The latest recruitment drive grows headcount across sales, technical and product development teams.

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

“Over the last two years, the reed.co.uk team has worked extremely hard to grow the business, win new clients and establish ourselves as the UK’s market leader.

“Servicing our diverse range of clients, understanding and delivering on their requirements and providing best-in-class products are all essential to our ambitious growth plans.”

reed.co.uk has undergone a significant period of growth since successfully launching a range of new online recruitment products in November 2007. At the same time, reed.co.uk has conitnued to raise the profile of its brand to ensure the site continues to be the number one destination for jobseekers.

Warnes continues:

“Our recent advertising campaign has promoted a positive message about the jobs market to jobseekers and recruiters, and we see that as fundamental to our role as a business. So we’re proud to be able to expand our team and attract top talent during trying times.”

reed.co.uk has received the biggest average monthly market share of visits to any UK job site in 2009 (source: Hitwise), and generated a record 1.7 million applications in September.

Activity will extend throughout Great Britain and Northern Ireland, with nationwide bus side advertising kicking off the campaign, supported by local radio commercials and an extended poster campaign on the London Underground.

The autumn burst, which will breath new life into reed.co.uk’s hugely popular ‘Love Mondays’ campaign, will be the brand’s biggest promotion of recent years, reaching out to new jobseeking audiences.

Mark Rhodes, Head of Marketing at reed.co.uk, explains that brand advertising is a key part of reed.co.uk’s strategy to lead the market:

“reed.co.uk is a highly respected online recruitment brand, delivering an outstanding product and an extremely effective service. Building awareness amongst jobseekers from all specialisms is key to cementing our position as the UK’s job market, online.

“We’re committed to a long term programme of brand activity to attract a new generation of jobseekers to reed.co.uk, improving the effectiveness of the service we provide to recruiters and expanding the diversity and quality of CVs registered with the site.”

The latest campaign comes as reports suggest the UK jobs market is showing signs of recovery, and reed.co.uk continues to win new clients across a range of industries.

Rhodes comments:

“In spite of the difficult jobs market, we’re confident that now is the time to remind jobseekers across the UK that there are thousands of vacancies available and that the number of organisations recruiting is on the rise.”

Recruiters have posted over 800,000 vacancies on reed.co.uk so far in 2009, attracting more than 12 million applications.

James Reed, Executive Chairman of reed.co.uk, explains:

“Going to work offers a rich diversity of human experiences: from friendship to fulfilment, compassion to humour.

“This is an open invitation to put together a short film so we can capture as many and as varied a selection of workplace experiences as possible and share them with everyone online. “

The competition, which is being run on reed.co.uk and YouTube, is open to anyone, regardless of their film making credentials. Entries may be no more than three minutes long and content must represent a ‘workplace’ theme.

James Reed continues:

“Film making experience is not a must, but a desire to share what the workplace means to you in a short film is.

“Whether you’re an accomplished film maker or you’re simply shooting with your mobile phone, we want to capture the moment, be it funny, artistic, dramatic or thought provoking.”

reed.co.uk’s Workplace Film Competition runs from September, 2009 until January, 2010. An expert judging panel will be revealed later this year and will be made up of leading lights from the worlds of film making, advertising and media.

James Reed comments:

“The prize on offer and the quality of the judging panel shows reed.co.uk’s commitment to promoting new talent in film making.  We hope to make this competition an annual event.”

Full details can be found at reed.co.uk/film.

Matt Wisniewski joins reed.co.uk to head up the Advertising Agency sales team. Matt brings a wealth of knowledge and contacts, with an agency background gained in the online recruitment industry.

Simon Foord has vast experience gained in regional press roles across the UK and will spearhead reed.co.uk’s operation in the Midlands.

reed.co.uk continues to recruit across all areas of its business, with roles currently available in telesales, field sales, marketing, web development and design.

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

“reed.co.uk’s client base across the UK has grown enormously over the last two years and we now look forward to working with Matt, Simon and other talented individuals in delivering the best possible campaigns for our clients.”

reed.co.uk continues to be the UK’s biggest and most visited commercial job site, featuring more than 95,000 vacancies and with a bigger market share of traffic than Monster, Jobsite or Totaljobs (Hitwise, July 2009).

Figures released by industry-recognised traffic measurement company, Hitwise, show that reed.co.uk received a greater market share of visits than Monster, Jobsite or Totaljobs for nine of the last ten months.

Mark Rhodes, Head of Marketing at reed.co.uk, comments:

“Driving jobseekers to reed.co.uk is not only fundamental to our success, but to the success of the thousands of recruiters who benefit from reed.co.uk everyday.”

“We go to great lengths to ensure we attract the broadest range of the most relevant jobseekers and have worked hard to raise the profile of reed.co.uk to its current level. We’re fully committed to growing jobseeker traffic further in the coming weeks and months.”

reed.co.uk recently ran outdoor advertising across London and the South East, complemented by a wide-ranging digital campaign. The activity carried a positive theme, focusing on the high number of vacancies still available across the UK, despite the prevailing economic conditions.

Rhodes continues:

“There are more people seeking work in the UK currently than there have been for a number of years. It’s our job to make sure we guide jobseekers to the most fruitful source vacancies – and that’s reed.co.uk.”

reed.co.uk continues to grow as a business and is currently hiring in sales, marketing and technical development.

