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January 27th, 2025

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January 30th, 2025

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January 30th, 2025

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January 30th, 2025

How to Fast-Track Tech Hiring

In 2024, 93% of tech professionals are willing to consider a new opportunity. For tech recruiters, the need to quickly determine which candidates align with their opens has never been more important. From possessing the right skills and title, to aligning on compensation and work setting, recruiters today are challenged with finding the right shortlist of candidates in a sea of opportunity.

January 30th, 2025

Hack your Hiring: Building an AI Team

Feeling overwhelmed by the AI hiring landscape? You're not alone. Join us for a free webinar where we'll build an AI dream team in real time and help you unravel the mystery of attracting and securing top tech talent with in-demand AI skills.

Hear from the Experts:

Shane Sawyer, Director of Development: Gain insights from an AI pro on working with hiring managers to find the perfect AI talent and building an employer brand that attracts the best.

David Swegart, Vice President of Development Engineering: Learn firsthand strategies from a data science and engineering team leader and overcoming common hiring and training challenges.

January 30th, 2025

How To: Increase Response Rates with Top Tech Candidates

Break through the noise and bring in the best tech talent in today's competitive market. Turn the ghosting into coasting and drive more talented tech professionals into your pipeline. Join Dice's Technical Recruiting expert, Ashley Conley, for this free 30-minute online event and discover proven strategies to fill up your pipeline faster: Uncover the secret behind why your messages might be getting ignored. Get tips for crafting targeted communications that resonate with the skills and interests of your ideal tech candidate. Master outreach with actionable tips to boost your response rates and fill your tech roles faster. About our guest speaker: Ashley Conley, Technical Recruiter at Dice, is from the Chicago suburbs and possesses 11 years of technical recruitment experience. She graduated from DePaul University with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Communications. Ashley has a background working for reputable staffing agencies in the Chicagoland area fulfilling Fortune 500 clients’ IT staffing needs in both contract and permanent placement.

January 30th, 2025

Unlock 2024’s Tech Talent Gold Rush: Insights from The Dice Tech Salary Report

2024 will be a year of opportunity for recruiters and employers when it comes to tech hiring. According to findings in our soon-to-be-released Tech Salary Report, 93% of tech professionals are willing to consider a relevant new opportunity. As a result, 2024 is likely to see significant turnover as tech professionals act on their dissatisfaction and jump to new roles.

January 30th, 2025

Improving Tech Candidate Engagement with Outreach Optimization

Capturing the attention of tech candidates and getting a response are two of the biggest challenges tech recruiters face in today’s competitive hiring market. Which is why it’s more important than ever to work smarter, making sure your outreach strategies are optimized to resonate with candidates and prompt response. Watch a discussion with Larry Hernandez, Founder of RecruiterDNA, and Tricia Jepsen, Talent Acquisition Sourcing Supervisor at DISH, about the obstacles recruiters are facing right now with candidate outreach and how to overcome them. If you’re a recruiter struggling to get responses from tech candidates, this webinar is for you.

January 30th, 2025

Ask Dice: How to Find Tech Talent with Limited Resources

January 30th, 2025

Building More Diverse, Equitable and Inclusive Workplaces for Tech Professionals

Discrimination and inequality remain prevalent in the tech profession. While the road to positive change is long, as recruiters, HR professionals and employers of tech talent, you have a unique opportunity to influence diversity, equity and inclusion through the hiring and employee retention process. Check out our panel discussion on the state of diversity in tech and advice for recruiters and employers of tech talent for building and sustaining more diverse, equitable and inclusive workplaces. If you and your organization are committed to being a force for driving a more inclusive culture for the tech profession, this webinar is for you. During this 45-minute webinar, you’ll learn: Why DEI is especially important to tech professionals (and why that matters in the hiring process) How to build truly diverse teams through inclusive and equitable hiring and retention practices Ways to effectively advocate for equality and inclusion in your organization

January 30th, 2025

Demystifying AI Hiring: Practical Insights and Tips for HR & Technical Recruiters

This webinar is designed to equip HR professionals and technical recruiters with the knowledge and tools needed to succeed in today's competitive AI talent market. You will hear from accomplished experts from both sides of the hiring aisle, representing the often-conflicting perspectives of both hiring managers and HR teams.

January 30th, 2025

Pricing

Solutions to fit your tech & engineering hiring needs Solutions to fit your tech & engineering hiring needs Plans and packages for every team Monthly Yearly Post Jobs $399/jobPrice is per job for 3 jobsPost NowUp to 3 jobs on Dice for up to 30 daysJobs promoted across other channelsMost popularStarter $649/month $549/monthBilled month-to-month(no annual […]

January 31st, 2025

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February 5th, 2025

Connect your hiring stack Accelerate your success

Dice integrates with industry-leading ATS and HR platforms to streamline your tech hiring workflow. Stop switching between systems and start hiring faster. 

