Gannett strikes again

[Drip]

Chicago Tribune Co. has sold a big part of its stake in CareerBuilder to Gannett Co. I feel this will not fare well for a lot of people.
http://www.editorandpublisher.com/eandp/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003845225

 

[Moderator1]

Re: Gannett strike again

They on strike? Or am I missing something?

 

[Dickens Cider]

Re: Gannett strike again

They on strike? Or am I missing something?

Yes. An s.

 

[Drip]

The s was being placed as the two posts were posted.

 

[BYH]

Let's be careful out there, folks.

 

[slappy4428]

Let's do it to them before they do it to us.

 

[Drip]

Let's do it to them before they do it to us.

The thought of Gannett and Careerbuilder, which I know many people use, being together makes me puke.

 

[mustangj17]

Careerbuilder gets a lot of hits.

 

[Drip]

Careerbuilder gets a lot of hits.

The site is tremendous. It helps a lot of people. But with Gannett now in control.... let's just say I'm not feeling overjoyed.

 

[zeke12]

Another one down the memory hole.

Ah, well.

 

[2muchcoffeeman]

Should this maybe be over on Journalism Topics Only?

 

[Drip]

Should this maybe be over on Journalism Topics Only?

Could go either way. Just placed it here. Sorry if you are offended.

 

[2muchcoffeeman]

Didn't offend me. Just figured it needed to be in a more appropriate category.

 

[Drip]

Didn't offend me. Just figured it needed to be in a more appropriate category.

OK

 

[mustangj17]

At work we use a program called site catalyst. If any of you use this program to traffic web hits, go take a look at how many hits the careerbuilder classifieds get. It drives sites. It's actually not a bad thing. If the web hits keep coming, it wont be that bad.

 

[Ace]

Careerbuilder gets a lot of hits.

The site is tremendous. It helps a lot of people. But with Gannett now in control.... let's just say I'm not feeling overjoyed.

I don't understand the concern. It's a help wanted website. What's Gannett going to do to it? Make sure each post doesn't jump and includes mainstreaming and a pie chart?

Now, if you say that Gannett doesn't appear to employ anyone with beyond a sixth-grade level of computer programming and will make the site hard to use, I might buy that.

 

[SixToe]

What's the latest on Gannett's supposed "local wrap" plan at four or five of its sites?

 

[BTExpress]

Is CareerBuilder a legitimate organization?

All I know about them is that every time I have received a notice asking to respond as a reference for someone, the link did not work. And nobody ever actually picks up a phone and calls the person being used as a reference. And to apply for a position you have to go though all kinds of bogus hoops as they ask you "Are you interested in more education?" . . . "Are you interested in improving your credit score?"

 

[2muchcoffeeman]

Is CareerBuilder a legitimate organization?

All I know about them is that every time I have received a notice asking to respond as a reference for someone, the link did not work. And nobody ever actually picks up a phone and calls the person being used as a reference. And to apply for a position you have to go though all kinds of bogus hoops as they ask you "Are you interested in more education?" . . . "Are you interested in improving your credit score?"

Yes, it's legit. Probably the best of the online job sites.

 

[Drip]

Is CareerBuilder a legitimate organization?

All I know about them is that every time I have received a notice asking to respond as a reference for someone, the link did not work. And nobody ever actually picks up a phone and calls the person being used as a reference. And to apply for a position you have to go though all kinds of bogus hoops as they ask you "Are you interested in more education?" . . . "Are you interested in improving your credit score?"

You will go through hoops, but sometimes, you can get a call back or two.