CareerBuilder.ca
Encyclopedia
CareerBuilder.ca CareerBuilder.ca is an online employment website
in Canada
, with more than 4 million unique visitors each year. It is a child company of CareerBuilder.com, the largest online employment website in the United States. CareerBuilder.ca provides online career search services for more than 1,000 partners as of June 2011, including over 150 newspapers and portals such as AOL
and MSN
. CareerBuilder.ca was launched in 2006.
CareerBuilder.ca is owned by Gannett Company
, The McClatchy Company
, the Tribune Company
, and Microsoft Corp.
In July 2000, the CareerBuilder was purchased in a joint venture by Knight Ridder
and Tribune Company
for $8 a shareref>Amy Joyce, Peter Behr,"CareerBuilder of Reston Sells for $200 Million", The Washington Post, Jul 18, 2000, pg. E01, Retrieved December 12, 2008. However, CareerBuilder was still trailing behind its major competitors. After a few mergers in 2002, Gannett purchased a one-third interest in the company for $98.3 million, adding CareerBuilder to its 90 newspapers. McClatchy
Company purchased Knight Ridder
in 2006. Finally, CEO Matt Ferguson won the bid with MSN
in 2007 pushing CareerBuilder ahead of its competitors into the slot as the top job board in the United States. This is how CareerBuilder came to be owned by Tribune
, McClatchy
, Gannett, and Microsoft
today.
CareerBuilder Canada's mission is to change the way companies around the world recruit their most important asset: their people. They want to be the global leader in online recruitment advertising by being an employee-driven, customer-focused organization that provides the best rate of return to its stakeholders.
CareerBuilder Subsidiaries:
Employment website
An employment website is a web site dealing specifically with employment or careers. Many employment websites are designed to allow employers to post job requirements for a position to be filled and are commonly known as job boards. Other employment sites offer employer reviews, career and...
in Canada
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
, with more than 4 million unique visitors each year. It is a child company of CareerBuilder.com, the largest online employment website in the United States. CareerBuilder.ca provides online career search services for more than 1,000 partners as of June 2011, including over 150 newspapers and portals such as AOL
AOL
AOL Inc. is an American global Internet services and media company. AOL is headquartered at 770 Broadway in New York. Founded in 1983 as Control Video Corporation, it has franchised its services to companies in several nations around the world or set up international versions of its services...
and MSN
MSN
MSN is a collection of Internet sites and services provided by Microsoft. The Microsoft Network debuted as an online service and Internet service provider on August 24, 1995, to coincide with the release of the Windows 95 operating system.The range of services offered by MSN has changed since its...
. CareerBuilder.ca was launched in 2006.
CareerBuilder.ca is owned by Gannett Company
Gannett Company
Gannett Company, Inc. is a publicly-traded media holding company headquartered in Tysons Corner, Virginia, United States, near McLean. It is the largest U.S. newspaper publisher as measured by total daily circulation. Its assets include the national newspaper USA Today and the weekly USA Weekend...
, The McClatchy Company
The McClatchy Company
The McClatchy Company is a publicly traded American publishing company based in Sacramento, California. It operates 30 daily newspapers in 15 states and has an average weekday circulation of 2.2 million and Sunday circulation of 2.8 million...
, the Tribune Company
Tribune Company
The Tribune Company is a large American multimedia corporation based in Chicago, Illinois. It is the nation's second-largest newspaper publisher, with ten daily newspapers and commuter tabloids including Chicago Tribune, Los Angeles Times, Hartford Courant, Orlando Sentinel, South Florida...
, and Microsoft Corp.
