<PAGE>   1
      As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 12, 1999
                                                 Registration No. 333-________
================================================================================
                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             Washington, D. C. 20549

                                    Form S-8

                          REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER
                           THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

                               CAREERBUILDER, INC.
             (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

          DELAWARE                                         54-1779164
(State or other jurisdiction of                         (I.R.S. Employer
incorporation or organization)                       Identification Number)

     11495 SUNSET HILLS ROAD, RESTON, VIRGINIA                20190
      (Address of Principal Executive Offices)              (Zip Code)

        1999 EMPLOYEE STOCK PURCHASE PLAN, STOCK OPTION PLAN, 1999 STOCK
         INCENTIVE PLAN AND 1999 NON-EMPLOYEE DIRECTOR STOCK OPTION PLAN
                            (Full title of the Plan)

                               ROBERT J. MCGOVERN                     
          CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD, PRESIDENT AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER
                               CAREERBUILDER, INC.
                             11495 SUNSET HILLS ROAD
                             RESTON, VIRGINIA 20190
                     (Name and address of agent for service)

                                 (703) 709-1001
          (Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                   CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
======================================================================================================
                           Number of     Proposed maximum       Proposed maximum        Amount of
Title of securities        Shares to      offering price       aggregate offering      registration
  to be registered       be Registered      per share                price                 fee
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
<S>                        <C>             <C>                   <C>                     <C>
                                           
Common Stock $.001                         
   par value               3,300,000       $13.00 (1)            $42,900,000             $11,926
                                          
======================================================================================================
</TABLE>

(1) Such price reflects the Company's initial public offering price.


<PAGE>   2


PART I.     INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS

     The information required by Part I is included in documents sent or given
to participants in the 1999 Employee Stock Purchase Plan, Stock Option Plan,
1999 Stock Incentive Plan and 1999 Non-Employee Director Stock Option Plan,
pursuant to Rule 428(b)(1) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the
"Securities Act").

PART II.    INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT

     Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.

     CareerBuilder, Inc. (the "Registrant") is subject to the informational and
reporting requirements of Sections 13(a), 14 and 15(d) of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), and in accordance
therewith files reports, proxy statements and other information with the
Securities and Exchange Commission. The following documents, which are on file
with the Securities and Exchange Commission, are incorporated in this
Registration Statement by reference:

          (a) The Registrant's latest annual report filed pursuant to Section
13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act or the latest prospectus filed pursuant to
Rule 424(b) under the Securities Act, that contains audited financial statements
for the Registrant's latest fiscal year for which such statements have been
filed.

          (b) All other reports filed pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the
Exchange Act since the end of the fiscal year covered by the document referred
to in (a) above.

          (c) The description of the common stock of the Registrant, $.001 par
value per share (the "Common Stock"), which is contained in a registration
statement filed under the Exchange Act, including any amendment or report filed
for the purpose of updating such description.

     All documents subsequently filed by the Registrant pursuant to Sections
13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act prior to the filing of a
post-effective amendment which indicates that all shares offered hereby have
been sold or which deregisters all shares then remaining unsold, shall be deemed
to be incorporated in this Registration Statement by reference and to be a part
hereof from the date of filing of such documents. Any statement contained in a
document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein shall be
deemed to be modified or superseded for the purposes of this Registration
Statement to the extent a statement contained herein or in any other
subsequently filed document which also is or is deemed to be incorporated by
reference herein modifies or supersedes such statement. Any statement so
modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded,
to constitute a part of this Registration Statement.

     Item 4. Description of Securities.

     Not applicable.


                                       2
<PAGE>   3


     Item 5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.

     Not Applicable.

     Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.

     Article Eighth of the Registrant's Amended and Restated Certificate of
Incorporation (the "Restated Certificate of Incorporation") provides that no
director of the Registrant shall be personally liable for any monetary damages
for any breach of fiduciary duty as a director, except to the extent that the
Delaware General Corporation Law prohibits the elimination or limitation of
liability of directors for breach of fiduciary duty.

