CV-Library
{{Infobox website
| name = CV-Library.co.uk
| logo = CV-Library logo.png
| commercial = Yes
| type = employment website
| language = UK, US
| founded = 2000
| headquarters = Fleet, Hampshire
| current_status = Active
| founder = Lee Biggins and Brian Wakem
| owner = Lee Biggins
| url = {{URL|www.cv-library.co.uk}}
}}
CV-Library is a UK job board that was launched in October 2000 as one of the country's first employment websites. As of 2016, the business is worth an estimated £200 million, and is the third-largest employment website in the UK.{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-36149134|title=Rugs to riches: The carpet seller who became a multimillionaire|publisher=BBC News|access-date=2016-08-12}} The job board hosts the UK's largest CV database of over 14 million CVs.{{Cite news|url=https://www.onlinemarketplaces.com/articles/21262-uk-cv-library-hits-new-milestone-with-over-13-million-cvs-on-record|title=UK: CV-Library hits new milestone with over 13 million CVs on record|access-date=2017-10-19|language=en}} CV-Library is based in Fleet, Hampshire.
The website is an example of vertical search. As of 2016 CV-Library is one of the top 500 most visited websites in the UK according to alexa.com.{{cite web|url=http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/www.cv-library.co.uk|title=Cv-library.co.uk Traffic, Demographics and Competitors - Alexa|author=|date=|website=www.alexa.com|accessdate=11 September 2018|archive-date=24 April 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160424051732/http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/www.cv-library.co.uk|url-status=dead}}
In 2014 & 2015 CV-Library appeared in The Sunday Times’ Profit Track 100 list of businesses with the fastest growing profits in the UK.{{Cite web|url=http://www.onrec.com/news/news-archive/cv-library-features-in-the-sunday-times-profit-track-100-league-table|title=CV-Library features in the Sunday Times Profit Track 100 league table {{!}} Onrec|website=www.onrec.com|access-date=2016-08-12}}{{Cite web|url=http://startups.co.uk/young-guns/cv-library-named-among-uks-100-profitable-businesses/|title=CV Library named among UK's 100 most profitable businesses - Young Guns by Startups.co.uk: Start up a successful business|date=2015-08-03|language=en-US|access-date=2016-08-12}} The company also appeared in the 2017 Sunday Times Tech Track 100 list of the 100 private tech companies with the fastest growing sales over the latest three years.{{Cite web|url=http://www.onrec.com/news/news-archive/cv-library-listed-as-one-of-the-uk%E2%80%99s-fastest-growing-private-technology-0|title=CV-Library listed as one of the UK’s fastest growing private technology companies by The Sunday Times {{!}} Onrec|website=www.onrec.com|access-date=2018-01-05}}{{Cite news|url=http://www.fasttrack.co.uk/league-tables/tech-track-100/league-table/|title=League table - Fast Track|last=TWK|work=Fast Track|access-date=2018-01-05|language=en-GB|archive-date=2017-09-14|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170914135121/http://www.fasttrack.co.uk/league-tables/tech-track-100/league-table|url-status=dead}}
The site displays listings from thousands of employment agencies (recruitment consultants), direct employers, ad agencies, staffing firms and associations. In 2011, CV-Library became the first job website to allow candidates to apply for jobs on a mobile device and in 2012.{{Cite web|url=http://www.hrreview.co.uk/supplier-news/supplier-recruitment/candidates-embrace-mobile-recruitment/45140|title=CV Library: Candidates embrace mobile recruitment - HRreview|date=2013-07-24|language=en-GB|access-date=2016-08-12}}{{Cite web|url=http://recruitmentbuzz.co.uk/cv-librarys-lee-biggins-named-ernst-young-entrepreneur-year-finalist/|title=CV-Library’s Lee Biggins Named Ernst and Young Entrepreneur of the Year Finalist|date=2016-04-25|language=en-GB|access-date=2016-08-12}}
History
Biggins co-founded CV-Library Ltd in 2000 with Brian Wakem, using a £9,000 bank loan.{{Cite web|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/trevorclawson/2016/04/29/small-beginnings-how-cv-warehouse-built-an-18m-revenue-business-from-a-9000-loan/#4bcff427486b|title=Small Beginnings - How CV-Library Built An £18m Revenue Business From A £9,000 Loan|last=Clawson|first=Trevor|access-date=2016-08-12}} The business made no money in its first few years and started to gain traction in 2004.
As of 2017, the business is worth an estimated £200 million, and is the third-largest employment website in the UK. It boasts the 2nd largest CV database in the UK of over 12 million CVs.
Biggins is now the sole owner of the business, after completing a seven-figure internal buyout in 2013.{{Cite web|url=http://www.recruiter.co.uk/news/2013/09/biggins-buys-out-cv-library-co-founder-wakem/|title=Biggins buys out CV-Library co-founder Wakem|last=|first=|date=26 September 2013|website=Recruiter|publisher=|access-date=12 August 2016}} In 2016, the business rolled out three regional offices, expanding its presence to London,{{Cite web|url=https://www.recruitment-international.co.uk/blog/2016/01/cv-library-opens-office-in-london|title=CV-Library opens office in London - Recruitment International|access-date=2016-08-12}} Birmingham and Manchester.{{Cite web|url=http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/business/business-news/city-centre-opening-cv-library-11422500|title=City centre opening for CV Library|last=Begum|first=Shelina|date=2016-06-03|access-date=2016-08-12}} 2017 saw the company launch in Ireland.{{Cite web|url=http://theglobalrecruiter.com/news/new-launch-as-website-expands/8597|title=CV -Library in Ireland|website=theglobalrecruiter.com|language=en|access-date=2018-01-05|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180106063513/http://theglobalrecruiter.com/news/new-launch-as-website-expands/8597|archive-date=2018-01-06|url-status=dead}}
= Resume-Library =
In 2015, Biggins launched Resume-Library, a global sister site to UK-based CV-Library, and in May 2016 Resume-Library opened its first US office in Boston, MA.{{Cite web|url=http://www.cv-library.co.uk/recruitment-insight/hello-boston/|title=Hello, Boston! CV-Library’s Sister Site, Resume-Library, Opens in Boston - Recruitment Insight|date=2016-05-02|language=en-US|access-date=2016-08-12|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160827024905/http://www.cv-library.co.uk/recruitment-insight/hello-boston/|archive-date=2016-08-27|url-status=dead}} In July 2016 Resume-Library was awarded the Silver Award for Startup of the Year, at the US-based Golden Bridge Business and Innovation Awards.{{Cite web|url=http://www.goldenbridgeawards.com/world/|title=Business Awards - Golden Bridge Awards|website=www.goldenbridgeawards.com|access-date=2016-08-12|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160814191346/http://www.goldenbridgeawards.com/world/|archive-date=2016-08-14|url-status=dead}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.recruitment-international.co.uk/blog/2016/07/cv-librarys-global-brand-awarded-start-up-of-the-year|title=CV-Library’s Global Brand Awarded ‘Start-up of the Year’ - Recruitment International|access-date=2016-08-12}}
See also
References
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External links
- [https://www.cv-library.co.uk Official website]
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Category:British companies established in 2000