Viacom Television Stations Digital Media Group Partners With CareerBuilder.com to Bring Job Centers to its CBS Websites
Job Postings, Employment Articles and More Among New Features As Part of Viacom's "Always On" Digital Media Initiative
Partnership Announced in Conjunction with the Launch of New York's Website (wcbstv.com) With Philadelphia, Boston and More to Follow
Previous Launches in Salt Lake City, Denver, San Francisco, Chicago and Baltimore Already Featuring CareerBuilder.com's Customized Content
CHICAGO - August 8, 2005 - The Viacom Television Stations Digital Media Group has partnered with CareerBuilder.com to bring direct job opportunities and information to its newly designed station websites as part of the previously announced "Always On" digital media initiative. CareerBuilder.com, the nation's largest online job site with over 1 million jobs, will provide instant access to salaried and hourly job postings from over 30,000 of the nation's top employers, articles exploring job search strategy, career management, hiring trends, workplace issues and more to each of the Viacom Television Station's websites.
Visitors to each of the newly designed and re-launched local TV station websites will now have instant direct access to a vast employment database of opportunities and information in each of their local markets. Users will now have the ability to search for local relevant jobs by industry, location and job type; conduct advanced searches with multiple criteria; post up to five different resumes; and have jobs that match their search criteria automatically emailed to them. CareerBuilder.com's content, stories and updates will be supported by each television station's broadcast and broadband video, creating a very unique and powerfully informative local employment portal.
"Viacom's Television Stations Group has stations in the largest job markets across the U.S.," said Matt Ferguson, CEO of CareerBuilder.com. "This partnership will enhance the talent pool for our clients, while providing a valuable resource for the job seekers who look to CBS for up-to-date news and information."
"The ability for our local TV station websites to provide local job listings from CareerBuilder.com is an extremely popular and important service for their web users," said Jonathan Leess, President & General Manager, Viacom Television Stations Digital Media Group. "With our television station's strong community connection to their viewers, their ability to now offer them direct online access to a database of local job opportunities in each market is designed to strengthen that connection."
The group plans to re-launch websites for all of its CBS stations, including wcbstv.com (New York) the week of August 1, kyw.com (Philadelphia) on September 13 and wbz.com (Boston) on September 19. The station websites in Salt Lake City (kutv.com), Minneapolis (wcco.com), Denver (cbs4denver.com), San Francisco (cbs5.com), Chicago (cbs2chicago.com), and most recently, Baltimore (wjz.com), have already launched. In total, 17 CBS stations will re-launch their websites in 2005, followed by UPN stations in 2006.
About The Viacom Television Stations Group
The Viacom Television Stations Group consists of 40 stations, including 21 CBS, 16 UPN and three stations not affiliated with major networks.
About CareerBuilder.com
CareerBuilder.com is the nation’s largest online job network with more than 20 million unique visitors and over 1 million jobs. Owned by Gannett Co., Inc. (NYSE:GCI), Tribune Company (NYSE:TRB), and Knight Ridder, Inc. (NYSE:KRI), the company offers a vast online and print network to help job seekers connect with employers. CareerBuilder.com powers the career centers for more than 650 partners that reach national, local, industry and niche audiences. These include more than 165 newspapers and leading portals such as America Online and MSN. More than 30,000 of the nation's top employers take advantage of CareerBuilder.com's easy job postings, 13 million-plus resumes, Diversity Channel and more. Millions of job seekers visit the site every month to search for opportunities by industry, location, company and job type, sign up for automatic email job alerts, and get advice on job hunting and career management. For more information about CareerBuilder.com products and services, visit http://www.careerbuilder.com.
CareerBuilder Media Contact
For all media inquiries and interview requests, contact:
Jennifer Grasz
(P) 773-527-1164
(E) jennifer.grasz@careerbuilder.com