     Article Ninth of the Registrant's Restated Certificate of Incorporation
provides that a director or officer of the Registrant (a) shall be indemnified
by the Registrant against all expenses (including attorneys' fees), judgments,
fines and amounts paid in settlement incurred in connection with any litigation
or other legal proceeding (other than an action by or in the right of the
Registrant) brought against him by virtue of his position as a director or
officer of the Registrant if he acted in good faith and in a manner he
reasonably believed to be in, or not opposed to, the best interests of the
Registrant, and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had no
reasonable cause to believe his conduct was unlawful and (b) shall be
indemnified by the Registrant against all expenses (including attorneys' fees)
and amounts paid in settlement incurred in connection with any action by or in
the right of the Registrant brought against him by virtue of his position as a
director or officer of the Registrant if he acted in good faith and in a manner
he reasonably believed to be in, or not opposed to, the best interests of the
Registrant, except that no indemnification shall be made with respect to any
matter as to which such person shall have been adjudged to be liable to the
Registrant, unless a court determines that, despite such adjudication but in
view of all of the circumstances, he is entitled to indemnification of such
expenses. Notwithstanding the foregoing, to the extent that a director or
officer has been successful, on the merits or otherwise, including, without
limitation, the dismissal of an action without prejudice, he is required to be
indemnified by the Registrant against all expenses (including attorneys' fees)
incurred in connection therewith. Expenses shall be advanced to a director or
officer at his request, provided that he undertakes to repay the amount advanced
if it is ultimately determined that he is not entitled to indemnification for
such expenses.

     Indemnification is required to be made unless the Registrant determines
that the applicable standard of conduct required for indemnification has not
been met. In the event of a determination by the Registrant that the director or
officer did not meet the applicable standard of conduct required for
indemnification, or if the Registrant fails to make an indemnification payment
within 60 days after such payment is claimed by such person, such person is
permitted to petition the court to make an independent determination as to
whether such person is entitled to indemnification. As a condition precedent to
the right of indemnification, the director or officer must give the Registrant
notice of the action for which indemnity is sought and the Registrant has the
right to participate in such action or assume the defense thereof.

     Article Ninth of the Registrant's Restated Certificate of Incorporation
further provides that the indemnification provided therein is not exclusive, and
provides that in the event that the Delaware General Corporation Law is amended
to expand the indemnification permitted to directors 


                                       3
<PAGE>   4

or officers, then the Registrant must indemnify those persons to the fullest
extent permitted by such law as so amended.

     Section 145 of the Delaware General Corporation Law provides that a
corporation has the power to indemnify a director, officer, employee or agent of
the corporation and certain other persons serving at the request of the
corporation in related capacities against amounts paid and expenses incurred in
connection with an action or proceeding to which he is or is threatened to be
made a party by reason of such position, if such person shall have acted in good
faith and in a manner he reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best
interests of the corporation, and, in any criminal proceeding, if such person
had no reasonable cause to believe his conduct was unlawful; provided that, in
the case of actions brought by or in the right of the corporation, no
indemnification shall be made with respect to any matter as to which such person
shall have been adjudged to be liable to the corporation unless and only to the
extent that the adjudicating court determines that such indemnification is
proper under the circumstances.

     Under Section 7 of the Underwriting Agreement, the Underwriters are
obligated, under certain circumstances, to indemnify directors and officers of
the Registrant against certain liabilities, including liabilities under the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"). Reference is made to
the form of Underwriting Agreement filed as Exhibit 1 hereto.

     The Registrant intends to purchase an insurance policy insuring the
officers and directors of the Registrant against certain liabilities incurred by
them in the discharge of their functions as such officers and directors,
including liabilities under the Securities Act.

     Item 7. Exemption from Registration Claimed.

     Not applicable.

     Item 8. Exhibits.

