

Reed implements Illumini to detect backdoor hires
Reed secures their revenue using Illumini's backdoor hire detection software.
Industry: 20+ Sectors of expertise
Location: UK, USA, EU, Middle East, East Asia
Company size: 4500+ Employees

"Their search process is incredibly quick and straightforward, revealing a critical gap in our business that we hadn’t identified before. Their insights have been very helpful to us."
Neil Donnelly | Head of Product Delivery

Background
Reed is the largest family-run recruitment business in the world and have been operating since 1960. They hold expertise in 20 specialist sectors and offer the longest guarantees on the market.
A pioneer of specialist recruitment services, their experts work with more than 30,000 organisations in the UK to fill their temporary, permanent and interim positions.
❌ Before
Reed would regularly check for backdoor hires, consultants would go back over their candidates and look for their current employment status. Reed would regularly find potential breaches this way, but the method can be lengthy and inaccurate.
✅ After
Reed ran a large batch of data through Illumini, revealing a critical gap in their business that required addressing.
▶️ Rollout
1. Illumini performed the first search, cross referencing all of their CV sends and identifying all candidates who had begun work with no placement on record for the introduction they had made.
2. Reed uses their existing channels to reclaim backdoor hires, with a higher volume of cases raised by Illumini, eliminating all manual checks and allowing them to detect backdoors atan earlier time.
3. Reed values high data quality and at such a scale eliminating noise and providing clear signals is vital.
🗯️ Quotes
"Their search process is incredibly quick and straightforward, revealing a critical gap in our business that we hadn’t identified before. Their insights have been very helpful to us."
Neil Donnelly | Head of Product Delivery