Specialist recruitment firm 2discover has signed on as official event partner for the Australian HR Awards.

The Australian HR Awards will bring together industry leaders to celebrate excellence in the HR profession. This prestigious awards event will recognise the achievements of individuals, teams and organisations in 19 categories covering the people management spectrum.

Other leading sponsors confirmed include Deloitte Leadership Academy, saba, Peak Health Management, Human Group, Frontier Software, EmployeeConnect and Accumulate.

"The Australian HR Awards team is extremely pleased with the huge amount of support the event has received to date," said Key Media publishing director Justin Kennedy. "Nominations are open until 5 August and we are encouraging all HR professionals to take this opportunity to recognise the achievements of their peers."

The Australian HR Awards will be held at the Hilton Sydney hotel on 28 October 2011. Find out more and submit nominations today at the official Awards website.