reed.co.uk hits 250,000 jobs, signalling thriving job market in 2006

reed.co.uk has surpassed 250,000 live jobs

The milestone signals a healthy New Year job market, as well as offering a valuable insight into current recruitment trends.

Martin Warnes, reed.co.ukís Head of Operations, comments:

ìRecruiters using reed.co.uk post jobs across 34 industry sectors in every UK location and this gives us a very accurate and dynamic snapshot of the job market. As well as more obvious geographical trends, we can quickly see more subtle indicators about individual industries.

ìFor example, there are now over 30,000 jobs in Accountancy and Senior Finance on reed.co.uk, indicating significant demand for talent in this sector.

ìWeíve also been able to identify significant growth in certain sectors: Building and Construction, Hospitality and Catering, Retail and Scientific have all grown considerably over the last twelve months.î

The 250,000 jobs milestone also underlines how fundamental online services are to the current recruitment mix.

Warnes comments:

ìOnline recruitment has truly come of age and is of huge importance across all types of employment.

ìOver 5,500 employers and 12,500 agencies use reed.co.uk to recruit staff and many are dependent on the applications they receive online.î

reed.co.uk has enjoyed significant growth in the 10 years since its launch in 1995. Much of this success is due to its unique free online recruitment service, Freecruitment, which allows recruiters to post jobs, and receive and manage applications, all for free.

reed.co.uk has generated over 900,000 job applications in January, with over 1.2 million job searches each week.