     The Exhibit Index immediately preceding the exhibits is attached hereto and
incorporated herein by reference.

     Item 9. Undertakings.

     1. The Registrant hereby undertakes:

        (a) To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made,
a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement to include any
material information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously
disclosed in the registration statement or any material change to such
information in the registration statement.

        (b) That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the
Securities Act, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new
registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the
offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona
fide offering thereof.



                                       4
<PAGE>   5



           (c) To remove from registration by means of a post-effective 
amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the 
termination of the offering.

        2. The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of
determining any liability under the Securities Act, each filing of the
Registrant's annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the
Exchange Act (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan's
annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act) that is
incorporated by reference in the registration statement shall be deemed to be a
new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the
offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona
fide offering thereof.

        3. Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the
Securities Act may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons
of the Registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the
Registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange
Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the
Securities Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for
indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the
Registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling
person of the Registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or
proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in
connection with the securities being registered, the Registrant will, unless in
the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent,
submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such
indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Act and will
be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.



                                       5
<PAGE>   6

                                   SIGNATURES

        Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, the Registrant
certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the
requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Registration
Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly
authorized, in Reston, Virginia, on the 11th day of May, 1999.

                                      CAREERBUILDER, INC.


                                      By:  /s/ JAMES A. THOLEN
                                           ------------------------------
                                           James A. Tholen
                                           Senior Vice President, Chief
                                               Financial Officer and Secretary



                                       6
<PAGE>   7


                                POWER OF ATTORNEY

     We, the undersigned officers and directors of CareerBuilder, Inc., hereby
severally constitute Robert J. McGovern, James A. Tholen and David Sylvester and
each of them singly, our true and lawful attorneys with full power to them, and
each of them singly, to sign for us and in our names in the capacities indicated
below, the Registration Statement on Form S-8 filed herewith and any and all
subsequent amendments to said Registration Statement, and generally to do all
such things in our names and behalf in our capacities as officers and directors
to enable CareerBuilder, Inc. to comply with all requirements of the Securities
and Exchange Commission, hereby ratifying and confirming our signatures as they
may be signed by said attorneys, or any of them, to said Registration Statement
and any and all amendments thereto.

     Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, this Registration
Statement has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities and
on the dates indicated.

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
Signature                           Title                                      Date
---------                           -----                                      ----
<S>                              <C>                                        <C>
/s/ ROBERT J. MCGOVERN           Chairman of the Board, President           May 11, 1999
--------------------------         and Chief Executive Officer
Robert J. McGovern                 (Principal Executive Officer)

/s/ JAMES A. THOLEN              Director (Principal Financial and          May 11, 1999
--------------------------          Accounting Officer)
James A. Tholen  


/s/ PETER BARRIS                 Director                                   May 11, 1999
--------------------------
Peter Barris


/s/ GARY C. BUTLER               Director                                   May 11, 1999
--------------------------
Gary C. Butler


/s/ D. JARRETT COLLINS           Director                                   May 11, 1999
--------------------------
D. Jarrett Collins


/s/ J. NEIL WEINTRAUT            Director                                   May 11, 1999
--------------------------
J. Neil Weintraut


/s/ DAVID C. WETMORE             Director                                   May 11, 1999
--------------------------
David C. Wetmore
</TABLE>



                                       7
<PAGE>   8

                                  EXHIBIT INDEX

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
Exhibit
Number      Description
-------     -----------
<S>         <C>
4.1*        Certificate of Incorporation of the Registrant.

4.2*        Form of Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Registrant.

4.3*        By-Laws of the Registrant.

4.4*        Form of Amended and Restated By-Laws of the Registrant.

4.5*        Specimen certificate for shares of Common Stock.

