CareerBuilder Inc.- an online job search engine - is a self-proclaimed "employee driven" and "customer focused" service available to job seekers free of charge.

CareerBuilder's mission is to be the global leader in online recruitment advertising and to provide the best rate of return to its stakeholders. The site sees about 25 million unique visitors per month, while more than 300,000 employers post more than 1.5 million jobs.

The company incorporates certain values into all of its business practices, including:

• candor
• disciplined freedom
• passion
• agility
• being an easy business partner.

CareerBuilder is owned by Gannett Co., Inc., Tribune Company, The McClatchy Company and Microsoft Corp. Matt Ferguson serves as the company's president and CEO. He came to CareerBuilder following the company's acquisition of Headhunter.net in 2001.CareerBuilder recently lost its newspaper relationship manager Kendall Marolda to Verve Wireless.

The company offers a vast online and print network to help job seekers connect with employers by powering online job search centers for more than 1,400 partners, including 150 newspapers, America Online and MSN.

The company started out as NetStart in 1995, and became CareerBuilder in 1998. CareerBuilder gained 1,000 customers in its first year, and had 25 partners by 1999.

The CareerBuilder corporate headquarters is located in Chicago, while the technology headquarters is located in Atlanta.

Interview with Jason Ferrara, VP of Corporate Marketing