CHICAGO, June 18, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- IDG's Computerworld announces CareerBuilder as a 2012 Best Places to Work in IT, ranked No. 2 in the 100 top organizations that challenge their IT staffs while providing great benefits and compensation. All selected organizations will be included in coverage in Computerworld, along with results from the 19th annual Best Places to Work in IT survey.
"CareerBuilder is a technology and data-driven organization and the leader in our industry," said Eric Presley, Chief Technology Officer at CareerBuilder. "We pride ourselves on creating a work environment where there is a constant flow of ideas and collaboration to make what hasn't been attempted possible. We're honored to be recognized by IDG's Computerworld as the second best place for IT professionals to work. It's a great testament to our work culture and growth opportunities."
Highlights of CareerBuilder's IT work experience include:
- Fast-paced environment where the technology was built from the ground up and innovation occurs daily
- Hack Day events throughout the year with substantial financial awards
- Competitive compensation and benefits
- Flexible work arrangements
- Quarterly and annual recognition events and learning exchanges; paid trips for top performers
- Ongoing training with top technology experts and education reimbursement
- Casual dress code where flip flops and shorts are the norm, not to mention the Wii room, ping pong table and video games
"The organizations on this year's Best Places to Work in IT list consistently seek out and hire the most talented IT people, offer them competitive pay and provide great benefits," said Scot Finnie, editor in chief of Computerworld. "Many of these organizations have spent years building top-notch IT workplaces, and we applaud the amazing work they've done to sustain dynamic environments where IT professionals can work with the latest technologies and play a key role in business-critical projects."
About the Best Places to Work in IT list
The Best Places to Work in Information Technology (IT) list is an annual ranking of the top 100 work environments for technology professionals by IDG's Computerworld. The list is compiled based on a comprehensive questionnaire regarding company offerings in categories such as benefits, diversity, career development, training and retention. In addition, Computerworld conducts extensive surveys of IT workers, and their responses factor heavily in determining the rankings.
About CareerBuilder®
CareerBuilder is the global leader in human capital solutions, helping companies target and attract their most important asset - their people. Its online career site, CareerBuilder.com®, is the largest in the United States with more than 24 million unique visitors, 1 million jobs and 45 million resumes. CareerBuilder works with the world's top employers, providing resources for everything from employment branding and data analysis to recruitment support. More than 10,000 websites, including 140 newspapers and broadband portals such as MSN and AOL, feature CareerBuilder's proprietary job search technology on their career sites. Owned by Gannett Co., Inc. (NYSE: GCI), Tribune Company and The McClatchy Company (NYSE: MNI), CareerBuilder and its subsidiaries operate in the United States, Europe, South America, Canada and Asia. For more information, visit www.careerbuilder.com.
About Computerworld
Computerworld is the leading source of technology news and information for IT influencers worldwide, providing peer perspective, IT leadership and business results. Computerworld's award-winning website (www.computerworld.com), bi-weekly publication, focused conference series and custom research forms the hub of the world's largest (40+ edition) global IT media network. In the past five years alone, Computerworld has won more than 100 awards, including Magazine of the Year by American Society of Business Publication Editors (ASBPE) awards in 2010, the 2009 Best Blog from the Neal awards, and 2006 Best Overall Web Publication from ASBPE. Computerworld leads the industry with an online audience of over 3.5 million unique, monthly visitors (Omniture, September 2011). Computerworld is published by IDG Enterprise, a subsidiary of International Data Group (IDG), the world's leading media, events and research company. Company information is available at www.idgenterprise.com.
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