5.1         Opinion of Hale and Dorr LLP.

23.1        Consent of Hale and Dorr LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1).

23.2        Consent of KPMG LLP.

24.1        Power of Attorney (included on the signature page of this 
            Registration Statement).
</TABLE>


*    Incorporated by reference herein from Exhibits to the Registrant's
     Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-73469) as declared
     effective by the Commission on May 11, 1999.
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1
      As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 12, 1999
                                                 Registration No. 333-________
================================================================================
                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             Washington, D. C. 20549

                                    Form S-8

                          REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER
                           THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

                               CAREERBUILDER, INC.
             (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

          DELAWARE                                         54-1779164
(State or other jurisdiction of                         (I.R.S. Employer
incorporation or organization)                       Identification Number)

     11495 SUNSET HILLS ROAD, RESTON, VIRGINIA                20190
      (Address of Principal Executive Offices)              (Zip Code)

        1999 EMPLOYEE STOCK PURCHASE PLAN, STOCK OPTION PLAN, 1999 STOCK
         INCENTIVE PLAN AND 1999 NON-EMPLOYEE DIRECTOR STOCK OPTION PLAN
                            (Full title of the Plan)

                               ROBERT J. MCGOVERN                     
          CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD, PRESIDENT AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER
                               CAREERBUILDER, INC.
                             11495 SUNSET HILLS ROAD
                             RESTON, VIRGINIA 20190
                     (Name and address of agent for service)

                                 (703) 709-1001
          (Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
======================================================================================================
                           Number of     Proposed maximum       Proposed maximum        Amount of
Title of securities        Shares to      offering price       aggregate offering      registration
  to be registered       be Registered      per share                price                 fee
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Common Stock $.001                         
   par value               3,300,000       $13.00 (1)            $42,900,000             $11,926
                                          
======================================================================================================
(1) Such price reflects the Company's initial public offering price.
2

PART I.     INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS

     The information required by Part I is included in documents sent or given
to participants in the 1999 Employee Stock Purchase Plan, Stock Option Plan,
1999 Stock Incentive Plan and 1999 Non-Employee Director Stock Option Plan,
pursuant to Rule 428(b)(1) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the
"Securities Act").

PART II.    INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT

     Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.

     CareerBuilder, Inc. (the "Registrant") is subject to the informational and
reporting requirements of Sections 13(a), 14 and 15(d) of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), and in accordance
therewith files reports, proxy statements and other information with the
Securities and Exchange Commission. The following documents, which are on file
with the Securities and Exchange Commission, are incorporated in this
Registration Statement by reference:

          (a) The Registrant's latest annual report filed pursuant to Section
13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act or the latest prospectus filed pursuant to
Rule 424(b) under the Securities Act, that contains audited financial statements
for the Registrant's latest fiscal year for which such statements have been
filed.

          (b) All other reports filed pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the
Exchange Act since the end of the fiscal year covered by the document referred
to in (a) above.

          (c) The description of the common stock of the Registrant, $.001 par
value per share (the "Common Stock"), which is contained in a registration
statement filed under the Exchange Act, including any amendment or report filed
for the purpose of updating such description.

     All documents subsequently filed by the Registrant pursuant to Sections
13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act prior to the filing of a
post-effective amendment which indicates that all shares offered hereby have
been sold or which deregisters all shares then remaining unsold, shall be deemed
to be incorporated in this Registration Statement by reference and to be a part
hereof from the date of filing of such documents. Any statement contained in a
document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein shall be
deemed to be modified or superseded for the purposes of this Registration
Statement to the extent a statement contained herein or in any other
subsequently filed document which also is or is deemed to be incorporated by
reference herein modifies or supersedes such statement. Any statement so
modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded,
to constitute a part of this Registration Statement.

     Item 4. Description of Securities.

     Not applicable.

                                       2
3

     Item 5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.

     Not Applicable.

     Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.

     Article Eighth of the Registrant's Amended and Restated Certificate of
Incorporation (the "Restated Certificate of Incorporation") provides that no
director of the Registrant shall be personally liable for any monetary damages
for any breach of fiduciary duty as a director, except to the extent that the
Delaware General Corporation Law prohibits the elimination or limitation of
liability of directors for breach of fiduciary duty.

