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Gaia announces sponsorship of the RAD Awards as the celebrate their 35th year

  • The RAD awards champion the very best in employer branding, recruitment marketing and people communications  
  • Gaia, a leader in AI-powered recruitment, has announced its sponsorship of The RAD Awards 2025, specifically supporting the Use of Technology category.

London, 17th September 2024Gaia, the AI-powered recruitment platform, has announced its sponsorship of The RAD Awards 2025. The awards highlight excellence in employer branding, recruitment marketing and people communications, with recognition given to ad agencies in partnership with their clients, as well as in-house teams.

Gaia is sponsoring the Major Use of Technology category and will present the award and congratulate the winners. The awards have been running for 35 consecutive years and are considered “The Oscars” of the industry, celebrating the very best creative work from across the talent acquisition market. This year’s ceremony will be held at The Grosvenor House Hotel on London’s Park Lane on Thursday 30th January 2025.

Ben Keighley, Co-Founder of Gaia, said: “We want to sponsor the RAD Awards because, like us, they champion the very best in recruitment marketing and employer branding.  

“We’re thrilled to support the Use of Technology category this year, which showcases some of the most cutting-edge campaigns in recruitment marketing and employer branding.  

“As a business focused on AI and innovation, it’s a natural fit for Gaia to be associated with this category, pushing the boundaries of what’s possible in recruitment.

“It’s always fantastic to see the recruitment marketing community come together to celebrate the industry and each other’s achievements for employers nationwide.

“We look forward to being part of another brilliant event and to continuing our affiliation with The Rad Awards.”

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About Gaia  

Gaia is an AI-powered recruitment platform that helps employers to find, target and attract the best candidates for their roles. It uses digital channels, including search and social media, to simplify hiring practices and create seamless experiences for both candidates and clients.

Gaia’s technology identifies where and when adverts should appear, and tailors recruitment campaigns based on candidate profiles and which platforms are generating the most engagement to save employers time and money.  

As a passionate believer in equal opportunities for all, Gaia strives to create a fair and effective recruitment system for everyone through empathy and a deep understanding of the challenges faced by employers and candidates.  

For more information, please contact:  

media@iamgaia.com

Feature / Capability Gaia Adzuna
AI-powered targeting ✅ Predictive targeting trained on 1 billion hiring data points 🟡 AI job matching, resume scoring and application optimisation
Omni-channel reach ✅ All 11 channels: Google Display, Google Search, Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, Reddit, LinkedIn, YouTube, X, Pinterest, Snapchat 🟡 Social platforms plus job-board and partner network
Open-web display & paid search ✅ Programmatic display and paid search across Google Display, Google Search, Reddit, YouTube, X and Pinterest, beyond social ❌ Social and aggregator network only
Programmatic AI optimisation ✅ AI-powered live optimisation across channels 🟡 Campaign automation and CPA targeting
Cookie-free retargeting ✅ First-party, privacy-safe retargeting ❌ Not offered
Self-Serve & managed options ✅ GaiaSelf-Serve or GaiaComplete managed service ❌ Managed / demo-led model
Job pages & employer branding ✅ Fast-loading, branded, mobile-first job pages 🟡 Easy Apply flow
Candidate experience (CX) ✅ 45-second mobile-first apply 🟡 Easy Apply with in-app screening and SMS capture
ATS integration ✅ 50+ ATS integrations with two-way sync + XML 🟡 ATS integration and XML job feed
Analytics & insights ✅ Real-time dashboard and campaign analytics 🟡 Campaign data and industry benchmarks
Data & machine learning ✅ 8+ years of ML, 1 billion hiring data points 🟡 AI matching across core platform
Platform architecture ✅ Single platform purpose-built for performance recruitment marketing 🟡 Search core plus acquired social (Seiza) and automation layers
Legend: ✅ full / native capability · 🟡 available but narrower or different in approach · ❌ not offered


Who is Gaia best for

Gaia suits in-house recruitment teams, agencies and RPOs who want:

- To reach beyond job boards into the open web and social channels.
- Real-time campaign optimisation and data-driven decision making.
- Flexibility between self-serve and managed service.
- Seamless integration with existing ATS workflows.
- A measurable lift in quality and volume of applicants.

Adzuna works well for teams who want a large active-jobseeker search audience, now combined with social advertising and candidate automation, delivered as a managed service.

Final word: Gaia vs Adzuna

If you need broad, AI-targeted reach, multi-channel automation and real performance data, Gaia delivers a fundamentally different proposition to job board aggregators like Adzuna. Both now operate in social recruitment advertising, but Gaia is purpose-built for performance, with broader reach across the open web and paid search, real-time cross-channel optimisation, cookie-free retargeting and the choice of self-serve or managed delivery. For TA, HR and EB leaders tasked with hitting hiring targets in competitive markets, Gaia provides the tools, intelligence and flexibility to succeed.

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