways to enhance performance and outpace the competition. Through creative application of cloud technologies, AI, machine learning, automation, or analytics, these organizations are leading the way toward a new world of work where technology makes it possible for people to accomplish more than ever before.

The Shift Award - For helping to accelerate a move to the modern HCM cloud

Organizations in this category have realized the need to replace legacy technology to help improve the lives of their employees and strengthen their business. Being able to quickly pivot to a unified and complete HCM system, these organizations have been able to more rapidly realize benefits like reduced complexity, increased visibility, and easier collaboration.