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•  Reed.co.uk - Free Recruitment??? Reed has announced (by email) that they are starting to charge all companies that advertise over 500 jobs per year ...	melaniem	14/11/07 10:42	40151
•  Re: Reed.co.uk - Free Recruitment??? £1,000 for the full year?? Started discussing £1,500 per month with me, now talking about £650 per month for CV ...	MainlyPerm	04/12/07 10:43	44707
•  Re: Reed.co.uk - Free Recruitment??? REEDS GREED!! I am a small agency and wont be able to afford Reeds fees, and why should I pay reed ...	sue ledingham	13/12/07 00:41	46232
•  Re: Reed.co.uk - Free Recruitment??? Reed just gave me a quote for £1000 cv database for 1st year RUTH	Ruth G	03/12/07 13:36	44563
•  Re: Reed.co.uk - Free Recruitment??? Any updates on negotiations with Reed? Seem to be coming up with some good packages, not sure on price though, ...	MainlyPerm	29/11/07 12:15	43750
•  Re: Reed.co.uk - Free Recruitment??? Hi Rachel I don't know exactly how this will pan out although I do know Reed has made significant changes internally ...	james	25/11/07 22:53	42905
•  Re: Reed.co.uk - Free Recruitment??? James Are you saying that reed.co.uk is going to operate / break away from the recruitment agency side and act as ...	Rachel	22/11/07 10:08	42098
•  Re: Reed.co.uk - Free Recruitment??? Monster / Hudson Have I been in the building - yes I used to work there – so I do feel ...	james	22/11/07 00:42	41997
•  Re: Reed.co.uk - Free Recruitment??? monster and hudson are owned by the same person and do not tell me they just share the building for ...	monster	21/11/07 17:15	41922
•  Re: Reed.co.uk - Free Recruitment??? Hi Stephen, I love the REC idea - this would help raise job seekers awareness of REC and would certainly ...	Karen Lankly	21/11/07 16:51	41917
•  Re: Reed.co.uk - Free Recruitment??? You must be our very own Hero, Stephen - NOT! Perhaps, you could start up a free generalist job board ...	JimmyJ	21/11/07 16:45	41914
•  Re: Reed.co.uk - Free Recruitment??? I suggested that the REC that they should setup a Freecruitment style site exclusively for members 7 years ago. Effectively owned ...	Stephen O'Donnell	21/11/07 16:22	41911
•  Re: Reed.co.uk - Free Recruitment??? Monster has no further affiliation to Hudson apart from a client\provider relationship. Hudson are based in Chancery House in London, ...	Monster	21/11/07 16:21	41910
•  Re: Reed.co.uk - Free Recruitment??? Reed have provided us Recruitment Consultancies & Agencies with a free service for so long. We should be grateful for ...	The Newcomer	21/11/07 16:12	41906
•  Re: Reed.co.uk - Free Recruitment??? they are linked to hudson in some way, even based in the same offices.	jk	21/11/07 14:48	41896
•  Re: Reed.co.uk - Free Recruitment??? I dont see what the fuss is about You are all reaping what you have previously sown - If you were ...	TheOutsider	21/11/07 14:39	41893
•  Re: Reed.co.uk - Free Recruitment??? Hi Monster is not part of TMP - they have not been for over 2 years now.	Star - recruitment	21/11/07 14:34	41886
•  Re: Reed.co.uk - Free Recruitment??? £900 per month for Reed - thats what they want to charge just for CV database!!!	Star - recruitment	21/11/07 14:36	41889
•  Re: Reed.co.uk - Free Recruitment??? melaniem Monster is linked to, or part of the same company as hudsons formally tmp who are a recruitment agency. have ...	jk	21/11/07 14:10	41878
•  Re: Reed.co.uk - Free Recruitment??? I think the fun thing here is that the group that I work for has 5 accounts with reed one ...	Richard	21/11/07 14:00	41876
•  Re: Reed.co.uk - Free Recruitment??? Hi melaniem, I agree with you - it is very frustrating trying to compare Reed's packages with other job boards ...	Karen Lankly	21/11/07 13:30	41870
•  Re: Reed.co.uk - Free Recruitment??? Simon Here Why is there a request to make myself known? It is best i keep myself anonymous. I am pleased and honoured ...	Simon	21/11/07 13:20	41868
•  Re: Reed.co.uk - Free Recruitment??? Ok - I started this whole moan a thon; I only feel its fare that I make some further comment. To ...	melaniem	21/11/07 12:44	41859
•  Re: Reed.co.uk - Free Recruitment??? I'm not bored honest,but if you hit your refresh button on Reeds homepage it will toggle between 2 job total ...	BobaJob	21/11/07 10:57	41840
