E29: Building a Billion Pound Recruitment Business with James Reed: Chairman Reed Recruitment

James Reed is Chairman of Reed, the recruitment specialist which employs over 5000 staff with annual revenues in excess of £1bn. 

Reed receives more than 40 million job applications a year and has delivered over 100 programmes helping more than 150,000 people who had been long-term unemployed back into work. The company’s purpose is ‘Improving lives through work’. 

He is also the author of numerous best selling books and happens to be one of the most humble, charismatic, generous and purpose-led leaders I’ve had the pleasure to meet.