The packages, which include a variety of reed.co.uk’s most popular features, have been designed to give recruitment agencies of all sizes access to the full range of benefits offered by the UK’s biggest commercial job site.

Martin Warnes, Managing Director of reed.co.uk, explains:

“It’s no secret that the recruitment industry has been affected by the economic situation. We’re keen to work with our clients to help them continue to deliver an effective recruitment service and are responding with a series of high value product bundles at a highly competitive cost.”

The packages, which can be ordered online, come with a range of flexible payment options, including the facility to pay by Direct Debit, attracting a discount of 10%.

Warnes continues:

“With this launch, we have a subscription plan to suit every recruitment business. Each one includes a generous provision of job postings, as well as access to reed.co.uk’s 1.4 million-strong CV database, with prices starting from as little as £300 a month.”

reed.co.uk will continue to offer its celebrated Freecruitment service, giving recruitment agencies the facility to post up to 50 jobs per year for free. The new packages will add upgraded job listing features, CV Search access and branding opportunities.

The list was compiled by an independent and voluntary Expert Council that was brought together by The Centre for Brand Analysis. Council members individually rated each brand from one to ten, but they were not allowed to score the brands with which they had a direct assocation or with which they are in competition. The experts considered each brand’s performance against the definition of a business superbrand as well as looking at quality, reliability and distinction.

The REED recruitment brand was established 49 years ago by Alec Reed and is now a thriving and diverse group of recruitment, learning and welfare to work businesses.

Why are we proud of this achievement?

This report reflects the extent to which the REED brand has become synonymous with recruitment in the UK - for a great many jobseekers, reed.co.uk is the first port of call for finding a new job and improving their career.

Employers see volunteering as a way of spring boarding people into a career, with 84% of those responsible for hiring agreeing that volunteering is a way to help people find work.

And it’s not just those looking for a new job whose careers can benefit from volunteering.  Over 70% of employers believe that those who volunteer have a better chance of earning a higher salary and gaining promotion.

Jobseekers increasingly understand the value of volunteering too. Out of 3,000 jobseekers surveyed, 20% said volunteering helped their communications skills, 19% said their team working abilities were improved and 10% said their time management had improved.

With graduates fighting to make their CVs competitive, the new research shows that voluntary work could be the added extra to make a CV stand out from the crowd. When recruiting, 80% of employers value volunteering on a CV, 66% rate hobbies and 54% rate travel as important extra curricular activities.

Mark Rhodes, Head of Marketing at reed.co.uk, agrees that a stint as a volunteer can be a great way to gain new skills and experiences that are vital in a today’s workplace:

“Everyone knows the job market’s a tough place to be right now and we’re seeing jobseekers increasingly look to find a competitive edge when making applications.

“Jobseekers who volunteer can benefit from exposure to a range of core workplace activities, such as communication, line management and teamwork.”

Indeed, TimeBank’s own research, conducted earlier this year, revealed that half of volunteers across the country claim that their volunteering experience helped them secure a job.

Lynne Allen, 22 years old and a recent graduate, volunteered at The Brighton Fringe Festival and her experience secured her first job at a promotional merchandising and events company:

“I would recommend volunteering to any graduate who’s struggling to find a job. It can provide you with skills that you didn’t have before and that other candidates may not have. It shows to employers that you’re really dedicated too. I was so worried about finding a job after I graduated as I’d heard absolutely nothing back from those I applied for. Volunteering at Brighton Fringe Festival helped me gain lots of experience in events and I developed valuable skills that I didn’t have before – the employer spotted that and it must have given me the edge on other candidates.”

Helen Walker, Chief Executive of TimeBank says:

“We know that volunteering is a great way for people to stand out to a prospective employer. It demonstrates passion and commitment because you’re willing to give your time to a project despite it being unpaid, and it also gives you the chance to develop the soft skills needed in a work environment. For all those people that are being made redundant too, volunteering can help them sustain confidence, purpose and remain focused on returning to the job market as quickly as possible.”

As with last year’s highly successful ‘Love Mondays’ advertising campaign, forthcoming activity will start with heavyweight outdoor media, including posters and bus side advertising. Initially the campaign will run across the London Underground network and on buses throughout the Greater London area.

Outdoor activity will be complemented by a wide-ranging digital campaign, targeting jobseekers across a variety of sites.

Mark Rhodes, Head of Marketing at reed.co.uk, comments:

“The jobs market has shifted considerably since our last campaign and this is reflected in our messaging for the latest activity.

“We want to let jobseekers know that there are still thousands of vacancies available up and down the country and that reed.co.uk is still the best place to find them.”

reed.co.uk continues to win new clients across a range of industries, with recent significant wins in Retail and the Public Sector.

Rhodes continues:

“In spite of trying economic times, a great many organisations continue to recruit. By continuing to promote reed.co.uk as the destination of choice for UK jobseekers, we can ensure we supply recruiters in all areas with the best candidates.”

reed.co.uk continues to be the UK’s most visited commercial job site, receiving the biggest share of visits for seven of the last eight months (Hitwise).

Keep track of Frank’s no-nonsense advice, job hunting tips and career tit-bits, at twitter.com/careerfrank