•  Re: Reed.co.uk - Free Recruitment??? Rookierecruit, take it from someone who has worked there that the idea Reed systematically tries to poach jobs you post ...	TheInsider	20/11/07 23:14	41731
•  Re: Reed.co.uk - Free Recruitment??? I agree with you Karen. I don't see how sending the jobs that recruiters add to a Reeds office would ...	JR	20/11/07 21:18	41711
•  Re: Reed.co.uk - Free Recruitment??? Just come across tis thread and there's some very valid points, and some pretty niaive ones as well. A someone ...	Inside Man	20/11/07 20:03	41696
•  Re: Reed.co.uk - Free Recruitment??? Hi Rookie Recruit, Your point is a good one, but apparently reed.co.uk is now a different company to Reed the agency ...	Karen Lankly	20/11/07 17:30	41673
•  Re: Reed.co.uk - Free Recruitment??? I have read all the (many) posts and would like to make just one point that nobody seems to have ...	Rookie Recruit	20/11/07 17:06	41669
•  Re: Reed.co.uk - Free Recruitment??? Richard - you are entitled to your opinion however I would urge you to read most of the threads. ...	on my own	20/11/07 17:05	41668
•  Re: Reed.co.uk - Free Recruitment??? Have any of you heard of the term 'Economics'? Maybe some of you studied it at college or university? Think of ...	Richard	20/11/07 16:42	41664
•  Re: Reed.co.uk - Free Recruitment??? pay peanuts, get a monkey... i reckon you're all pretty darn lucky to have gotten such a great product for so ...	mista dobalina	20/11/07 16:30	41660
•  Re: Reed.co.uk - Free Recruitment??? Someones adding jobs.. Job Total up from 358,103 yesterday lunchtime to 377,811 Currently thats nearly 20k gone on. So someones ...	BobaJob	20/11/07 16:22	41656
•  Re: Reed.co.uk - Free Recruitment??? Hello! I use Reed and did not receive the email, and only found out about the changes by reading this thread! I ...	Jo B	20/11/07 16:05	41652
•  Re: Reed.co.uk - Free Recruitment??? Reed have just told me that you do not get to see the candidates name before downloading any CV's (unlike ...	on my own	20/11/07 15:13	41641
•  Re: Reed.co.uk - Free Recruitment??? Has anybody actually signed up for a premium job package yet on Reed? I see no evidence of any branded job ...	Karen Lankly	20/11/07 14:28	41634
•  Re: Reed.co.uk - Free Recruitment??? not sure if anyone remembers but i started this same topic last year in the summer when we were approached ...	recruiter_opinion	20/11/07 12:01	41610
•  Re: Reed.co.uk - Free Recruitment??? Hi MainlyPerm, If you do a CV search on Reed now you will see the results that you will get if ...	Karen Lankly	20/11/07 11:34	41604
•  Re: Reed.co.uk - Free Recruitment??? I agree with Karen. I am more than prepared to pay for Reed as it has provided a good response ...	MainlyPerm	20/11/07 10:36	41593
•  Re: Reed.co.uk - Free Recruitment??? 'Simon' / Raffers57, Your wall metaphor has enthralled us all at http://www.digitalrecruiting.co.uk/ Perhaps you'd care to join the debate there, ...	Carve Bloggers	19/11/07 23:38	41500
•  Re: Reed.co.uk - Free Recruitment??? I dont work for Reed but i do think think Reeds service is a valuable one and worth paying for. ...	RachelJ	19/11/07 18:14	41433
•  Re: Reed.co.uk - Free Recruitment??? Ha ha - No Mr "Not a Freeloader", I dont think for a moment you are a candidate. Perhaps someone ...	Jon Ritchie	19/11/07 18:05	41430
•  Re: Reed.co.uk - Free Recruitment??? Finally at last....the market is being shaken up...and the freeloading will or hopefully stop. no more spammy crappy job adverts ...	Not a freeloader	19/11/07 16:47	41423
•  Re: Reed.co.uk - Free Recruitment??? An interesting development the site appears to have been down for the last 20 mins...	Brian	19/11/07 13:18	41374
•  Re: Reed.co.uk - Free Recruitment??? All, The jury is not out - Its sound commercial sense for Reed to make this move. Based on the current ...	RoyRoggers	19/11/07 13:15	41373
•  Re: Reed.co.uk - Free Recruitment??? Roy Roggers it is not spam it is called ensuring that the job gets a better response rate as some ...	Jimmy	19/11/07 12:40	41366
•  Re: Reed.co.uk - Free Recruitment??? This is the beginning of the end of online free recruitment - just a matter of time now - Reed ...	PJ	19/11/07 12:20	41364