Company Information
CareerBuilder.ca was launched in 2006. CareerBuilder.com is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois, has more than 2,500 employees, and is under the leadership of CEO Matt Ferguson. CareerBuilder has presence in the U.S., Canada, Europe, and Asia.History
Starting in 1994 as NetStart Inc, CareerBuilder sold software to companies to list job openings on their website and the ability to manage emails from those listings. With an investment of two million dollars, the company moved the software, named CareerBuilder to its own we address. In 1998, NetStart Inc. changed their operating name to CareerBuilder. With this change brought an influx of investments—around seven million dollars from firms such as New Enterprise Associates.In July 2000, the CareerBuilder was purchased in a joint venture by Knight Ridder
Knight Ridder
Knight Ridder was an American media company, specializing in newspaper and Internet publishing. Until it was bought by The McClatchy Company on June 27, 2006, it was the second-largest newspaper publisher in the United States, with 32 daily newspapers sold.- History :The corporate ancestors of...
and Tribune Company
Tribune Company
The Tribune Company is a large American multimedia corporation based in Chicago, Illinois. It is the nation's second-largest newspaper publisher, with ten daily newspapers and commuter tabloids including Chicago Tribune, Los Angeles Times, Hartford Courant, Orlando Sentinel, South Florida...
for $8 a shareref>Amy Joyce, Peter Behr,"CareerBuilder of Reston Sells for $200 Million", The Washington Post, Jul 18, 2000, pg. E01, Retrieved December 12, 2008. However, CareerBuilder was still trailing behind its major competitors. After a few mergers in 2002, Gannett purchased a one-third interest in the company for $98.3 million, adding CareerBuilder to its 90 newspapers. McClatchy
McClatchy
-Surname:* Carlos K. McClatchy, president of The McClatchy Company; grandson of Charles Kenny McClatchy* Charles Kenny McClatchy , editor of the Sacramento Bee and founder of The McClatchy Company...
Company purchased Knight Ridder
Knight Ridder
Knight Ridder was an American media company, specializing in newspaper and Internet publishing. Until it was bought by The McClatchy Company on June 27, 2006, it was the second-largest newspaper publisher in the United States, with 32 daily newspapers sold.- History :The corporate ancestors of...
in 2006. Finally, CEO Matt Ferguson won the bid with MSN
MSN
MSN is a collection of Internet sites and services provided by Microsoft. The Microsoft Network debuted as an online service and Internet service provider on August 24, 1995, to coincide with the release of the Windows 95 operating system.The range of services offered by MSN has changed since its...
in 2007 pushing CareerBuilder ahead of its competitors into the slot as the top job board in the United States. This is how CareerBuilder came to be owned by Tribune
Tribune
Tribune was a title shared by elected officials in the Roman Republic. Tribunes had the power to convene the Plebeian Council and to act as its president, which also gave them the right to propose legislation before it. They were sacrosanct, in the sense that any assault on their person was...
, McClatchy
McClatchy
-Surname:* Carlos K. McClatchy, president of The McClatchy Company; grandson of Charles Kenny McClatchy* Charles Kenny McClatchy , editor of the Sacramento Bee and founder of The McClatchy Company...
, Gannett, and Microsoft
Microsoft
Microsoft Corporation is an American public multinational corporation headquartered in Redmond, Washington, USA that develops, manufactures, licenses, and supports a wide range of products and services predominantly related to computing through its various product divisions...
today.
CareerBuilder Canada's mission is to change the way companies around the world recruit their most important asset: their people. They want to be the global leader in online recruitment advertising by being an employee-driven, customer-focused organization that provides the best rate of return to its stakeholders.
CareerBuilder Subsidiaries:
- CareerBuilder.be - Belgium
- CareerBuilder.ca - Canada
- CareerBuilder.com.cn - China
- CareerBuilder.dk - Denmark
- CareerBuilder.eu - European Union
- CareerBuilder.fr - France
- CareerBuilder.de - Germany
- CareerBuilder.co.in - India
- CareerBuilder.ie - Ireland
- CareerBuilder.it - Italy
- CareerBuilder.nl - Netherlands
- CareerBuilder.no - Norway
- CareerBuilder.pl - Poland
- CareerBuilder.ro - Romania
- CareerBuilder.es - Spain
- CareerBuilder.se - Sweden
- CareerBuilder.ch - Switzerland
- CareerBuilder.co.uk - United Kingdom
- Kariera.gr - Greece
- CaoEmplois.com - France
- Erecrut.com - France
- IngenieurEmploi.com - France
- LesJeudis.com - France
- PhonEmploi.com - France
- Recrulex.com - France
- StaffNurse.com - United Kingdom