profile updated Apr 15, 2008, 1:42 PM
CareerBuilder.com is the largest career site in North America in terms of traffic and revenue. It has more than 23 million unique visitors per month, a resume database of 26 million, and 1.6 million jobs from more than 300,000 employers.
Owned by Gannett Co., Inc. (NYSE:GCI), Tribune Company (NYSE:TRB), The McClatchy Company (NYSE:MNI), and Microsoft Corp. (Nasdaq: MSFT), the company offers a vast online and print network to help jobseekers connect with employers.
CareerBuilder.com powers the career centers for more than 1,200 partners, including 140 newspapers such as USA Today and The Los Angeles Times; and leading portals such as America Online and MSN. It also powers more than 170 television and radio broadcast sites. CareerBuilder.com and its subsidiaries operate in the U.S., Europe, Canada, and Asia.
As CareerBuilder has grown in size, it has given recruiters and job seekers better tools to help sort through the rapidly expanding numbers of jobs and resumes available. In addition to the standard job board tools, its product offerings include:
·SmartJob - where CareerBuilder automatically matches and sends up to 25 prime candidates to the employers based on the exact requirements of the job.
·Cross-posting to up to 250 niche job boards.
·Diversity tools.
·Career fairs.
·Search engine optimization.
·Employer branding services.
·Videos for employer branding and/or individual job postings.
·Direct email campaigns, based on job category, region, keyword, or a combination.
·Job matching applications on Facebook. Users who add the CareerBuilder applications to their Facebook profiles receive continuously updated job and internship listings that are aligned with the information found in their profiles. Users can apply to positions directly or access a link to search for more jobs on the CareerBuilder.com website.
· Personified: a talent management consulting subsidiary firm. Launched in Jan. 2008, Personified offers multiple services including: employee acquisition and retention; recruitment process outsourcing; employment branding; inclusive culture development; and employee engagement.
News & Updates 
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Majority of Workers Live Paycheck to Paycheck (CareerBuilder)
A CareerBuilder survey has found 61 percent of workers live paycheck to paycheck just to make ends meet, up from 49 percent last year and 43 percent in 2007.
The survey of 4,400 workers found that even among those earning $100k or more, 30 percent say they too live paycheck to paycheck, up from 21 percent in 2008.
Sep 17, 2009, 11:52 AM -
Employers Want to Hire U.S. Veterans Says CareerBuilder Survey (company pr)
A new survey from CareerBuilder is offering some encouraging news for veterans; 41 percent of employers report they have hired U.S. veterans or members of the National Guard in the last six months. One-in-five (21 percent) are actively recruiting veterans and members of the National Guard for open positions today.
Sep 11, 2009, 1:17 PM -
Laid Off Workers Are Finding New Jobs (Company PR)
According to a new survey by CareerBuilder completed in June, 48 percent of workers who were laid off from full-time jobs in the last three months have found new full-time positions; up from 41 percent in March. An additional three percent found part-time positions; down from 8 percent in the previous survey. The CareerBuilder survey was conducted among 921 workers who were laid off from full-time jobs within the last 12 months. Aug 6, 2009, 1:49 PM -
Supplement Your Income: Tell The Future, Fry Catfish (Company PR)
One moonlighter sold catfish dinners from the front porch. Another entered poker tournaments, while a third took a job as a tarot card reader.
These are among the more unconventional ways a CareerBuilder survey found, that workers are finding to earn extra money.
As the recession wears on and hours are cut and overtime eliminated, cash-strapped workers have been taking second jobs or launching their own sideline businesses. One-in-10 workers told CareerBuilder they've taken second jobs in the last year.
Jul 17, 2009, 11:58 AM -
Staples Launches New Career Stimulus Program (www.businesswire.com)
Staples, Inc. is partnering with CareerBuilder and others, offering jobseekers tools and tips to help them in their job hunt.
Among the services are free copies of resumes and free business cards through June 13. Online, the company's Career Stimulus Program provides jobseekers help with their resume, networking how-tos, and other job-hunting assistance.
Apr 28, 2009, 12:51 PM -
Forty Percent of Workers Have Dated a Co-Worker (Company PR)
With Valentine’s Day right around the corner, cupid’s arrows have started to fly - and may be landing in a cubicle or office near you. Four-in-ten workers say they have dated a co-worker at some time during their careers, with 18 percent admitting to doing it twice or more, according to CareerBuilder.com’s annual office romance survey of more than 8,000 workers. More than three-in-ten (31 percent) said they went on to marry the person they dated at work. Feb 12, 2009, 3:59 PM -
Bullhorn Now Offering Real Time Integration With CareerBuilder (TransWorld News)
Bullhorn users can now post jobs in real time to CareerBuilder and search its resume database directly via Bullhorn's Integrated Resume Search. CareerBuilder is also a platinum sponsor of Bullhorn’s user conference, Bullhorn Live 2009 to be held February 1-5 at the Red Rock Casino, Resort and Spa in Las Vegas. Jan 26, 2009, 8:58 AM -
Slower, More Cautious Hiring Expected in New Year (Company PR)
A CareerBuilder-sponsored survey says far fewer employers will be hiring workers in 2009 whether full- or part-time, which translates into a recruitment budget reduction for almost a quarter of the surveyed companies.
These and other trends are detailed in the survey.
Dec 31, 2008, 12:37 PM -
Jobbguiden.se Renamed CareerBuilder.se (yahoo)
CareerBuilder is rebranding Jobbguiden.se, its 2007 Swedish acquisition. The site will now carry the CareerBuilder name. Jobguiden was acquired in March 2007. CareerBuilder bought the Netherlands's JobbingMall.nl at the same time. It has already rebranded that job board which is now careerbuilder.nl. Dec 9, 2008, 11:23 AM -
U.K. Employers Warming To Social Networks To Vet Candidates (biz.yahoo.com)
27 per cent of employers in the UK said they either currently use social networking sites to research potential job candidates or plan to start. Specifically, 15 per cent of employers said they currently screen potential employees on social networking sites and another 12 per cent said although they do not, they intend to start. Oct 13, 2008, 10:39 AM
Products & Services
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CareerBuilder
Full suite of products and services including job posting, resume database search, applicant sourcing, applicant screening, employer branding, cross-posting, video, email newsletter advertising, etc. Single job postings and multi-packs are self-service starting at $419 and going as low as $176 in bulk. Annual contracts are offered for larger companies with high volume hiring. -
Personified
Full-scale consulting company offering services for recruitment process outsourcing, talent acquisition, employment branding, workforce culture/diversity, employee engagement and employee training.