AUGUSTA, Ga.—The Augusta (Ga.) Chronicle has selected CareerBuilder.com to power its new online job search center, AugustaJobs.com. The Chronicle, is one of 26 daily newspapers published by Morris Publishing Group, a subsidiary of Morris Communications Co., Augusta. CareerBuilder.com is the largest online job network, with more than 16 million monthly unique visitors. The launch is scheduled for July.
Visitors to AugustaJobs.com will be able to target their job searches for salaried
and hourly positions by industry, location and job type. The
site will also provide online career assessments, coaching
for interviews and tips for salary negotiations. Job seekers
will be able to indicate their work preferences, education
and experience and have job openings automatically e-mailed
to them. Interested employers will have the ability to review
job seeker profiles and contact qualified candidates directly.
"This exciting partnership with CareerBuilder.com positions us to take customer service to the next level," said William S. Morris IV, president and CEO of Morris Publishing Group and president of its parent company. "Our advertisers and readers will find enormous benefit in the convenience, the format and the market extension that will now be available to them."
Owned by Tribune Company, Gannett and Knight Ridder, CareerBuilder.com features jobs from the classifieds sections of more than 130 newspapers. Including its newspaper affiliations, CareerBuilder.com powers the career sites for more than 400 partners with over 1,200 Web sites reaching national, local, industry and niche audiences.
"We welcome The Augusta Chronicle to our network and look forward to further developing our relationship with Morris Digital Works, the Internet arm of Morris Communications," said Matt Ferguson, president and chief executive officer for CareerBuilder.com. "CareerBuilder.com is always looking for new ways to build on our strong local market penetration and deliver more value. We believe our relationship with the Morris organization provides a great opportunity to extend our reach in key markets."
"Working with CareerBuilder.com is bringing a national brand presence to the Augusta job scene," said Julian Miller, president of The Augusta Chronicle. "Through our partnership, Augusta employers can market their job openings to millions of qualified job seekers in their back yard or across the country, and Augusta job seekers can search through more than 400,000 available positions."
Miller added, "The Chronicle's classified advertising director, Jeff Anderson, and his team have done a great job in bringing this dynamic program together for us and for our customers."
About Morris Communications
Morris Communications is a privately held media company with diversified
holdings that include newspaper and magazine publishing, outdoor
advertising, radio broadcasting, book publishing and distribution,
and online services. For more information, visit www.morris.com
Morris Publishing Group was formed in 2001 and assumed the operations of the
newspaper business segment of its parent, Morris Communications
Co. Morris Publishing Group publishes 26 daily, 12 nondaily
and 23 free community newspapers in the United States. For
more information, visit www.morrispublishinggroup.com
Morris Digital Works (MDW), the online division of Morris Communications Co.
LLC, provides tools, technologies, consulting and Web development
services to Morris newspapers and external clients. For more
information, visit www.morrisdigitalworks.com.
About CareerBuilder.com
CareerBuilder.com 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.com 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.com
includes the Web's top newspaper sites — the most trusted
employment sources in recruiting. For more information about
CareerBuilder.com products and services, call 888-670-TEAM
or visit www.careerbuilder.com.
CONTACT:
Jo Ann S. Hoffman
Corporate Communications
706-828-3821
joann.hoffman@morris.com
