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Reed.co.uk

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Founded in 1995, Reed.co.uk was the first recruitment website offered by a recruitment agency in the UK.

Since then, Reed.co.uk has grown to become one of the UK's leading jobs and careers sites.

Jobs: Each month, more than 11 million people turn to Reed.co.uk in their search for work, making almost 100,000 applications every day. Reed.co.uk features vacancies from over 30,000 recruiters a year, including private and public sector employers and leading recruitment agencies and consultants..

Courses: Every year, 11 million course seekers visit Reed Courses in search of their next learning opportunity. Reed Courses works with around 1,000 respected learning providers to advertise more than 70,000 courses on a wide range of subjects; from accounting and HR, right through to fitness and cooking.

Career Advice: Hundreds of thousands of readers visit Reed.co.uk’s Career Advice site every month for expert tips and advice on CVs, cover letters, interviews, professional development and more.

Our vision is simple: to connect people to a world of career opportunities online

Reed.co.uk is part of the Reed Group of companies.
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148.16K
Followers
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Followers
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Website visits
5M /mo.
Mentions
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Location
United Kingdom
Employees
201-500
Phone
(657) 212-4041
Founded date
2000

Mentions in press and media 50

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Sep 2, 2026Reed CEO: Graduate jobs crisis is getting worseWith graduate job postings continuing to plummet, youth unemployment should be treated as a national crisis, writes James Reed in today’s Notebook In recent days, we’ve seen more stark evidence of the deteriorating jobs market, particularly...
Jul 29, 2026James Reed: My advice for Andy Burnham on his big promotionJames Reed, whose worked in recruitment for over three decades, shares his three tips for Andy Burnham on starting his big new job Having worked in recruitment for over 30 years, I am often asked for my advice on starting a big new job. The...
Jun 26, 2026The best way to stand out in an AI hiring market may be surprisingly old-fashioned, a recruitment CEO saysAI-generated cover letters may be all the rage, but one recruitment veteran says the best way to get noticed is a far more traditional approach. James Reed, the CEO of Reed Recruitment, said generative AI has flooded employers with near-ide...
May 26, 2026James Reed: UK needs entrepreneurs desperately. So I’m gonna fund themMy father founded Reed in 1960 with just £75. My new fund will help create the next generation of entrepreneurs Britain so desperately needs, says James Reed British entrepreneurs are remarkably resilient. We have a strong culture of innova...
Mar 25, 2026James Reed: V-levels are Labour’s best idea yetMiddle-class prejudice towards vocational paths has held the UK back. I welcome Labour’s V-level push, writes James Reed It is long past time that we did away with the snobbery around non-academic routes into work. Our young people are faci...
Feb 25, 2026James Reed: Youth unemployment crisis will have decades-long impactThose not working in their twenties are unlikely to start in their thirties. The youth unemployment crisis needs action now before it’s too late, writes James Reed The fact that almost one in eight young people aged 16 to 24 is not in educa...
Jan 26, 2026James Reed: Usual January job hunting surge delayed by WFHThe first Monday of the working year has long been the busiest day for job searches, but that’s slowly changing, writes James Reed, chairman and CEO of Reed Divorce lawyers, gyms and recruiters all have busy Januaries. In the recruitment wo...
Nov 6, 2025How to get hired by a botAI has infiltrated every stage of the job hunt – but has it made recruitment better? Asks Eliza Filby The recruitment guru James Reed warned last week that “graduate jobs are no longer a given,” fuelling talk of a looming “jobpocalypse” and...
Oct 22, 2025Britain needs to ‘encourage enterprising entrepreneurs’ to kick-start economyBritain “needs to be a nation of shopkeepers once again” and “encourage enterprising entrepreneurs” to boost its economic prosperity, the chief executive of recruitment giant Reed has said. Speaking on an up-coming episode of City AM‘s Boar...
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FAQ about Reed.co.uk

When was Reed.co.uk founded?

Reed.co.uk was founded in 2000.

What has the press written about Reed.co.uk?

Parsers VC has collected 50 articles mentioning Reed.co.uk, among them “Reed CEO: Graduate jobs crisis is getting worse” (Sep 2, 2026) and “James Reed: My advice for Andy Burnham on his big promotion” (Jul 29, 2026).

Is Reed.co.uk still active?

Yes, Reed.co.uk is active; its latest activity on Parsers VC dates from Sep 30, 2026.