The Reed Group
The largest family-run recruitment company in the world, and a pioneer of specialist recruitment services. We work with more than 30,000 organisations in the to fill their temporary, permanent and interim positions for 20 sectors.
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When it comes to employee screening, we take care of your employment background checks. Reed Screening combines extensive experience with a comprehensive list of checks. The service is available 24 hours, seven days a week and, with a fast-track service, Reed Screening can produce results in hours, not days - so you can make the right hiring choices fast.
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Established in 1972, the Reed Business School is a centre of excellence for professional qualification tuition and boasts pass rates far above the national average. We specialise in finance and accountancy qualifications and focus on helping to equip our students with not only the skills and knowledge to achieve their professional qualifications, but create a unique and comfortable learning environment.
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The Reed Foundation is a charity set up by the founder of Reed, Sir Alec Reed in 1972. Over the past 10 years, the foundation has donated over £9.5 million to a wide variety of charities from a multitude of sectors, including environment and social mobility organisations here in the UK. Its purpose is to give back to the communities we work in and inspire a tradition of charitable giving as a company and with our co-members.
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In 2021 we introduced Reed Franchise Partnerships, an exciting opportunity to bring international franchisees into our Reed family. After many years of establishing ourselves as an international community of recruitment experts, we want to help others use the Reed name to build their own business, with the help of our infrastructure, tools, and resources that can help them accelerate to success.
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Reed.co.uk is one of the UK’s leading career marketplaces, connecting people to a world of career opportunities online. As well as jobs, Reed.co.uk offers courses and career advice. For recruiters and employers, it provides job advertising, a CV database with over 12 million candidates, plus recruiter advice and news.
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The history of Reed
Daniel Cumbo
Electronics Engineer
I am lucky to have been a candidate of Reed. They were genuinely invested in placing me at a great company and in reaching my career goals. Very insightful, particularly in the tech industry here in Malta. Reed are always conscientious, pleasant and friendly, even if the outcome was not for his own best interest. Definitely a recruitment company you want on your side. I highly recommend Reed if you're just starting your career or if you want to up your game.
Carlos Alvarez
Full Stack Developer
It was a pleasure to work with Reed during a recruitment process, I can guarantee that their impeccable dedication, effort and kindness along the process reflects their professionalism, making Reed one of the bests recruiters I ever worked with.
Client testimonial
Client testimonial
"Luke is wonderful to work with and has great experience when it comes to recruitment in the financial services sector. He is extremely dedicated to his job, and demonstrated a wonderful professional and ethical approach with our firm. His assistance is second to none and he made sure that our recruitment needs were not only heard, but strictly taken care of by offering our firm an exceptional selection of candidates – tailor made to our needs. I highly recommend Luke for his methodological searches and all-round recruitment assistance."
1960
Humble Beginnings
Reed was founded on 7th May 1960, with the first office located on Kingsley Rd, Hounslow (West London). In the early 1960s Reed pioneered specialist recruitment services; a move that fundamentally changed the UK recruitment market.
Candidate testimonial
Candidate testimonial
I would like to thank Reed Malta, especially Jade Banavage, for her professional guidance and assistance in helping me find a new job opportunity - as it took only one week for her to do so! I would recommend this recruitment agency for their prompt action taken. Thank you once more Jade.
Client testimonial
Client testimonial
Jade has been very professional in all our exchanges when supporting my company's recruitment. She is an accountable person and a pleasure to work with. Her etiquette is paramount to her communication skills, and she always honours commitments in a timely manner. I'm looking forward to our future collaboration.
Candidate testimonial
Candidate testimonial
I recommend Jade Banavage and Reed Recruitment as an agency. Jade guided me throughout the interview process with HID. She provided thorough interview materials and answered my questions pre and post the first interview, and continued to coach me through the second interview process. Jade is a very good consultant who clearly has strong relationships with her clients and wants to find the best fit for them and her candidates. Jade had the personal touch and checked how I was doing on my first day at my new job, and made sure I was settled in after my first few days at my new company.