February 6th, 2025

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February 7th, 2025

Resources

February 10th, 2025

Montefiore

The Challenge Standing out in a highly competitive environment​ When looking to fill their tech positions, Montefiore was not only competing against other well-known hospitals in New York but also against large financial institutions with high salary opportunities. Montefiore needed a more effective way to share their unique altruistic culture to stand out and attract top tech professionals. The Solution Leverage Dice’s branding solutions to differentiate against competitors By using the Dice Company Profile, Montefiore strengthened their branding and showcased how their mission driven values truly shape their culture. They highlighted what makes them unique including their impact on underserved communities and their focus on career growth and skill development. To get maximum awareness, they also extended their branding to their job postings with BrandMax, which allows you to brand your jobs while blocking out competitor ads and jobs. The Results Increased awareness and applications​ Montefiore has seen their Dice job postings appear higher within the Google search results and heard that candidates have applied as a direct result of seeing the new branding. Looking ahead, the Montefiore team plans to utilize the Dice branding tools to continuously strengthen and evolve their brand story as it is a crucial part of their recruitment strategy to attract top tech talent.

February 10th, 2025

Meridian Cooperative

The Challenge Find tech talent for hard-to-fill roles​ Meridian Cooperative, a leader in development of utility software and technology solutions, needed a way to quickly source highly skilled software developers proficient in Java, .NET, cloud technologies, Oracle and SQL. Faced with a tight deadline and the challenge of attracting talent from larger corporations to smaller enterprises, Meridian had to fill their roles fast while simultaneously building their pipeline for future roles. The Solution Dice Virtual Career Events​ Meridian turned to Dice Virtual Career Events to help. The organization participated in Dice’s “DEIB in Tech” and “Cloud, Engineering, Development, Cybersecurity & IT” events, which allowed them to virtually engage one-on-one with tech professionals seeking their next job opportunities. As part of these events, Dice targets specific skill sets and job titles that participating employers are looking for, presenting Meridian with an excellent opportunity to connect with the right software developers for their open positions. Meridian used the event to showcase their unique employer brand and attract tech professionals to their virtual booth to learn more. The Results Immediate hires and a pipeline for future openings​ Meridian found immense value in these events, particularly noting the quality of the candidates and high levels of engagement. They successfully secured hires from both events to meet their hiring goals. Even a year later, Meridian continued to reap the benefits of participating in the events. By leveraging the resources provided by Dice, including access to candidate resumes and contact details, the team continued to build relationships and conduct interviews long after the events concluded. The organization gained new hires and a robust pipeline to meet ongoing hiring demands, ensuring they have the best talent to deliver cutting-edge solutions to utility providers.

February 10th, 2025

Tech hiring success stories

See how industry leaders are winning top tech talent. From cutting hiring costs to transforming recruiting strategies, our customers are revolutionizing their approach to talent sourcing—and getting results worth talking about.

February 13th, 2025

Mako Professionals

February 13th, 2025

Patrice & Associates

The Challenge Lower return on investment with generalist hiring platforms​ Nick Mastrovito, a seasoned recruiter with Patrice & Associates, had been sourcing tech professionals for over seven years, primarily through generalist hiring platforms. While these platforms initially provided value, his experience steadily declined over time. His biggest challenge was the decreasing quality of candidates and limited information available, which made it difficult to identify suitable talent for specialized tech roles or access comprehensive candidate profiles. In addition, whenever issues arose, customer support from these platforms was minimal and insufficient. To make matters worse, the cost of using these platforms increased year after year, even as the quality of both service and candidate pools seemed to diminish. Mastrovito reflects on his experience, saying, "I've used a variety of platforms, and what I’ve noticed is that over time, they become more expensive and offer less." With higher costs and more time-consuming efforts required to deliver the quality candidates his clients had come to expect, it was clear that a change in his recruitment strategy was necessary. The Solution Finding active tech talent on the platform they know and trust​ Recognizing the need for a more specialized approach, Mastrovito turned to Dice—a platform designed specifically for sourcing tech talent. He believed that focusing on a platform built for tech recruiting would allow him to streamline his efforts and produce better results. As he puts it, "Dice is the platform for technical recruiting. So, why not use the best platform out there for the space that I’m recruiting in?" Several features of Dice made a significant impact on his recruiting process. The IntelliSearchTM feature allowed him to paste a job description into Dice’s search engine and quickly receive a qualified list of tech professionals, saving time and effort. Additionally, he appreciated Dice’s ability to layer filters and Boolean strings to refine searches, helping him narrow down his list of potential candidates more efficiently. Another benefit Mastrovito found valuable was access to Social Profiles, in which Dice scrapes the open web for additional information on candidates, creating a more complete and detailed profile that helped him make informed decisions during the hiring process. The Results More efficient recruiting​ By moving his tech hiring to Dice, Mastrovito transformed his strategy, focusing on high-quality candidates instead of filtering through an overwhelming number of irrelevant resumes. As he explains, “I’m not looking for 1,000 resumes. I’m looking for 10 or 15 really good resumes.” This shift was supported by quarterly check-ins with his Dice account manager and client success partner, helping him stay on track and improve his results. This new approach also helped him win new business. For example, when a potential client struggled to find a local software engineer through Indeed, Mastrovito quickly conducted a search on Dice, targeting candidates who fit the requirements and had updated their resumes in the past six months. He immediately identified 30 qualified candidates, earned the client’s business, and several candidates were interviewed for the position.