     Article Ninth of the Registrant's Restated Certificate of Incorporation
provides that a director or officer of the Registrant (a) shall be indemnified
by the Registrant against all expenses (including attorneys' fees), judgments,
fines and amounts paid in settlement incurred in connection with any litigation
or other legal proceeding (other than an action by or in the right of the
Registrant) brought against him by virtue of his position as a director or
officer of the Registrant if he acted in good faith and in a manner he
reasonably believed to be in, or not opposed to, the best interests of the
Registrant, and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had no
reasonable cause to believe his conduct was unlawful and (b) shall be
indemnified by the Registrant against all expenses (including attorneys' fees)
and amounts paid in settlement incurred in connection with any action by or in
the right of the Registrant brought against him by virtue of his position as a
director or officer of the Registrant if he acted in good faith and in a manner
he reasonably believed to be in, or not opposed to, the best interests of the
Registrant, except that no indemnification shall be made with respect to any
matter as to which such person shall have been adjudged to be liable to the
Registrant, unless a court determines that, despite such adjudication but in
view of all of the circumstances, he is entitled to indemnification of such
expenses. Notwithstanding the foregoing, to the extent that a director or
officer has been successful, on the merits or otherwise, including, without
limitation, the dismissal of an action without prejudice, he is required to be
indemnified by the Registrant against all expenses (including attorneys' fees)
incurred in connection therewith. Expenses shall be advanced to a director or
officer at his request, provided that he undertakes to repay the amount advanced
if it is ultimately determined that he is not entitled to indemnification for
such expenses.

     Indemnification is required to be made unless the Registrant determines
that the applicable standard of conduct required for indemnification has not
been met. In the event of a determination by the Registrant that the director or
officer did not meet the applicable standard of conduct required for
indemnification, or if the Registrant fails to make an indemnification payment
within 60 days after such payment is claimed by such person, such person is
permitted to petition the court to make an independent determination as to
whether such person is entitled to indemnification. As a condition precedent to
the right of indemnification, the director or officer must give the Registrant
notice of the action for which indemnity is sought and the Registrant has the
right to participate in such action or assume the defense thereof.

     Article Ninth of the Registrant's Restated Certificate of Incorporation
further provides that the indemnification provided therein is not exclusive, and
provides that in the event that the Delaware General Corporation Law is amended
to expand the indemnification permitted to directors 

                                       3
4

or officers, then the Registrant must indemnify those persons to the fullest
extent permitted by such law as so amended.

     Section 145 of the Delaware General Corporation Law provides that a
corporation has the power to indemnify a director, officer, employee or agent of
the corporation and certain other persons serving at the request of the
corporation in related capacities against amounts paid and expenses incurred in
connection with an action or proceeding to which he is or is threatened to be
made a party by reason of such position, if such person shall have acted in good
faith and in a manner he reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best
interests of the corporation, and, in any criminal proceeding, if such person
had no reasonable cause to believe his conduct was unlawful; provided that, in
the case of actions brought by or in the right of the corporation, no
indemnification shall be made with respect to any matter as to which such person
shall have been adjudged to be liable to the corporation unless and only to the
extent that the adjudicating court determines that such indemnification is
proper under the circumstances.

     Under Section 7 of the Underwriting Agreement, the Underwriters are
obligated, under certain circumstances, to indemnify directors and officers of
the Registrant against certain liabilities, including liabilities under the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"). Reference is made to
the form of Underwriting Agreement filed as Exhibit 1 hereto.

     The Registrant intends to purchase an insurance policy insuring the
officers and directors of the Registrant against certain liabilities incurred by
them in the discharge of their functions as such officers and directors,
including liabilities under the Securities Act.

     Item 7. Exemption from Registration Claimed.

     Not applicable.

