CareerBuilder Reviews in Chicago, IL Area

Pros

Great leadership, focusing on delivering sales and results for our clients.

Cons

The constantly changing sales force.

Advice to Senior Management

Invest more in technology and web 2.0/3.0 solutions

Pros

1. Work/Life Balance – I never work over 40 hours!
2. Internal Promotions – I have been here for 1 year 3 months and have been promoted twice
3. Manager Support – My managers jump on calls, strategize accounts and provide feedback
4. Training – We have trainings all the time so I can improve my skills
5. Benefits – SUMMER HOURS, Wellness Reimbursement, Tuition Reimbursement
6. Fun Atmosphere – Position requires a LOT of work, but my work is noticed
7. My team does contests, team outings, fun incentives to keep us motivated.

Cons

1. This position has a lot of activity – high volume of calls, appointments but has very generous comp package for the work we do
2. This is not an easy position, it requires time, work, dedication but with a strong work ethic you can get promoted fast and make a lot of money

Advice to Senior Management

Although we have an individual quota, it would be fun to also have a team goal so it gives us something to work towards together.

Pros

CareerBuilder offers great job growth, benefits, culture, and COMMISSION. I have been working here for a very long time and plan on continuing to do so.

Cons

Sometime direct management can be frustrating with some of the hoops you are required to jump through. challenging industry in a down economy

Advice to Senior Management

To offer a better work life balance and leniency with taking time off work. work closer with the reps to understand exactly what the sales processes to implement new strategies.

Pros

Great place to work, people, opportunities, leadership, mentoring, and overall strength of the organization are all wonderful. I would recommend this organization to every person I know.

Cons

Sales equals Stressful. Although the company is incredible, sales isn't for everyone. It's face pace, highly competitive, but very very rewarding if you perform up to job requirements.

Advice to Senior Management

Keep doing what you are doing. I've had the chance to meet a lot of our executives and I am deeply impressed with each and everyone of them.

Pros

First, this job isn't for you if you have issues taking initiative, want to work a 9 to 5, or if you don't handle constant deadlines. I've seen some reviews of people saying the compensation sucks if you don't hit your number...I hate to break it to you, but that's how sales works. Take away the quota, it's hard to get people to work hard enough to hit numbers and grow business.

Sales isn't a joke, and the reason this company is successful rests on the sales teams.

1. The benefits are fantastic.
2. The compensation plan is the best I've seen in sales--tell me where you can earn an extra $50k on top of your base in an ENTRY LEVEL sales job.
3. Lot's of room for growth--been promoted 3 times in 12 months. You do your job, you move up.
4. Tons of development. Managers are committed to training and improving their staff.

Cons

1. This job takes more than 40 hours per week to be successful
2. There are some sales people at the company that need to go--they're negative and they haven't hit their number in over a year. They're a cancer to the people around them. Management is sometimes too hesitant to let people go.

Pros

Benefits, training, learning & development, compensation structure and opportunity to make your own career path. If you want to stay in direct sales the whole time, that's OK...if you want to fast track to management, you're supported as well. Conversely, if you're not happy where you are but doing the work, leadership will help find a position that's more suited to your talents...at least the good ones will.

Cons

A lot of Director & Sr. Management roles were given out in the past just based on tenure and whether or not someone "fit the mold" of the coveted "Boys Club" that ran rampant for many years. Since the economic downturn, it's gotten much better but I still think there are Managers & Directors that shouldn't be in their positions. This creates disdain for the people that have done the work, asked for the promotions and been bypassed by someone else just because of friendship status or (as mentioned above) company tenure.

Advice to Senior Management

Continue to listen to your employees and what they're asking for, along with what customers are asking for too.

Pros

-They have a great compensation plan
-Fun place to work

Cons

-The job is not for everyone, but the right type of person can make it far

Pros

able to learn a lot about the ins and outs of various industries and markets.

Cons

the starting salary is very low and hard to deal with if you do not hit your bonus.

Advice to Senior Management

more hands on one on one training instead of all group trainings

Pros

- good benefits and perks
- decent training in if you are in the right programs
- good commission plan

Cons

- tons of cliques, if you are the flavor of the month with management, life is great, but when you aren't it is pretty clear and they are on to the next
- high turnover
- young managers that love power

Advice to Senior Management

Promoting young managers is great and provides tons of opportunity, but these people need training....some of them are just high on power providing an awful work experience for those on the team.

Pros

Good benefits, great place to learn

Cons

Unrealistic quotas can be daunting

Advice to Senior Management

solicit more feedback from employees