February 13th, 2025

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February 13th, 2025

HatchPros

February 13th, 2025

Universal Technologies

The Challenge High costs and low return on investment on generalist platform​ Universal Technologies, an IT consulting firm based in New York, specializes in sourcing highly skilled tech talent for government clients with strict qualification requirements. Using generalist platforms like Indeed, they encountered frequent challenges: not only were qualified candidates scarce, but popular job posts were sometimes flagged and additional costs were incurred. Dean Stringfellow, Operations Manager, recalls spending over $1K on a single job post on Indeed, only to make no hires. “I’ll never forget,” Dean says, “we posted one job on there, and by the end, it cost about $1,100—and we never got a hire from it.” To deliver top talent to clients quickly and at a lower cost, Dean knew the firm needed a tech-specific recruiting platform. The Solution A tech-centered recruiting platform with built-in ROI​ After researching options, Dean discovered Dice by asking ChatGPT for a list of the best tech hiring platforms. Drawn by its exclusive focus on tech roles and integration features, he found that Dice was not only an ideal solution, but also within his budget. Dice’s specialized candidate pool and targeted filters yielded highly relevant results, drastically cutting the time his team spent screening applicants. “The biggest draw was that Dice is so IT-focused,” Dean explains. “It’s an industry that’s only going to keep growing, and we wanted a platform dedicated to it.” With the Easy Source and Easy Post integrations with Bullhorn, Universal Technologies now connects with top candidates more efficiently than ever. Easy Post allows them to seamlessly list jobs on Dice from their ATS, ensuring visibility to the right audience. Meanwhile, Easy Source automates the sourcing process, using Dice’s AI to recommend top candidates based on specific job criteria—significantly reducing the time spent on manual searches. “For us, it’s plug and play,” says Dean. “We enter our criteria, and Dice finds the right people. It saves so much time.” The Results 30-minutes saved per day and 90% fill rate​ Since switching to Dice, Universal Technologies has made 100% of its hires from Dice’s platform. With a 90% success rate in finding qualified candidates for tech roles, Dean and his team avoid the noise and irrelevant applications common on other sites. This precision has led to measurable time savings, with Dice’s integrated tools giving the team back an estimated 20-30 minutes per day—adding up to over two hours each week in reclaimed productivity. Dean highlights Dice’s value in saving both time and money: “With Dice, we’re not wasting resources. We’re connecting with the right candidates and making hires without the costly back-and-forth we experienced elsewhere.”

February 13th, 2025

Trine University

The Challenge Meet urgent tech recruiting demand with limited resources Trine University experienced remarkable growth over a span of three years, primarily in the technology and engineering sectors. The university moved quickly to hire a substantial number of Adjunct Professors with advanced qualifications and extensive tech industry experience. In addition to being limited in resources and time, the university was challenged by the level of tech expertise needed to vet candidates. The Solution Collaboration with Dice Sourcing Services Trine’s Office of Human Resources had previously worked with Dice Sourcing Services to recruit IT professionals and reached out to see if the company was willing to collaborate together to find adjunct faculty in engineering and technology. Dice accepted the challenge and provided a tech recruiter to partner with Trine’s staff to strategically market the position, source talent and visually screen candidates. The Dice recruiter’s experience in tech recruiting sped up the hiring process and ensured every candidate presented met Trine's qualifications. The Results 59 offers accepted within just 4.5 months Dice’s tech recruiter provided over 100 qualified Adjunct Professors resulting in an impressive 59 offers accepted in less than five months. This accomplishment empowered Trine to consistently meet their ongoing hiring demands with a team of top-notch professors who could teach highly specialized tech skills, ensuring their commitment to delivering an exceptional educational experience, which has always been their most important priority.

February 13th, 2025

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February 13th, 2025

Latest innovations in tech hiring

The tech talent landscape never stops evolving. That’s why Dice keeps pushing boundaries. Discover our latest features engineered to improve your odds of landing exceptional tech talent. 

2024

Dice Recruiter for iOS

The Dice Recruiter app offers instant messaging on the go, empowering recruiters to engage with candidates in real-time, improve response times, and maintain relationships—anytime, anywhere. With the Dice Recruiter app, tech recruiting becomes more efficient, personalized, and always within reach.

2024

Discover Companies

Tech professionals can easily discover the companies that meet their ideal preferences. With the ability to browse and filter the thousands of companies on Dice, they can narrow down their search to what matters most. Employers also get the added benefit of increased brand awareness, engagement, and traffic to their Company Profile.

2023

SMS Notifications

Dice ensures you never miss a beat in your conversations with tech professionals. With our new SMS notifications, you will be instantly notified when a tech professional reaches out to you via instant message.

2023

Easy Apply for Greenhouse

The Easy Apply Integration gives employers increased job performance and streamlined application transfer from Dice to your Greenhouse ATS. After each application, Dice automatically sends applicants' profile and resume to the your Greenhouse portal, saving valuable time.

2023

Connections

Dice Connections enables recruiters and technology professionals to build their network and create stronger, more trusted relationships that lead to filled jobs.

2019

Candidate Quality

Recognizing that our clients’ success is only as successful as the quality of candidates we can connect them with, we made it our top priority to ensure that Dice can provide the widest and the best quality of technologists possible. Through increasing our personnel and tech investment, and monitoring signals from candidate behavior and client-reported issues, we’ve achieved best in class candidate quality.

February 17th, 2025

AI Resources

February 17th, 2025

How soon will I start receiving applicants?

Your job will be live as soon as you complete the information and post it on Dice. In fact, 97% of companies who post jobs on Dice receive an applicant in the first 24 hours.

February 17th, 2025

What are job slots?

A job slot on Dice is a flexible posting space for your open positions. You can use each job slot to post one job at a time. Once that job is filled or the listing is no longer needed, the slot becomes available again, allowing you to post a new job. You can cycle through as many jobs as you need using your job slots.