•  Re: Reed.co.uk - Free Recruitment??? Jimmy, You said it... "Before today we posted the same job up to 3-4 times in different categories" Exactly, in my book thats ...	RoyRoggers	19/11/07 12:13	41363
•  Re: Reed.co.uk - Free Recruitment??? Hi Jimmy, I have just spoken to Reed and you are right - the guy I spoke to had no ...	Karen Lankly	19/11/07 11:37	41356
•  Re: Reed.co.uk - Free Recruitment??? Hi Karen, They said £6000 for £500 jobs, but these were not just any jobs...these were Guaranteed Response, Refreshed, Branded, Highlighted….jobs. ...	Jimmy	19/11/07 10:45	41350
•  Re: Reed.co.uk - Free Recruitment??? The pricing structure is simply greedy and out of line with other job boards! Perhaps Reed should look at agencies purchasing ...	Jon Ritchie	19/11/07 10:26	41348
•  Re: Reed.co.uk - Free Recruitment??? Hi Jimmy - what were they quoting you for a package of 500 jobs? Was that just for branded job postings ...	Karen Lankly	19/11/07 10:00	41345
•  Re: Reed.co.uk - Free Recruitment??? I have been on the phone to Reed this morning and unfortunately it looks like they are making themselves the ...	Jimmy	19/11/07 09:26	41340
•  Re: Reed.co.uk - Free Recruitment??? "I feel REED should withdraw their site" What a stupid comment - If you dont want to use them after the ...	RoyRoggers	18/11/07 16:32	41174
•  Re: Reed.co.uk - Free Recruitment??? OH come on guys......there is no way reed can keep supplyng free candidates forever....a 'no intention of charging' promise ...	PJ	18/11/07 09:31	41116
•  Re: Reed.co.uk - Free Recruitment??? Hello, just for anyone that does read this. I do work for Monster currently and we are not a part ...	JT	10/12/07 15:07	45770
•  Re: Reed.co.uk - Free Recruitment??? Two points though before explode in fury any further - firstly 2001 is a long time ago, and secondly Reed ...	The Insider	17/11/07 11:57	40915
•  Re: Reed.co.uk - Free Recruitment??? JR The s**t will hit the Fan next week. This string is on target to beat the last biggest string EVER to ...	Simon	16/11/07 18:20	40757
•  Re: Reed.co.uk - Free Recruitment??? I totally agree with Simon - a pledge is a pledge, end of. Roy Roggers - dont be so naive, ...	Jon Ritchie	16/11/07 18:06	40753
•  Re: Reed.co.uk - Free Recruitment??? JR and PJ You guys seem to be straight and do not have biased scent i am feeling on this ...	SIMON	16/11/07 17:34	40749
•  Re: Reed.co.uk - Free Recruitment??? Jon Rubbish - i bet no one from reed has even read this thread let alone posted on it!. Simon, Anyway, whatever marketing ...	RoyRoggers	16/11/07 17:27	40747
•  Re: Reed.co.uk - Free Recruitment??? I must say, having read all the comments here, and taking into consideration many of the 'Reed' biased comments - ...	Jon Ritchie	16/11/07 16:51	40739
•  Re: Reed.co.uk - Free Recruitment??? Simon I am going to be pedantic here and ask you if it is dated 2001 or as previously stated ...	PJ	16/11/07 16:24	40732
•  Re: Reed.co.uk - Free Recruitment??? My Point is that i have a letter from REED DATED 2001 saying that they will NEVER CHARGE? Yes i ...	Simon Rafferty	16/11/07 15:16	40720
•  Re: Reed.co.uk - Free Recruitment??? Agree with you PJ You just couldnt make it up... I was amazed to read some of the posts here from ...	JamesEdwards	16/11/07 12:20	40694
•  Re: Reed.co.uk - Free Recruitment??? The last two posts gives us all hope - nothing wrong with freeloading in my book - but when you ...	PJ	16/11/07 11:36	40685
•  Re: Reed.co.uk - Free Recruitment??? I agree - Reed have been very good to us over the years and have delivered a quality candidate response ...	Karen Lankly	16/11/07 10:27	40673
•  Re: Reed.co.uk - Free Recruitment??? I like the Reed website and appreciate all the help they have brought to my business in the past few ...	Yid Army	15/11/07 17:24	40507
•  Re: Reed.co.uk - Free Recruitment??? FAO I disagree with “stop freeloaders” “That’s why they didn’t bat an eye lid to giving away £100,000 to the ...	StopFreeloaders	15/11/07 15:38	40485
•  Re: Reed.co.uk - Free Recruitment??? I imagine that anyone submitting their CV to the database would have had to tick a box stating they were ...	Eddy Jones	15/11/07 15:14	40479
•  Re: Reed.co.uk - Free Recruitment??? To be honest I always found it surprising that you could stick an advert In reed free and pick up ...	PJ	15/11/07 15:07	40477
