CareerBuilder Selected as Career Channel for BlackVoices.com
More Than 800,000 Visitors to BlackVoices.com to Search for Jobs and Talent via CareerBuilder.com
CHICAGO, Nov. 12 /PRNewswire/ -- CareerBuilder, the industry's most
complete recruitment resource for efficiently finding better candidates and
jobs, today announced that it has been selected as the exclusive career
channel for BlackVoices.com, the nation's leading destination for African-
American adults online with more than 800,000 active members. The career
channel from CareerBuilder.com launched on BlackVoices.com earlier this month.
As a leading destination for African-American adults online,
BlackVoices.com provides news, career, lifestyle, entertainment and cultural
information tailored to meet the needs of African-American adults.
BlackVoices.com also provides city guides to urban entertainment for 20
metropolitan markets, including Atlanta, Chicago, Dallas, Detroit, Houston,
Los Angeles, Miami, New York, Philadelphia, San Francisco Bay area, Seattle
and the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area.
"As the top destination web site for African-American adults online,
BlackVoices.com represents one of the most loyal online communities," said
Amado Izaguirre, vice president of business development at CareerBuilder.
"With CareerBuilder.com powering its career center, hiring managers and
recruiters can easily seek top talent to expand the diversity character of
their employee populations."
"BlackVoices recognizes the clear advantages of the CareerBuilder network
and we're pleased to be partners," said Carlos Barrionuevo, Chief Operating
Officer of BlackVoices.com. "CareerBuilder.com is one of the industry's top
job solutions and our combined expertise creates a premier recruitment
resource."
About CareerBuilder
CareerBuilder is a leading online source for maximizing recruitment
dollars and optimizing job searches with superior products, customer service
and technology. With a unique combination of national, local and niche
audiences, CareerBuilder makes it easy for recruiters to reach the most
qualified candidates with industry-leading market research data and support.
Job seekers can search for the right job from more than 400,000 continuously
updated postings, representing more than 25,000 of the top employers in
virtually every industry, field and location. Together with Gannett Co., Inc.
(NYSE: GCI), Tribune Company (NYSE: TRB) and Knight Ridder, Inc. (NYSE: KRI),
CareerBuilder includes the Web's top newspaper sites -- the most trusted
employment sources in recruiting. For more information About CareerBuilder
products and services, call 800-891-8880 or visit CareerBuilder at
http://www.careerbuilder.com.
About BlackVoices.com
With more than 800,000 active members, BlackVoices.com is the nation's
leading news, lifestyle, career and entertainment online destination tailored
to meet the needs of African-American adult consumers. The BlackVoices brand
also includes Black Voices Quarterly magazine, which targets alumni,
administrators and students from the nation's historically black colleges and
universities.
BlackVoices.com is a subsidiary of Tribune Company (NYSE: TRB), one of the
country's premier media companies, operating businesses in broadcasting,
publishing and on the Internet. Tribune reaches more than 80 percent of U.S.
households and is the only media company with television stations, newspapers
and Web sites in the nation's top three markets.
Media Contact
For more information about BlackVoices.com, contact Christine Hennessey at
312.222.4850 or via email at chennessey@tribune.com.
CareerBuilder Media Contact
For all media inquiries and interview requests, contact:
Jennifer Grasz
(P) 773-527-1164
(E) jennifer.grasz@careerbuilder.com