February 17th, 2025

How are jobs promoted?

All jobs on Dice are promoted to candidates on website and mobile app, as well as on our partner sites and job amplification channels, like paid search, social platforms and more. Additional job boosts and employer branding solutions are also available to drive more views and applications.

February 17th, 2025

Can I integrate Dice with my ATS?

Yes, Dice offers integrations with most major ATS platforms, allowing you to streamline your process and manage candidates seamlessly.

February 17th, 2025

Which industries does Dice serve?

Dice helps recruiters and employers in industries across finance, healthcare, retail, consumer goods, aerospace and many more to connect with the right tech candidates for their needs.

February 17th, 2025

What if I have more questions?

If you need help picking the right package for your company, or if you have any questions about Dice in general, please contact us. We’d love to help!

February 17th, 2025

Can I post jobs for part-time and contractor roles?

Of course! If you’re looking for contractors, part-time or full-time employees, you can find them on Dice.

February 17th, 2025

What are branded jobs and company profile?

Branded Jobs and Company Profiles are powerful employer branding tools designed to showcase your company’s unique offerings—like your tech stack, benefits, and workplace culture—to potential candidates. Employers who leverage these solutions typically see a 22% increase in job applications compared to those who don't.

February 17th, 2025

What are candidate views?

Candidate views refer to the number of times a recruiter or hiring manager views a candidate's profile in Dice’s extensive tech talent database, TalentSearch. With TalentSearch, you can access millions of tech professionals that have detailed candidate profiles, plus the AI-backed tools to easily narrow your search to the most relevant candidates.

February 17th, 2025

What type of support does Dice offer?

The Dice team is here to help you reach your tech hiring goals. Employers and recruiters on Dice get access to Dice’s team of Client Success Partners, who can share hiring best-practices, platform training and much more.

April 23rd, 2024

Tech Salaries Plateau in 2023, 93% of Tech Professionals Open to New Opportunities

In its 19th annual Tech Salary Report, Dice predicts major shifts in 2024 as technology professionals eye new opportunities for growth   CENTENNIAL, Colo., January 30, 2024 / BusinessWire /— In a year characterized by ups and downs for those in tech, one thing remained flat in 2023: the average salary for technology professionals. In its 19th annual […]

February 18th, 2025

Dice 2023 Tech Salary Report: Six-Figure Compensation Is Here to Stay

Tech Salaries Continue Upward Momentum With 2.3% Increase in 2022   CENTENNIAL, Colo. February 21, 2023 / BusinessWire /— The average salary for a technology professional in the United States increased to $111,348 in 2022, up from $108,857 in 2021. The continued upward trend in tech salaries represented in the 2023 Tech Salary Report, released today from tech […]

February 18th, 2025

Dice and TopResume Partner to Provide Free Resume Evaluations to Tech Professionals

More than 16,000 technology professionals on Dice have used the TopResume expert review to ensure their resumes are optimized for recruiters and applicant tracking systems   CENTENNIAL, Colo., March 21, 2024 / Business Wire /— In the first few months of the year, technology professionals appear to be polishing their resumes as they think about new job opportunities. […]

April 23rd, 2024

Dice Research Reveals Women in Tech Are More Likely to Seek New Opportunities Amid Pay Dissatisfaction

Women in technology roles are significantly more likely to change employers in the next year compared to men   CENTENNIAL, Colo., March 26, 2024 / Business Wire /— Technology professionals who identify as women are more likely to be actively looking for a new job (38%) than tech professionals who identify as men (30%), recent research analysis from […]

April 6th, 2022

Dice Features Bring Flexible Work to the Forefront for Tech Professionals and Recruiters

CENTENNIAL, Colo. April 6, 2022 /PR Newswire/– Tech career marketplace Dice (a DHI Group, Inc. brand (NYSE: DHX) today announced the release of Time Zone Search, a new feature within the TalentSearchTM sourcing platform allowing recruiters to search for technology professionals within a designated time zone. The feature is the most recent in a line […]

April 23rd, 2024

As AI Transforms Tech Hiring, Dice Helps Recruiters and Tech Professionals Keep Pace

Artificial intelligence or machine learning-related skill sets were referenced in 14% of all tech job postings in February 2024, up 5 percentage points from the previous year Heading 2 Heading 3 Heading 4 Heading 5 Heading 6 CENTENNIAL, Colo., April 16, 2024 / Business Wire /— Amidst continuous discussion and debate surrounding artificial intelligence’s transformative impact on our […]

February 28th, 2024

Discrimination Continues to Be Major Issue for Tech Professionals

Despite efforts to prioritize DEIB initiatives, the percentage of tech professionals who said they experienced discrimination rose in 2022    CENTENNIAL, Colo. April 18, 2023 / BusinessWire /— Despite many companies’ public and extensive efforts to put Diversity, Equality, Inclusion and Belonging (DEIB) policies in place, 24% of tech professionals said they experienced racial discrimination in 2022 — […]

February 28th, 2024

Tech Professionals Are Far From Satisfied With Companies’ DEI Efforts

More than half of the tech professionals surveyed by Dice want their company to make changes to existing racial and gender diversity, equity and inclusion policies   CENTENNIAL, Colo. June 13, 2023 / BusinessWire /— New research from tech career marketplace Dice, a DHI Group, Inc. brand, shows that 20% of technology professionals are not impressed with their […]