•  Re: Reed.co.uk - Free Recruitment??? Absolutely hysterical!! REED I DON’T KNOW YOUR PRICES BUT “IT’S A RIP OFF” Listen to yourselves. You get 500 free adverts! If ...	Eddy Jones	15/11/07 14:59	40475
•  Re: Reed.co.uk - Free Recruitment??? (REED has allowed many small start ups to be succesful) This says it all many recruiters have gained successful business on the ...	Not a freeloader	15/11/07 14:33	40468
•  Re: Reed.co.uk - Free Recruitment??? well said...now the question of Data protection.....the same as monster`s?	Not a freeloader	15/11/07 15:08	40478
•  Re: Reed.co.uk - Free Recruitment??? Marcus, You make some great points however, i think you are wrong to assume that other job boards might change pricing ...	Jobboarder	15/11/07 12:01	40439
•  Re: Reed.co.uk - Free Recruitment??? All I can say is that we are all going to have to tighten up on our procedures. I know of ...	on my own	15/11/07 11:33	40431
•  Re: Reed.co.uk - Free Recruitment??? Reed is not a registered charity and therefore have the ability to charge what they like for their product. And ...	Dominic Sumners	15/11/07 11:19	40428
•  Re: Reed.co.uk - Free Recruitment??? We have also been contacted by Reed as we asked for clarification on the 500 free jobs per year allowance. It ...	Marcus Pearce	15/11/07 10:47	40418
•  Re: Reed.co.uk - Free Recruitment??? £18000 per year for job posting? Sounds a bit steep! Is that for unlimited?	interested	15/11/07 10:42	40416
•  Re: Reed.co.uk - Free Recruitment??? Simon, Thats a bit strong. "Many small agencies will go to the wall" If they have a business model that is based ...	Interested	15/11/07 09:42	40403
•  Re: Reed.co.uk - Free Recruitment??? FAO I disagree with “stop freeloaders” You are conclusive proof that you have absolutely no idea, like many recruiters, of the ...	StopFreeloaders	15/11/07 10:16	40410
•  Re: Reed.co.uk - Free Recruitment??? melaniem, reed have called and quoted £18,000 per year for job posting As long as you can make a couple of placements ...	Johnboy	15/11/07 10:20	40411
•  Re: Reed.co.uk - Free Recruitment??? My company has also received the email.......... REED has allowed many small start ups to be succesful, but at the same ...	Simon	14/11/07 20:25	40266
•  Re: Reed.co.uk - Free Recruitment??? reed have called and quoted £18,000 per year for job posting if you cant pay this in one go and ...	melaniem	14/11/07 18:30	40246
•  Re: Reed.co.uk - Free Recruitment??? I stand corrected... (...plus any candidates applying are also targetted by reed first, which I believe is still the case ) I ...	Not a freeloader	14/11/07 16:14	40220
•  Re: Reed.co.uk - Free Recruitment??? I used to think this was the case not a freeloader, but no-one I have ever placed via ...	on my own	14/11/07 15:30	40214
•  Re: Reed.co.uk - Free Recruitment??? (It was always free because when you post a job it gets sent straight to the nearest branch to that ...	Not a freeloader	14/11/07 15:16	40212
•  Re: Reed.co.uk - Free Recruitment??? Hi All, I think you are all missing the point. The reason why Reed is so busy and popular is ...	Dougal	14/11/07 14:51	40207
•  Re: Reed.co.uk - Free Recruitment??? err, can we get back to the question of data protection please? and by the way, if you want to start ...	on my own	14/11/07 14:21	40200
•  Re: Reed.co.uk - Free Recruitment??? I totally agree with freeloaders comments...i.e if your using it..pay for it...that`s why job boards that offer it free and ...	Not a Freeloader	14/11/07 13:32	40191
•  Re: Reed.co.uk - Free Recruitment??? what a load of rubbish "SF" do you have soemthing to gain from this? I totally disagree with what you are ...	i disagree with "stop freeloader	14/11/07 13:25	40190
•  Re: Reed.co.uk - Free Recruitment??? To be fair to reed they are still offering 500 free job posts a year and this costs them money ...	StopFreeloaders	14/11/07 13:11	40187
•  Re: Reed.co.uk - Free Recruitment??? excellent point regarding data protection!	melaniem	14/11/07 10:54	40154
•  Re: Reed.co.uk - Free Recruitment??? I received this email yesterday too. My concern is the opening of the CV database to those who pay: ...	on my own	14/11/07 10:51	40153

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