CareerBuilder Reviews

Current Employee – been working at CareerBuilder

Pros – The culture is young and fresh. The company moves fast to adjust to changing trends and gives you the tools to sell with them! They are quick to respond to training requests and development and will listen to your suggestions, often implementing them. I feel that my experience with Careerbuilder.ca has been very positive. I've learned a ton and have been able to get my hands into so many different branches of my clients' business.

Careerbuilder.ca covers education expenses and encourages everyone who is able to do it, to get an MBA or continue learning in some way - and they pay for it! They really beleive in their motto - that their most valuable asset is their people. Can't think of a better place to launch a career!

Management takes pride in the development of each employee and don't settle for being on the same level as everyone else in the industry. This employer is fast paced, demanding and seriously rewarding!

Cons – 80% of the support staff is based in the USA. This might suck if you want to waste time walking over to someone's desk every 10 minutes to ask questions - but if you want to be smarter about the way you work and just pick up a phone, it's like you're in the same building, so who cares?!

Every job has ups and downs, if you don't think that's true then you're lying to yourself. But it's how you feel when you step back and look at the big picture that really counts and my picture is positive.

Advice to Senior Management – Chris and Remy - You guys are focused and have the right plans in place to make it happen. You've managed to grow the business while the other guys are shrinking. I'm really excited to see where we're going to be in 6 months!

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at CareerBuilder

Pros – If you work hard, you will get rewarded handsomely. The benefits are pretty good. You get benefits pretty much immediately after you start.

Cons – You'll get micromanage to death. They show preferential treatments to certain employees (i.e., friends). It's like you're in high school. Need managers that know what they are doing. Moral is often very poor. You feel like you are walking on egg shells all the time. The have poor people management skill. Often use threaten people's job security in attempts to generate results.

Advice to Senior Management – Just because a person is a sales superstar, that doesn't make the person good manager. So please find someone that actually has management experience. Also, I think Careerbuilder needs to grow up in general.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at CareerBuilder full-time

Pros – Laid Back working environment, not super busy

Cons – Started as a contractor...was for 9 months before promoted to full-time...suffered pay decrease

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at CareerBuilder full-time for more than 7 years

Pros – Some of the smartest, most passionate, energized people you will ever work with. The company values are for real. If you aren't prepared to live by them then you should probably find another place to work because you won't be happy here. Management is transparent, politics are minimal, it is all about performance.

Cons – It is a very competitive atmosphere. If you are in sales and you are not cut out for that field you will figure it out more quickly here than in other sales organizations.

Advice to Senior Management – Stay frosty. LinkedIn is nipping at our heels and we need to continue to evolve!

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

Current Employee – been working at CareerBuilder full-time for more than 3 years

Pros – A great learning enviroment, management that actually care and share in your career growth strategies, outstanding benefits and perks.

Cons – No cons. You get what you put into it.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

Current Employee – been working at CareerBuilder full-time for less than a year

Pros – Amazing place to work if you are interested in what you are doing. Great, takented leadershsip who appreciate hard work and effort.

Cons – Very difficult quotas and i am not sure if they are attainable past the 12-24 month mark. Very focused on dials and talk time rather than the results of the dials you do make. Accounts are very badly managed and clients have a bad taste in their mouths about how many reps they go through during a 12 month period.

Advice to Senior Management – Keep your tenured reps longer and listen to their gripes

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at CareerBuilder full-time for more than a year

Pros – I love the great bunch of people that I work with.

Cons – The culture has shifted and people aren't as happy as they once were. Part of it would most certainly be the change in compensation, the other being the increased demands/product quotas.

Advice to Senior Management – Take notice to the culture shift and go back to the previous compensation packages.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at CareerBuilder full-time for more than a year

Pros – This position gives you access to other opportunities within the company and can be a good platform to build from.

There is also a lot of training available so you can grow your professional skills and abilities as much as you'd like.

The healthcare benefits are great. They also offer a wellness benefit that CB will reimburse the employee $400 annually to spend on something fitness related.

There are team outings and happy hours and employee parties to help build teamwork and morale as well. However, this is more of a small distraction from your day-to-day duties more than anything.

Cons – The amount of responsibility and workload you are expected to have for the money is not worth it. You are consistently given new and different metrics that you are measured by. A decent portion of your bonus is tied to the sales survey given to the sales reps you support. If a sales rep decides to give you a bad score for whatever reason your small bonus will suffer substantially.

There is also a lot of favoritism present as well so be prepared for that. If you want to play the game and jump through hoops then this might be a good opportunity for you. However, the amount of extra responsibilities they want you to take on to get a promotion is generally not worth it. Even when promoted to Senior CSS you will still be making around 40k with bonuses. In order to make a decent livable wage you will need to be promoted several times within this department. I would suggest using your experience at CB to find better money for similar work elsewhere within the first year or two.

If you are looking to get into sales this could be a good fit for you if you are willing to relocate. However, if you want to stay in the Atlanta area there is a lot of red tape before being able to get promoted into sales.

Advice to Senior Management – I would recommend management hire directly out of college to take advantage of their eagerness and lack of a need for much income to get by. This would be a good opportunity for a recent college grad for their first year or two out of school. I would also recommend management have a more realistic approach to managing their team. This is a great place to learn how to function in a corporate environment but when all is said and done the role is more administrative and task oriented than about the bigger picture.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

Former Employee – worked at CareerBuilder full-time for more than 8 years

Pros – - Benefits (Health, Vision, Dental, 401K (company match), Wellness Reimbursement, FSA's, etc.
- Ability to "run your own business" if you prove yourself.
- Generous amount of Paid Time Off
- Recognized brand in the industry
- President's Club Trip award, annual "Kick-off" with great speakers, Learning/Development

Cons – - Salary is low by comparison in some markets.
- Activity > Quota
- Need to be "in" with leadership
- Great sales reps don't always make great managers.
- Focused on only a select few products
- Some positions were filled without open interviewing
- The new comp plan

Advice to Senior Management – See "Cons" section

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at CareerBuilder full-time for more than 8 years

Pros – Great compensation, benefits, and perks. Company truly values each of their employees and offers the training opportunities to advance in your career.

Cons – Can't really think of anything that would stand out that you wouldn't experience at any other company.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company