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CareerBuilder partners with award-winning SiliconValley.com

RESTON, Va. - March 21, 2001 - | CareerBuilder Inc., delivering the most powerful career network on the Web, today announced a partnership with SiliconValley.com to bring the best tech job opportunities to the site's loyal following of industry professionals.

"The new career section on SiliconValley.com gives technology pros an inside track on technology employment job listings and news," said Diane Strahan, vice president of marketing at CareerBuilder. "The partnership provides employers with a significant new opportunity for reaching SiliconValley.com's coveted community of technology innovators, bringing the CareerBuilder Network to where the job seekers are."

In addition to job postings and fast-breaking technology news, job candidates on SiliconValley.com can also find interviews with fast-track industry executives and in-depth survey information on industry salaries. Employers will also benefit from premium advertising opportunities, powerful job posting tools and state-of-the-art resume database technology for locating the right job candidates.

"Through our partnership with CareerBuilder, we've been able to develop a state-of-the-art employment marketplace for the fast-track technology professional." said Oliver Ryan, general manager of SiliconValley.com. "We're moving the informal networking of Silicon Valley to an online arena. By combining rich editorial content with sophisticated technology, we deliver the power of general interest job sites and the focus of a targeted industry site. We expect tremendous results from this partnership."

SiliconValley.com, owned by KnightRidder.com and produced in partnership with the San Jose Mercury News, is one of the most highly visited sites in KnightRidder.com's Real Cities network. SiliconValley.com site awards include the LISA 2000 from the Kelsey Group for "Best Business Information/E-Commerce Site" and the Edgie Award 200 from the Newspaper Association of America for "Best Vertical Site."

About CareerBuilder Inc.

CareerBuilder Inc., the most powerful career network on the Web, is the leading provider of targeted Web recruiting. Through the CareerBuilder Network, employers can post jobs to pinpoint exactly the right candidates by location, industry or diversity. Job seekers can instantly search more than 75 of the Internet's best career sites, in just a couple of clicks. CareerBuilder also provides personalized career services and advice. The CareerBuilder Network includes careerbuilder.com - the flagship career center - and the career centers of premiere destination sites including MSN, Bloomberg.com, USA TODAY.com, iVillage.com and latimes.com, Philly.com, chicagotribune.com and BayArea.com.

Visit CareerBuilder at www.careerbuilder.com or SiliconValley.com

About SiliconValley.com

SiliconValley.com is the Internet's most timely and in-depth technology news site, delivering up-to-the-minute news and opinion to fast-track technology managers and key industry decision-makers. Professionals in the Valley and around the world turn to SiliconValley.com to get the inside scoop on the people and companies shaping the new economy. Backed by the Pulitzer Prize winning staff of the San Jose Mercury News, SiliconValley.com combines 24x7 breaking news coverage with cutting edge industry analysis and a range of powerful, interactive research databases. From the popular section Good Morning Silicon Valley, the informative and timely Opinions section, the MoneyTree survey of venture capital investing to the exclusive SiliconValley.com Salary Survey, the nationally recognized editorial staff of SiliconValley.com consistently delivers more detailed and relevant content to the tech economy than any other industry news or online service.

Press Contacts:

Barry Lawrence, CareerBuilder, 703-259-5793, barry.lawrence@careerbuilder.com

Cynthia Mallen Funnell, KnightRidder.com, 408-938-6076, cfunnell@knightridder.com

Bill Maxfield, PRx Inc., for KnightRidder.com, 408-350-0796, bill_maxfield@prxinc.com