The F1 Recruitment agency has agreed to continue its support of the Professional Development Award, part of the ESA Excellence Awards of the European Sponsorship Association.
Members of the ESA have been invited to enter the 2014 Professional Development Award to illustrate their company’s commitment to developing best practice through investment in staff training and career development. The award focuses on HR strategy and the implementation of both internal and external training and educational programmes.
Open to all ESA members, the award’s criteria differentiates those businesses that are privately owned from those which form part of a wider group of companies. Karen Earl, ESA chairman, said: “ESA is committed to developing the professionalism of our industry and this Professional Development Award underpins that aim. We are passionate about encouraging our members to put training and career development at the top of their agenda – whether they are a small or large agency.
“The Award is judged not on the size of budgets deployed, but the quality of thinking in the development of training programmes which are designed to provide employees with the maximum all-round benefit.”
To support the criteria highlighted within the award entry form, an ESA Guide to Professional Development – using Education and Training effectively, is available to provide advice to assist managers when implementing or refining their training and education programme.
Both the awards entry form and complementary guide are accessible via the ESA Excellence Awards web section, along with details about the special panel of judges invited to judge this award.
For queries, contact the ESA Awards team via awards@sponsorship.org or telephone +44 (0) 20 8390 3311.