Giovanni Guarino
General Manger
Meeting Giuseppe Buda at Reed was very important to me. He is a fantastic and professional recruiter, who immediately understood my profile and gave me precious pieces of advice with regards to the Maltese labour market. His availability and attention to details make him undoubtedly a precious resource for any organization. I have met several recruiters in Malta, but he is probably one of the best ones I have met.
Elisa Lo Iacono
Associate Service Manager
Luke is a highly qualified and professional recruiter who helped me in my job research. We met for a first interview where I felt at ease and he was able to summarise my skills and competences in a well written cover letter. He is definitely a good referee in case you are seeking for new opportunities in Malta.
Shanice Abela
HR Officer
Ella has always been a very professional person to work with. Very patient and does her best to understand a client's needs.
Michael Portelli Madden
General Manager
Ella shows great attention to detail and is responsive to her client needs. She provides a “one to one” recruitment service, ensuring both employer and candidate are the optimum match and best cultural fit for each other. Definitely recommended.
Client testimonial
Client testimonial
"I had the opportunity to work with Ella for a Senior position hire with a very specific skillset. I had used a number of other agencies who had not gained much success even after weeks and months of searching. With Ella as our point of contact at Reed Global, in just over a week, we found a candidate who ticked all the boxes and is currently working at our firm!"
Client testimonial
Client testimonial
"Ella is a driven, knowledgeable and punctual HR specialist, whom I have cooperated on both sides of the HR scope. She follows up closely on leads and provides detailed feedback to both employers and job candidates. Her greatest quality is her ability to analyse specific needs and match those with availabilities. "
Candidate testimonial
Candidate testimonial
"Highly recommend Ella for recruitment. She played a key role in recommending me to my present employer and facilitating my employment as Head of Communications. Ella is hardworking and resourceful. Throughout the selection process she kept me updated and provided sound advice, which helped to successfully conclude the selection process."
Client testimonial
Client testimonial
"Luke was fantastic to work with. As a recruiter, he understands perfectly what his client is looking for. He was always very professional and was always available for advice during the whole process. I could not recommend Luke more highly."
1972
Educate to Accumulate
Sir Alec Reed founded the Reed Business School in a Cotswolds manor house to provide a learning centre for Reed Co-Members as well as residential courses for accountancy students. The Reed Business School has even been listed as one of the most beautiful places to study in the world.
1988
Building the Foundation
The Reed Foundation acquired 18% of the Reed Group of companies and, in the following year, founded both Ethiopiaid and Womankind Worldwide.
1995
Online Revolution
Reed became the first high street recruitment agency in the UK to have a presence on the web. reed.co.uk is the UK’s #1 job site and has also become one of Europe’s biggest job boards, being used by 85% of the UK’s top 100 recruitment agencies.
1996
Reed Learning
In 1996, Reed Learning became one of the UK’s leading business training providers. It was the first provider to launch green learning courses, become an exclusive training partner to Google and winner of several national training awards. Now, Reed.co.uk is home to thousands of online learning courses.
1998
Welfare to work
Established in 1998, Reed in Partnership was one of the first employment support service providers in the UK, with a single office in Hackney. Today, Reed in Partnership offers services throughout the UK, fulfilling its mission: to positively transform people’s lives and their communities.
2007
The Big Give
The Big Give is a non-profit, match funding platform that allows charities to double donations from supporters. Since its launch in 2007, it has raised over £156 million for thousands of great causes through the power of match funding.
2008
Reed goes global
In 2008 the organic growth of Reed, meant taking our family values global. For the first time ever, we opened international Reed offices in Turkey, Malta, Czech Republic, Hungary and South Korea.
2020
60 years and counting
In May 2020 Reed turned 60 years old. With 60 years under our belt and many more to go, we continue to lead the way with the best recruitment solutions and comprehensive industry knowledge. Over the last seven decades, Reed has organically grown to become one of the world’s largest recruitment powerhouses, having built an incredibly strong team of over 3,400 co-members across a number of locations.
2021
Reed Franchise Partnerships
This year we have launched our latest venture. Reed Franchise Partnerships' purpose is to share knowledge and experience with partners further afield. With the help of our experienced team members, our new international partners are starting out on recruitment journeys which we hope are as long and fruitful as Reed’s.