August 8th, 2022

Dice Reports Strong Tech Hiring Results Across Key Industry Sectors

Tech job postings are up 73%* year to date and 42% from April to May 2022   *In June 2022, Lightcast (formerly Emsi Burning Glass) released updates that amended previously reported job posting totals for April and May. The data presented in this release originally was pulled on June 5, 2022, before these adjustments were […]

September 8th, 2023

Dice Releases Industry Tech Job Reports to Help Recruiters Win Talent in Key Sectors

Each report covers trending tech hubs, in-demand roles and tech skills, and top employers for aerospace and defense, finance and banking, consulting, education, manufacturing and healthcare   CENTENNIAL, Colo. August 15, 2023 / BusinessWire /— Career marketplace Dice (a DHI Group, Inc. brand; NYSE: DHX) today released its 2023 Industry Tech Job Reports, showing that key industry sectors continue to drive […]

August 23rd, 2022

Demand for Tech Talent Across a Range of Industries Continues to Gain Momentum; Job Postings Increase 45% from January to June 2022

CIOs level up digital offerings to meet demand for consumers’ post-Covid preferences; Remote tech job postings fuel competition for tech talent nationwide CENTENNIAL, Colo. August 23, 2022 /PR Newswire/— Job postings for tech-focused roles across the economy are up 45% from January to June 2022 and up 52% compared to the same period in 2021, according […]

October 24th, 2023

Many Tech Professionals Will Look for New Jobs, New Employers in 2024

With nearly one in three actively searching for a new job and 60% wanting to change employers within the next year, tech professionals remain confident and determined to find roles they want, new Dice research shows. CENTENNIAL, Colo. October 24, 2023 / BusinessWire /— Even with a tech recession continuing to impact the broader economy, many U.S. tech […]

February 18th, 2025

Tech recruiting webinars & events

The tech hiring landscape changes fast. Join our live webinars, attend industry events, or access our on-demand sessions to discover proven strategies, emerging trends, and insider techniques that give you an edge in today’s competitive market. Ready to shake up your approach? Your next session starts here.

November 15th, 2022

Dice Reports Expected Increase in Job Seekers in 2023

With 52% of technologists surveyed open to changing employers in the next year, companies seeking skilled tech talent could fare better — if they offer the right benefits. CENTENNIAL, Colo. November 15, 2022 / BusinessWire /— Amid concerns of a coming recession continue to build, the demand for technologists remains strong: Tech unemployment was at 2.2% in October […]

September 19th, 2024

Despite Economic Concerns, Technology Professionals Remain Confident About the Future

Dice research found that even though only 31% of tech professionals are optimistic about the economy, 8 in 10 expect the profession to grow in the next five years. CENTENNIAL, Colo.–(BUSINESS WIRE)– Dice (a DHI Group, Inc. brand; NYSE: DHX), the leading career marketplace for technology professionals, today released its seminal 2024 Tech Sentiment Report, […]

January 7th, 2025

New Dice Report Shows Surge in Tech Job Seeking in 2024, Modest Salary Growth

Nearly Half of Tech Professionals Looking for New Roles in 2025 CENTENNIAL, Colo.–(BUSINESS WIRE)– As artificial intelligence and machine learning reshape the tech landscape, commanding salary premiums of up to 17.7%, an unprecedented 47% of technology professionals are actively seeking new roles—up from 29% last year. This surge in job seeking reflects a maturing market […]

June 17th, 2022

US Tech Salaries Top Six Figures in Dice’s Tech Salary Report

Average Tech Salary Sees 6.9% Increase ‘20-’21 to $104,566 CENTENNIAL, Colo. January 19, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — Tech career marketplace Dice (a DHI Group, Inc. brand (NYSE: DHX)) released its 2022 Tech Salary Report, showcasing salary increases for technologists nearly across the board, including the highest average salary ever recorded by The Dice Tech Salary Report ($104,566, up […]

April 23rd, 2024

New Dice Features Help Companies Build Tech-Ready Employer Brands

Company Profile and Discover Companies empower companies to effectively attract and hire in-demand tech professionals CENTENNIAL, Colo., January 4, 2024 / BusinessWire /— Now more than ever, technology professionals say a company’s reputation is a crucial factor when contemplating a new role. Recognizing the paramount importance of employer branding, Dice, a DHI Group, Inc. (DHX: NYSE) brand, has […]

April 4th, 2023

Tech Recruiters See Increase in Tech Candidate Applications With Dice’s “Invite to Apply”

Tech recruiters using the in-platform personalized email feature have seen an apply rate of more than 10% — nearly double the average apply rate for tech jobs   CENTENNIAL, Colo. April 4, 2023 / BusinessWire /— Tech career marketplace Dice, a DHI Group, Inc. (DHX: NYSE) brand, announced that use of its new Invite to Apply feature has […]

June 17th, 2022

Dice Offers Social Profiles Through TalentSearch License to Provide Tech Recruiters with Comprehensive Access to Qualified Candidates

CENTENNIAL, Colo. May 18, 2022 /PR Newswire/– Tech career marketplace Dice (a DHI Group, Inc. brand (NYSE: DHX) today announced that social profiles from open web data are available to all new and existing clients through a license to the TalentSearchTM sourcing platform. The combination of Dice’s existing database, together with its proprietary curated social […]

