Key103jobs and Workmoose win ìBest Regional Job Boardî Award

Key103Jobs and Workmoose beat off competition from over 25,000 nominations to win ìBest Regional Job Boardî at the prestigious 2009 National Online Recruitment Awards (NORA) in London this week.

The award was fiercely fought, with Key103jobs selected from entries covering 654 separate sites within the entire UK online recruitment industry.

ìRecruitment websites with a regional focus have really come of age making this award one of the most hotly contested in the Awards.î says NORA. ìThe fact that Key103Jobs was able to unseat the website that had held this award for the past five years, speaks volumes about its undoubted appeal. Key103Jobs is the very best example of a UK recruitment website dedicated to local jobs and local jobseekers.î

Key103jobs site was voted:

ï Easiest site to use, with the best design
ï Highest volume of vacancies
ï Biggest number of visitors
ï Best facilities for job seekers
ï Most prominent in the marketplace

Workmoose powers three recruitment websites across the North West that partner the Bauer radio stations: Key 103 in Manchester, Rock FM in Lancashire and Radio City in Merseyside.

By combining radio and online campaigns at a local level, recruiters benefit from a highly targeted, cost effective service that completely challenges traditional recruitment advertising models.

Promotions on Key103 radio target active jobseekers as well as those not actively seeking a career move - tapping into listenersí heads while theyíre driving to and from work and effectively driving them to the website.

Key103Jobs offers over 2,000 live jobs to 19,000 registered candidates at any given time in Manchester and Greater Manchester, delivering over 20,000 applications a month to the areaís top employers and agencies.

Iain Clasper, MD of Workmoose says: ìIím delighted to have achieved recognition for our unique and highly successful recruitment service. Itís great that itís the job seekers themselves who have voted for us - they recognise the power of radio in delivering a message. Our stations have been market leaders for over a decade and are now successful in helping listeners in find local jobs. Now itís official - we are the best regional recruitment site in the UK!.î

Key103jobs clients include big Manchester employers such as Salford City Council, RAF and MUFC.

One client, Great Places Housing Group says: ìKey103jobs and Workmoose provided us with a cost effective and successful service. The support is second to none and we can relax, knowing that our recruitment needs are being dealt with efficiently and in a professional manner. Most importantly, Workmoose has saved us 24,000 in six months!î