Tenth Annual Awards Honoring World's Best Workplaces and HR Professionals Continues to Accept Nominations
FAIRFAX, Va., June 12, 2025 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- The Stevie® Awards, organizer of the Stevie® Awards for Great Employers, announced today that the final entry deadline for the tenth annual competition has been extended to Wednesday, July 2.
The Stevie Awards for Great Employers honor the world's best companies to work for and the HR teams and professionals, HR achievements, new products and services, and suppliers that help to create and drive great workplaces.
"After many requests for individual deadline extensions, we have decided to extend the deadline for everyone," said Stevie Awards President Maggie Miller. The original final deadline was June 11. Miller emphasizes that no additional late fees will be charged for entries submitted through July 2, and late entries will not be penalized in the judging process.
All organizations now have two more weeks to prepare and submit their entries. All individuals and organizations worldwide - public and private, for-profit and non-profit, large and small - may submit nominations to the Stevie Awards for Great Employers. The 2025 awards will honor achievements since the beginning of 2023. Entry details are available at http://www.StevieAwards.com/HR.
There are a variety of new categories in the 2025 competition. These include three new Achievement categories: Achievement in Developing and Preparing for the Future of Work, Achievement in Upskilling/Reskilling Employees, and Best Training and Development Program for Supporting Business Strategy.
There are also four new HR Individual categories: Outstanding Individual Contribution to HR, Culture Transformation Leader of the Year, Human Resources Influencer of the Year, and Human Resources Tech Innovator of the Year.
In addition, a new HR Team category has been introduced: HR Tech Innovation Team of the Year.
Six new categories have also been added for solutions, implementations, training programs, and media:
Digital Recruitment Solution – New or New-Version
Digital Recruitment Solution – Implementation
Employee Upskill/Reskill Training
Expertise or Professional Development Training
Training for Social Impact
Wellbeing and Engagement Training
17 of the 20 HR Individual categories do not require payment of entry fees, including Human Resources Executive of the Year, HR Rising Star of the Year, Employee Relations Professional of the Year, Onboarding Professional of the Year, Recruiting or Talent Acquisition Professional of the Year, and others.
Winners in the 31 industry-specific Employer of the Year categories will be determined by a unique blending of public votes and professional ratings. Public voting will take place from June 28 to July 25.
The Stevie Awards for Great Employers recognize achievement in many facets of the workplace. Categories include:
● Employer of the Year Categories
● HR Achievement Categories
● HR Individual Categories
● HR Team Categories
● Solutions, Implementations, and Training Programs or Media Categories
● Solution Provider Categories
● Thought Leadership
More than 100 professionals worldwide, working on several juries, will determine the Stevie Award winners. Winners in the 2025 Gold, Silver, and Bronze Stevie Awards will be announced on July 17 and celebrated during a gala banquet in conjunction with the Stevie Awards for Technology Excellence ceremony on September 16 in New York City.
About the Stevie® Awards
Stevie Awards are conferred in nine programs: the Asia-Pacific Stevie Awards, the German Stevie Awards, the Middle East & North Africa Stevie Awards, The American Business Awards®, The International Business Awards®, the Stevie Awards for Great Employers, the Stevie Awards for Women in Business, the Stevie Awards for Sales & Customer Service, and the newest Stevie Awards program, the Stevie Awards for Technology Excellence. Stevie Awards competitions receive over 12,000 entries annually from organizations in more than 70 nations. Honoring organizations of all types and sizes and the people behind them, the Stevies recognize outstanding performance in the workplace worldwide. Learn more about the Stevie Awards at http://www.StevieAwards.com.
Media Contact
Nina Moore, Stevie Awards Inc., 7035478389, [email protected], www.stevieawards.com/hr
SOURCE Stevie Awards Inc.

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