December 13th, 2022

Tech Job Postings Are Up 25% in 2022; Demand for Talent Remains High

Employers in healthcare, aerospace, finance and consulting are competing against traditional tech companies for technology professionals.    CENTENNIAL, Colo. December 13, 2022 / BusinessWire /— Job postings for tech-focused roles across the economy are up 25% from January to October 2022, compared to the same period in 2021, according to the newly released Tech Job Report from career […]

March 15th, 2022

Technologists Share Perception of Race and Gender Inequality in Dice Report

CENTENNIAL, Colo. March 15, 2022 /PR Newswire/– The second annual Equality in Tech Report, released today by tech career marketplace Dice (a DHI Group, Inc. brand (NYSE: DHX), illustrates that, from the perspective of many technologists, inequality and discrimination remain major issues within their work environments. The report is based on data from Dice’s annual […]

February 18th, 2025

The 2024 Tech Talent Mindset: What HR Teams Need to Know

February 19th, 2025

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February 19th, 2025

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February 19th, 2025

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February 19th, 2025

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February 19th, 2025

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February 19th, 2025

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February 20th, 2025

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February 20th, 2025

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February 20th, 2025

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February 21st, 2025

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February 21st, 2025

Solutions

Trusted by thousands. Proven by results. 1000+ of companies trust Dice to make their tech hires 97% of employers who post jobs on Dice receive an applicant within 24 hours 71% of applications on Dice are high quality matches Dice has been a game changer for how we work. For us, it’s always been about […]

February 22nd, 2025

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Hiring Candidates Universal Technologies The Challenge High costs and low return on investment on generalist platform​ Universal Technologies, an IT consulting firm based in New York, specializes in sourcing highly skilled tech talent for government clients with strict qualification requirements. Using generalist platforms like Indeed, they encountered frequent challenges: not only were qualified candidates scarce, […]

February 24th, 2025

Career Events

Real hiring success, powered by Dice Virtual Career Events The pipeline is critical in the recruiter's world, especially in development. Virtual Career Events really do a great job for me to stay in touch with candidates even after the event. Manager, Talent Acquisition, Meridian Cooperative We participated in the Female Futures in Tech event, and […]

February 24th, 2025

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Hiring Candidates Universal Technologies February 13th, 2025 2 min read The Challenge High costs and low return on investment on generalist platform​ Universal Technologies, an IT consulting firm based in New York, specializes in sourcing highly skilled tech talent for government clients with strict qualification requirements. Using generalist platforms like Indeed, they encountered frequent challenges: […]

February 25th, 2025

Find Candidates

Skills-based matching Our tech taxonomy goes beyond buzzwords to understand real technical depth. We map 300,000+ skill and title connections to find professionals who know how to build what you need. And we’re constantly evolving to map and match the skills that matter now. Qualified candidates Tech professionals choose Dice because we’re purpose-built for them. […]

February 25th, 2025

Employer Branding

How tech branding drives results 19% higher click-through rates 10% increase in job applications 1.4M visits to Dice every month Targeted tech talent Reach the right tech professionals with precision—filter by location, skills, job searches, and more. Stronger brand presence Boost your visibility with tailored, multi-channel campaigns across social, email, and targeted ads. Top tech […]

January 31st, 2025

Reports

February 25th, 2025

AMH

See how one employer used targeted and automated sourcing on Dice to go from outreach to offer accepted in less than 7 days.

February 25th, 2025

Talent Solutions

The Dice difference Tech-only. Always. Unlike generalist staffing firms, we exclusively focus on tech hiring. Our experienced recruiters engage with Dice’s pool of over 7 million highly skilled professionals to find specialists in relevant areas like AI, cybersecurity, cloud computing, and more. Human expertise. Real results. Our dedicated team understands your technical hiring needs and […]

February 25th, 2025

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February 25th, 2025

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February 25th, 2025

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February 25th, 2025

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February 25th, 2025

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2019

Match Scores for Recruiters

To help make the hiring process more efficient for recruiters, we developed the Candidate Match Score feature within Dice. Using our proprietary tech taxonomy, we analyze job applicant information and provide an actionable signal for how well they match the posted job. By providing these signals, recruiters can prioritize engagement with the strongest matches.

2019

Jobs and Application Management Enhancements

As part of our initiative to modernize and enhance the employer experience, we improved the jobs and application management process to enable recruiters to more effectively control and organize their job postings and candidates, and ultimately build a stronger pipeline.

2019

Improved TalentSearch Experience

As Dice’s powerful technologist candidate search platform, we made a series of significant user and back-end updates to streamline the candidate search and engagement experience. Through this reimagined experience, recruiters on Dice gained a truly one-of-a-kind sourcing experience.

2020

IntelliSearch in Jobs Management

To help recruiters find and engage with the most relevant technologists for their open roles, we integrated IntelliSearch with the job posting experience on Dice. As a result, when recruiters post jobs to Dice, we automatically use powerful AI to surface relevant candidates that fit the job description.

2020

Private Email

As privacy becomes increasingly important to nearly all professionals, Dice created Private Email to help protect technologists’ and recruiters’ personal email addresses. With Private Email, technologists can receive email communications through anonymized email, and share their personal email address with recruiters when they choose. In addition, Private Email also helps recruiters protect their privacy by anonymizing the email address within their Recruiter Profile.

