reed.co.uk gives away a million job postings

Leading job board, reed.co.uk, is giving recruiters up to a million free job postings, marking the anniversary of its Freecruitment service.

6,000 of reed.co.ukís longest serving recruitment agency clients will be re-credited on Monday, 16 November, whilst others will receive their free allowance in 2010.

reed.co.uk launched its pioneering free online recruitment service in 2000 and has continued to develop its market leading range of products and services for recruiting professionals since. It is now the UK's most visited job site (Hitwise, October 2009), sending over 8,000 recruiters more than 1.6 million job applications every month.

Martin Warnes, Managing Director at reed.co.uk, comments:

Since its launch in 2000, reed.co.uk's service has become an integral part of the candidate attraction strategy for recruiters up and down the UK.

By continuing to offer recruitment businesses a free service, we've been able to develop our product in line with clients' demands and introduce the services they value most.î

Today, recruitment agencies can benefit from simple account upgrades to take advantage of reed.co.ukís full range of services, including class-leading CV search, branding opportunities and vacancy features, all from as little as 270 a month.

Warnes continues:

ìOver the last nine years, weíve worked with thousands of recruitment businesses who have supported our development and growth.

ìThis year, weíre pledging to give away up to a million free job postings in support of the UKís recruitment industry. Whether agencies are using our free or paid for services, we wish them the best possible return from working with us.î

October saw reed.co.uk's most successful month to date, as the impact of its nationwide brand advertising campaign pushed the number of visits to a record 5.3 million. Jobseekers on reed.co.uk viewed more than 59 million pages, nearly 50% more than any other job site (source: Hitwise, 2009).