2. 2 About Reed Czech Republic
Reed, the world-class, global recruitment company, is the
first choice for Czech-based local, national and international
employers, who turn to us for permanent, temporary and
contract staff across a range of professional disciplines and
industry sectors, as well as outsourced solutions, HR and
IT consulting.
We have a track record of assisting jobseekers and employers
since 1960, and today operate in Europe, the Middle East and Asia
Pacific. Reed Specialist Recruitment is a family-owned and operated
business, with more than 3,000 permanent employees working out of
350 offices and across 30 specialisms.
From our offices in Prague, we offer a full spectrum of recruitment-
led services to employers throughout the Czech Republic, Slovakia
and beyond, backed by the powerful resources and financial
stability you’d expect from a leading global brand. Our team is led
and staffed by experts with many years of recruitment experience
in market-leading staffing companies, as well as search firms and
recruitment advertising agencies. Our people have acted on behalf
of clients large and small, in the region and worldwide. Indeed, many
of the senior professionals they have successfully helped to change
jobs are now themselves making hiring decisions at boardroom level,
or are enjoying careers as entrepreneurs and business-owners in
their own right.
At Reed Specialist Recruitment we are able to help you source talent
across the workforce, with specialist teams focusing on a number of
key areas, including:
• Accountancy & Finance • Banking
• IT • Engineering
• Sales & Marketing • Hospitality & Catering
• Shared Service Centres
3. So why Reed? 3
We’re global – but we’re also family-owned, and the values that have driven our growth and success are at
the heart of everything we do.
We aim to be first choice – for the clients who trust us with key appointments, and for the thousands of
candidates we help to find work every year. But we also want to be first choice for the people who choose
to forge their careers with us. That’s why we invest heavily in their training and development, and why we
encourage, support and reward customer-focused innovation and teamwork.
It’s those underlying philosophies that we believe makes us stand out in a fiercely competitive service industry
– and one we recognise is of even greater importance for us to demonstrate as we expand our business in
Central and Eastern Europe.
Powerful Resources
Whether you recruit for one or two key permanent appointments a year, seek professionals for fixed-term
projects or regularly need a flexible workforce of highly skilled contractors at short notice, our consultants
have the experience and knowledge to find the people you need.
Our consultants maintain and develop strong candidate networks across their specialist markets. This
means every new recruitment exercise is supported by a candidate-rich CV database of active and passive
jobseekers. You’ll also benefit from a regular stream of new candidates referred to us by people we’ve
successfully placed within the industry.
Our consultative approach means we do more than simply match your vacancies to candidates registered
with us. We’ll also advise you on the likely availability of relevant candidates in the wider marketplace, typical
salary expectations and strategies for ensuring your opportunities reach them.
In addition, we have brought in specialism-focussed researchers to further improve the level of service we
provide to our clients. These researchers apply their detailed knowledge of the current market (candidates and
projects) to help us speed up and improve the quality of the recruitment service we provide. Their detailed
knowledge of their own sectors also enables Reed to undertake a headhunting approach when necessary –
for Director-level roles.
We know our clients have exacting skill-set demands, which is why we complement our consultants’
• Applicant management technology • Online timesheets
experience and market knowledge with innovative technology, developed by us for the needs of clients with
• Customised invoicing • E-billing
highly specific requirements. We also use a range of technology to deliver a smooth quality service to all of
ourBespoke management information
• clients. • E-Financials
• Online technical testing
4. 4 Sector Expertise
Our consultants are experts in their specialist disciplines,
giving them the edge when identifying candidates who
match your technical job requirements and fit with your team
spirit and company culture. Divisions include:
Accountancy & Finance • As well as banking operations staff and product
• For Czech and foreign employers, our accountancy controllers, we have the networks and know-how to
recruitment team features some of the most capture the attention and interest of risk specialists and
experienced and respected consultants in Prague compliance professionals, as well as traders, business
developers and corporate financiers
• Acknowledging the evolution of the role of accountants
from financial reporters to business partners, we are
Engineering
expert at assessing personal characteristics,
commercial qualities and inquisitiveness along with • Our consultants all have experience in a variety
technical prowess of engineering fields and have strong networks of
engineering professionals at all levels which they
• Working closely with colleagues in Reed’s multilingual
can leverage to ensure our clients secure the best
shared service centres team, we can identify people
talent available
with various language skills for roles in transaction
processing and administration • From mechanical engineers for the automotive industry
to production engineers for manufacturing plants, we
• Multinationals seeking English-speaking finance
have a vast (and growing) database of professionally
professionals rely on us attract and engage people
qualified candidates with experience of working in both
here and overseas who would consider relocating
Czech and multinational organisations
to Prague to build international experience, as well as
native Czechs seeking to return home having • As well as specialist engineers, we can supply high-
developed valuable IFRS or US GAAP experience / calibre designers, technicians and project managers
have prior knowledge of Czech GAAP. • We specialise in providing support to line managers
with engineering know-how but little or no interview
Banking training, to ensure that right candidates are selected,
• Retail and corporate banks consult Reed when first time – every time
recruiting into back office, middle office and front
office roles due to our track record of success within Hospitality & Catering
this sector • With the hospitality and catering market being so
• We can provide specialist and highly skilled candidates network-driven, our consultants make it their business
with proven track records for roles in niche investment to be involved in relevant networks and communities in
banks, boutiques and private client advisers who Prague, Brno, Bratislava and elsewhere in order to
service customers across Central and Eastern Europe attract a regular flow of experienced candidates with
from Prague. Our pipeline of candidates includes excellent references and strong track records
experts from London, Frankfurt and further afield
5. • From experienced catering managers to talented Sales & Marketing