2020

IntelliSearch with Boolean Support

In TalentSearch, recruiters can find their ideal candidates in seconds by simply pasting a job description or resume into IntelliSearch. With IntelliSearch with Boolean Support, recruiters gained the ability to further refine their candidate results by adding a Boolean string or keywords, before or after the initial IntelliSearch is run.

2020

Recruiter Profile

The Dice Recruiter Profile provides the opportunity for recruiters to build trust and credibility with technologists by highlighting company brand and values, upcoming virtual events and other relevant insights. Recruiter Profiles also help hiring organizations represent themselves more effectively to in-demand candidates.

2020

Instant Messaging

To match the increasingly fast-paced world of tech recruiting, Dice created Instant Messaging. With Instant Messaging, recruiters and candidates can easily connect and discuss opportunities in real-time.

2020

Remote Jobs

With the widespread adoption of remote work, Dice created a remote jobs feature in which employers can designate if their open roles accept fully remote candidates.

2020

Technologist Career Development Resources

Dice introduced a centralized place to showcase career resources from partners that help technologists land their next opportunity, upskill and much more.

2020

Sponsored Content

Sponsored Content enables employers to extend their social reach and promote their brand with engaging articles designed to drive quality traffic.

2021

IntelliSearch Jobs and Alerts

IntelliSearch Jobs and Alerts improves the technologist job search experience by automatically surfacing highly relevant opportunities based on the information in their Dice Profile, so they can find jobs without performing a search. These recommendations are so relevant that over 25% of candidates on Dice apply to at least one job.

2021

IntelliSearch for Bullhorn

Our integration with Bullhorn brings the power of IntelliSearch matching to Bullhorn, one of the leading Applicant Tracking System (ATS) providers. Employers on Dice who use the add-on can automatically receive relevant candidate matches for each Bullhorn job without leaving their ATS.

2021

IntelliSearch for Greenhouse

Similar to other IntelliSearch integrations, our integration with Greenhouse brings the power of IntelliSearch matching to one of the most prominent Applicant Tracking Systems (ATS). Employers on Dice who use the add-on can automatically receive relevant candidate matches for each job without leaving their ATS.

2021

Unbiased Sourcing

Unbiased Sourcing in TalentSearch helps recruiters build more diverse, higher performing teams by hiding candidate information during the sourcing process that is commonly associated with unconscious bias.

2022

Mobile App Enhancements

Technologists today are largely mobile-first. With this in mind, we developed a series of enhancements to the Dice mobile app, including improving Candidate Profiles, IntelliSearch Jobs and adding Recruiter Profiles within the Dice mobile app.

2022

Time Zone Search

With Time Zone Search in TalentSearch, recruiters and employers can more quickly discover remote technologists who work within core business hours by specifying a Time Zone in their search.

2022

Technologist Apply Flow Redesign

The Technologist Apply Flow redesign created a new, streamlined job application process with fewer steps for technologists, resulting in higher conversion rates and applies per user. This updated experience also has stronger calls to action for technologists to complete their Dice profile and make it visible to maximize their exposure with potential employers.

2022

Social Profiles & Passive Candidates

To expand employers’ reach to nearly all U.S. technologists, Dice made Social Profiles, technologist profiles created through open web data sources, and passive candidates available in TalentSearch by default.

2022

Auto Talent Alerts

Auto Talent Alerts uses powerful AI to automatically source on behalf of recruiters. After posting a job to Dice, Auto Talent Alerts sends daily email updates to recruiters with new and fresh candidates who match their jobs posted on Dice.

2022

Bullhorn Apply Integration

The Dice Apply Integration maximizes the value of Easy Apply, giving employers increased job apply performance and streamlined application transfer from Dice to their ATS. After each application, Dice automatically sends technologist profile and resume data to the associated job in employers’ ATS, saving valuable time.

2022

Social Brand Boost

Social Brand Boost is a 4-week social campaign that enables organizations to increase awareness and drive traffic to their company page on Dice. The ads are featured across various social platforms, including Facebook, Instagram and the Meta Network and reach can be targeted based on roles, skills, geographies, years of experience and work authorization.

2022

Mobile App Messaging

Mobile app messaging for iOS and Android allows technologists to directly engage with employers and recruiters on their primary communication devices -- enabling more responsive technologists and increased outreach about your opportunities.

2023

Invite to Apply

Invite to Apply enables recruiters to engage with tech candidates who fit their open roles. After posting a job to Dice, recruiters can invite qualified technologists to apply after reviewing their candidate profile or, receiving an Auto Talent Alert. Once invited, technologists will automatically receive an email invitation and can select to view the job on Dice and apply.

2023

Easy Post for iCIMS

The Easy Post integration streamlines the posting process by automatically listing open roles on Dice directly from a recruiter's iCIMS career portal, saving valuable time. Dice also notifies recruiters once their job is discoverable by technology professionals, giving added peace of mind.

2023

Dice Match

Dice Match goes beyond standard keyword matching used by other sites to serve technologists more accurate job matches. Our patented knowledge graph technology map together millions of tech job connections and insights while incorporating expertise from tech recruiters, thus delivering a more personalized experience for technologists and driving higher quality applications for employers.

2023

Enhanced Company Profile

The enhanced Company Profile allows you to tell a more robust brand story so that you can drive increased awareness and attract the right talent for your company. Key features such as Tech Stack, Remote Office Policy, Benefits, and Awards allow you to easily highlight what makes your company unique and give tech professionals insight into your tech culture.

