Instead Of Career Builder HELPING You FIND JOBS.... It Lays Off 300 Employees!

by **J The Kidd** Thu Dec 11, 2008 3:31 pm

It appears some of CareerBuilder’s staffers are going to be
looking for new jobs. The job hunting Web site has laid off more than
300 workers, the Chicago Tribune has confirmed.

The cutbacks reached across multiple departments and locations but
hit CareerBuilder’s small business unit the hardest, the Tribune
reports. CareerBuilder has a staff of about 2,000, suggesting somewhere
in the ballpark of 15 percent got the ax.

The changes aren’t necessarily a surprise when you consider the
companies behind the site: CareerBuilder is 50 percent owned by Gannett
— which has dealt with enough cutbacks within its own ranks to inspire
a dedicated Gannett layoffs Web site — and 30 percent owned by Tribune,
which filed for bankruptcy earlier this week. (McClatchy and Microsoft
also own small shares of the company.)

The employees losing their jobs were reportedly given the notice at the end of last week.

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