Asia Pacific – Human Resources magazine is all set to unveil the region’s finest at this year’s HR Excellence Awards, the most respected awards recognising & celebrating excellence in outstanding human capital strategy & execution.

The programme offers 23 awards which will give Asia’s best HR teams the recognition they deserve.

“The HR Excellence Awards embodies the premier standard of management excellence for HR practitioners and top level leaders,” said Aditi Sharma Kalra.

“The 23 categories indicate that the winners will be honoured for their exceptional dedication in designing and implementing HR strategies and tools to accomplish individual, business, and even societal goals.”

“That is why these awards continue to validate their contributions to the industry and why there are the best companies to work for.”

Many of the awards recognise programmes that focus on the productivity and well-being of employees. These are formulated to provide fair and sustaining rewards and build a healthy and orderly working environment for employees.

Another highlight of one of the categories is the programme that assists employees in seeking and reaching a work-life balance through settings like flexi-work hours, maternity/paternity policies, and recreation facilities.

Other awards celebrate programmes that intend to sharpen the skills and abilities of employees for better organisational performance and accomplishment of their short-term and long-term career goals.

These include training, learning, and development programmes, leadership development, and employee development. The employment engagement strategy which drives great outcomes for the organisation’s business and performance will be awarded.

The HR Excellence Awards also acknowledge organisations which exhibit best practices, innovation, and outstanding execution of strategies.

The organisation that displays remarkable use of HR technology and social media in its programs and structures will get recognition.

Leadership is also a key area in this category, with special attention to an individual’s or a team’s ability to create and carry out HR initiatives that vastly contribute to organisational performance and business targets.

The most coveted awards are: HR team of the Year, HR young talent of the year (individual award), HR professional of the year (individual award), and HR Grand Winner 2015, the organisation with the most wins across all categories.

Here is the full list of awards under each category:

Organisation Awards:

• Excellence in Compensation & Benefits Strategy
• Excellence in Employee Work-Life Balance
• Excellence in Mature Workforce Practices
• Excellence in Workplace Well-Being
• Excellence in Recruitment & Retention Strategy
• Excellence in Employee Engagement
• Excellence in Employee Diversity & Inclusion Strategies
• Excellence in Training, Learning & Development Programmes
• Excellence in Leadership Development
• Excellence in Employee Development
• Excellence in HR Strategic Plan
• Excellence in Cross-Border HR Programmes
• Excellence in CSR Practices
• Excellence in Employer Branding
• Excellence in Graduate Development
• Excellence in HR Social Media
• Excellence in Innovative Use of HR Technology
• Excellence in Talent Management
• SME Employer of the Year Award
• HR Team of the Year
• HR Grand Winner 2015

Individual Awards

• HR Young Talent of the Year
• HR Professional of the Year

Open only to in-house corporate HR teams, the HR Excellence Awards this year will celebrate high achievement in 23 categories which cover HR strategy, compensation & benefits, learning & development, corporate social responsibility, employee engagement, diversity, employer branding, leadership development and many more.

As always, the HR Excellence Awards are judged solely by an esteemed jury of over 60 regional heads of HR from around Asia, making them the only HR awards in Asia based on a peer review system.

Companies represented on the HR Excellence Awards jury are the most respected Fortune 500 organisations and some of the biggest employers in Asia, and the 2015 jury is no different.

Past HR Excellence Awards winners are a who’s who of the most respected HR teams in Asia – AccorHotels, Agilent Technologies, ANZ Bank, Astro Holdings, BASF, BMW, Cisco Systems, DBS Bank, Dell, Deloitte, eBay, Ericsson, Ernst & Young, Facebook, Fuji Xerox, Google, Groupon, KPMG, Land Transport Authority, Malaysia Airports, Manulife, Maybank, McCann Erickson, Media Prima, Ministry of Manpower, National Environment Agency, PwC, Philips, Samsung, Siemens, Singapore Telecommunications, SMRT Corporation, Star Publications, Starwood Hotels, Thomson Reuters, UPS, VMWare, Unilever, Waggener Edstrom and many more have all proudly accepted HR Excellence Awards trophies over the years.

The awards are 10 weeks away but there’s no time to lose – the first entry deadline is only three weeks away.

For more information on the HR Excellence Awards and to review the award categories, judging panel and to download the entry kit please visit www.hrexcellenceawards.asia or contact Seraphine Neoh on seraphinen@humanresourcesonline.net or call +65 6423 0329.