     Item 8. Exhibits.

     The Exhibit Index immediately preceding the exhibits is attached hereto and
incorporated herein by reference.

     Item 9. Undertakings.

     1. The Registrant hereby undertakes:

        (a) To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made,
a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement to include any
material information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously
disclosed in the registration statement or any material change to such
information in the registration statement.

        (b) That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the
Securities Act, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new
registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the
offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona
fide offering thereof.

                                       4
5

           (c) To remove from registration by means of a post-effective 
amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the 
termination of the offering.

        2. The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of
determining any liability under the Securities Act, each filing of the
Registrant's annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the
Exchange Act (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan's
annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act) that is
incorporated by reference in the registration statement shall be deemed to be a
new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the
offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona
fide offering thereof.

        3. Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the
Securities Act may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons
of the Registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the
Registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange
Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the
Securities Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for
indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the
Registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling
person of the Registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or
proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in
connection with the securities being registered, the Registrant will, unless in
the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent,
submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such
indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Act and will
be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.

                                       5
6

                                   SIGNATURES

        Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, the Registrant
certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the
requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Registration
Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly
authorized, in Reston, Virginia, on the 11th day of May, 1999.

                                      CAREERBUILDER, INC.

                                      By:  /s/ JAMES A. THOLEN
                                           ------------------------------
                                           James A. Tholen
                                           Senior Vice President, Chief
                                               Financial Officer and Secretary

                                       6
7

                                POWER OF ATTORNEY

     We, the undersigned officers and directors of CareerBuilder, Inc., hereby
severally constitute Robert J. McGovern, James A. Tholen and David Sylvester and
each of them singly, our true and lawful attorneys with full power to them, and
each of them singly, to sign for us and in our names in the capacities indicated
below, the Registration Statement on Form S-8 filed herewith and any and all
subsequent amendments to said Registration Statement, and generally to do all
such things in our names and behalf in our capacities as officers and directors
to enable CareerBuilder, Inc. to comply with all requirements of the Securities
and Exchange Commission, hereby ratifying and confirming our signatures as they
may be signed by said attorneys, or any of them, to said Registration Statement
and any and all amendments thereto.

     Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, this Registration
Statement has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities and
on the dates indicated.
Signature                           Title                                      Date
---------                           -----                                      ----
/s/ ROBERT J. MCGOVERN           Chairman of the Board, President           May 11, 1999
--------------------------         and Chief Executive Officer
Robert J. McGovern                 (Principal Executive Officer)

/s/ JAMES A. THOLEN              Director (Principal Financial and          May 11, 1999
--------------------------          Accounting Officer)
James A. Tholen  

/s/ PETER BARRIS                 Director                                   May 11, 1999
--------------------------
Peter Barris

/s/ GARY C. BUTLER               Director                                   May 11, 1999
--------------------------
Gary C. Butler

/s/ D. JARRETT COLLINS           Director                                   May 11, 1999
--------------------------
D. Jarrett Collins

/s/ J. NEIL WEINTRAUT            Director                                   May 11, 1999
--------------------------
J. Neil Weintraut

/s/ DAVID C. WETMORE             Director                                   May 11, 1999
--------------------------
David C. Wetmore
7
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                                  EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit
Number      Description
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4.1*        Certificate of Incorporation of the Registrant.

4.2*        Form of Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Registrant.

4.3*        By-Laws of the Registrant.

4.4*        Form of Amended and Restated By-Laws of the Registrant.

4.5*        Specimen certificate for shares of Common Stock.

5.1         Opinion of Hale and Dorr LLP.

23.1        Consent of Hale and Dorr LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1).

23.2        Consent of KPMG LLP.

24.1        Power of Attorney (included on the signature page of this 
            Registration Statement).
*    Incorporated by reference herein from Exhibits to the Registrant's
     Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-73469) as declared
     effective by the Commission on May 11, 1999.