head chefs, from conference and events managers
to customer services professionals, we are building
• We find sales executives, managers and directors 5
with industry-specific and product-specific experience,
a growing workforce of hospitality and catering especially within the financial services, business
professionals services, IT, telecommunications and automotive
• Our expertise and ability to exceed client expectations sectors
are just a couple of the reasons why Reed is fast • We identify candidates for in-house corporate
becoming a leader in hospitality and catering in the marketing teams and leading agencies, with specialist
Czech Republic consultants recruiting marketing managers and
directors, advertising executives, PR managers, as well
Information Technology as account managers and creatives
• We don’t just find people with advanced skills in • For organisations exploring and capitalising on new
the latest technology; we recognise the importance of media opportunities, we have a growing database of
team fit, character, commercial awareness and project candidates with highly sought-after experience in digital
management skills marketing, online social networking and e-commerce
• Proactive networking and a reputation for connections • Our network of sales professionals extends beyond the
with employers of choice mean we attract a regular Czech Republic to include Slovakia, Poland and
flow of people with experience of a diverse range of Hungary to name but a few locations – candidates with
technology platforms and sector backgrounds proven sales records regularly consult us for regional,
• We have networks and mechanisms in place to find Europe-wide and global roles
specialist IT staff from around EU member countries • Our consultants are experts at tapping into social
and beyond – and recognising the competition for media (such as LinkedIn.com) and have extensive
talent, we help our clients structure packages to networks of contacts at all levels, many of whom are
convince the best people to come on board happy to recommend colleagues or friends who might
• For fixed-term assignments, we also maintain a growing not otherwise be on the market
bank of freelancers and contractors available to take on
project work at short notice
Multi Lingual Shared Services
If you’re recruiting specialist staff into shared service centres (SSCs), look no further than Reed. From finance to
administration, from IT support to customer services, we find people with the right mix of linguistic, technical and
professional skills for positions of responsibility. Our clients include the European SSCs and regional hubs of many
European and North American multinationals, who turn to us to help them promote opportunities to a growing
multinational workforce, many of whom have acquired valuable practical experience in the UK or on working
holidays around the world.
Our role includes not just identifying the right people but also providing them with all the practical advice and
support they need to make a successful and lasting transition. We also help our clients frame their own employer
proposition, especially when seeking in-demand languages or those that are harder to find.
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6. 6 Global Connections;
International Solutions
Recognising that many of our clients may seek to
import key professional or technical skills, the Reed
global resourcing team can help you tap into a vast
global database of candidates with language skills
who will consider relocating to the Czech Republic.
We’re also in regular touch – via our overseas
colleagues – with Czech-speakers seeking contract
work to build their portfolio of skills while travelling or
on sabbaticals, and with Czech expatriates who have
gained experience overseas and are returning home.
Talent Attraction
Drawing on years of experience in recruitment, we can help employers identify and attract talent for appointments at all
levels. Tailoring our service to your individual requirements and timeframe, we might typically provide:
• Advice on the latest trends in reward and remuneration • Assistance with online and print media recruitment
• Assistance in drafting a profile of your ideal candidate, advertising;
including skills and potential background - Media buying
- Search engine optimisation
• Identification of the type of organisation from which
- Major online job board & industry-specific
candidates may be proactively and discreetly sourced
website advertising
• Advice and assistance on direct marketing recruitment - Print advertising recommendations and
campaigns (email and print) management
• Advice on how to use social media as a candidate - Copywriting
attraction tool - Graphic design
• Assistance with networking events
7. A Tailored Service 7
At Reed we recognise that each client has unique
requirements and tailor our services accordingly. For instance,
we can provide vital expertise to SMEs wishing to compete
for talent who might otherwise pursue only opportunities with
household-name employers.
For employers of all sizes, we deliver a wide range of services
as part of our recruitment methodology, including:
• Recruitment process analysis
• Reward & recognition benchmarking
• Assessment centres
• Psychometric testing
• Employment screening
• Application management
• An objective external opinion during the final interview stages
• Management of the offer and on-boarding processes to
maximise acceptance and ensure a smooth transition
• Talent management & development
By working with our expert consultants, you can gain a better
understanding of the skills and potential within your existing
workforce, as well as developing a strategy for attracting and
harnessing talent more effectively.
Depending on your requirements, our consultants can either
work alongside your own HR team, freeing them up for higher-
priority strategic or operational work, or assume responsibility
for some or all of your core HR activities.
8. Trusted experts, strategic partners
Globally, Reed Specialist Recruitment employs professional consultants operating at all levels across a wide range
of specialisms, including:
• Accountancy • Finance • Nurse
• Actuarial • Graduates • Property & Construction
• Banking • Health • Purchasing
• Banking Sales • Hospitality & Leisure • Retail
• Community Care • Human Resources • Sales
• Doctor • Industrial • Scientific
• Education • Insurance • Social Work
• Energy • Legal • Specialist
• Engineering • Marketing & Creative • Technology
• Executive Support • Mortgages • Training Professionals
Within Reed Specialist Recruitment, we also have industry-leading capabilities in vital added-value HR services,
including:
• Recruitment process outsourcing • Graduate recruitment
• Managed services • Transitions & outplacement
• Assessment, development & talent • Strategic research
• HR consulting • Pre-employment checks
Contact Us Giving back
Reed Specialist Recruitment By working with Reed, you’ll be helping to support your
Palladium global community. Eighteen percent of Reed’s global
nám. Republiky 1 profits go to charity, contributing to humanitarian and
110 00 Prague 1 famine relief projects in Africa. We also support socially
Czech Republic responsible initiatives to fight poverty throughout the
world and promote access to education and the arts.
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