The Categories

SARAs represent the many facets of the recruitment industry.

Categories have been developed in consultation with our supporting partner and key industry body, the RCSA.

The SARA categories for 2010 are:

Generalist Recruiter
This award category caters to recruitment agencies who place candidates in a range of industries. Their business model is based around providing recruitment services to clients from a broad range of industries.

Executive Recruiter
This award is open to any recruitment agency whose core business is the placement of senior and executive candidates with a salary range of above $100,000 per year.

IT Recruiter
This award is open to any recruitment agency whose core business (over 80%) is in the recruitment of IT professionals.

Specialist Recruiter This award is open to any recruitment agency who positions themselves in the marketplace as a specialist within an industry sector. For example, Marketing, Sales or Engineering.

How to determine which award category your company should compete in?

Large – Your agency falls in the large category if you have over 50 consultants
Medium – Your agency falls in the medium category if you have between 20 and 50
Small – Your agency falls in the small category if you have fewer than 20 consultants