2023

Easy Post for Greenhouse

Dice Easy Post streamlines the job posting by automatically listing jobs to Dice on your behalf, saving valuable time. Once you’ve posted your jobs to Dice, we'll send daily emails featuring qualified talent through our Auto Talent Alerts, from which you can easily invite candidates to apply in just a few clicks.

2023

Homepage Logo Tiles

Get more visibility for your company with our new Logo Tiles on the Dice homepage. These high visibility logo spaces drive traffic directly to your Company Profile where tech professionals can learn more about your company and view the open positions. Leverage these Logo Tiles to drive increased brand awareness and put your company right at the forefront of tech professionals just beginning their job search.

2023

Easy Post for Bullhorn

With Easy Post, Dice now has developed a complete integration with Bullhorn, covering major activities within the hiring process like posting jobs, receiving candidate suggestions, and automatically importing applicants to your database.

2023

TopResume Partnership

Dice has partnered with TopResume, the world’s largest resume writing service, to provide tech professionals a free resume evaluation. Tech professionals receive feedback on keywords, organization, and ATS compatibility which helps ensure you receive higher quality applications that are optimized for your ATS.

February 27th, 2025

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February 27th, 2025

Master Boolean Search: Identify Tech Candidates with Niche Technical Skills

February 28th, 2025

Tech Career Growth: How to Support and Engage Talent

February 28th, 2025

Understanding the AI Workforce: Insights for Tech Recruiters

February 28th, 2025

Mastering Boolean Search and AI Tools for Tech Talent Sourcing

A successful recruiting process hinges on the ability to find the right talent quickly and efficiently. Watch this strategy session designed to elevate your recruiting practice by mastering proven Boolean search techniques that have been a staple of HR success for years, while also learning how to enhance them with cutting-edge AI-powered tools. This session will take you from the basics of Boolean search—understanding how to construct effective queries to pinpoint specific tech skills—all the way to advanced techniques that combine Boolean with AI tools for even better results. Whether you’re a beginner or looking to sharpen your skills, this session will provide practical, hands-on knowledge you can immediately apply.

February 27th, 2025

Tech’s Brilliant, Bumpy Evolution: Looking Back to Move Forward

Check out our exclusive panel where tech industry leaders unpack 20 years of tech transformation and provide essential insights for navigating tech hiring in 2025. As the tech landscape faces unprecedented changes—from record-low compensation satisfaction to a 47% active job-seeking rate—understanding both historical patterns and emerging trends is crucial for building resilient tech teams.

February 28th, 2025

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February 28th, 2025

On-Demand Webinar Building More Diverse, Equitable and Inclusive Workplaces for Tech Professionals

On-Demand Webinar Discrimination and inequity remain prevalent in the tech profession. While the road to positive change is long, as recruiters, HR professionals and employers of tech talent, you have a unique opportunity to influence diversity, equity and inclusion through the hiring and employee retention process. Whether you’re struggling to rally buy-in around DEI in […]

February 28th, 2025

2024 Dice Tech Sentiment Report

February 28th, 2025

Monthly Jobs Report

February 25th, 2025

Equality in Tech

March 3rd, 2025

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March 5th, 2025

App Developer

Thousands of companies trust Dice to build their tech teams Need a competitive edge? Meet Dice’s candidates 7.2M total members 1.4M visits per month 60k new tech professionals join Dice per month Access our resume database Find the app developers you’re looking for Post your tech jobPost your job to Dice, and we’ll automatically use […]

March 5th, 2025

Software Developer

Thousands of companies trust Dice to build their tech teams Need a competitive edge? Meet Dice’s candidates 7.2M total members 1.4M visits per month 60k new tech professionals join Dice per month Access our resume database Find the software developer you’re looking for Post your tech jobPost your job to Dice, and we’ll automatically use […]

March 5th, 2025

Business analyst

Thousands of companies trust Dice to build their tech teams Need a competitive edge? Meet Dice’s candidates 7.2M total members 1.4M visits per month 60k new tech professionals join Dice per month Access our resume database Find the business analysts you’re looking for Post your tech jobPost your job to Dice, and we’ll automatically use […]

March 5th, 2025

Data engineer

Thousands of companies trust Dice to build their tech teams Need a competitive edge? Meet Dice’s candidates 7.2M total members 1.4M visits per month 60k new tech professionals join Dice per month Access our resume database Find the Data engineers you’re looking for Post your tech jobPost your job to Dice, and we’ll automatically use […]

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January 30th, 2012

Use Your Imagination to Hire Positive Thinkers

Wouldn’t it be great if every new hire had a positive attitude? Studies show that positive thinkers are more productive and resilient, in fact, the positive brain is 31 percent more productive than when the brain is negative, neutral or stressed. So how can you assess a candidate’s outlook and attitude? Ask them to describe […]

September 22nd, 2015

Check Out Developers’ Top Programming Languages

Knowing the most popular programming languages among developers can help recruiters discover the best talent, by zeroing in on those tech pros who are clearly keeping in-demand skills up-to-date. In August, IEEE Spectrum combined data from various sources (such as GitHub and its own digital library) in order to rank the popularity of 48 different […]

December 17th, 2015

Dice Report: Tech Firms Hungry for Talent

According to Dice’s latest hiring survey, finding highly-skilled tech talent will be a top hiring priority for companies in 2016. A record 78 percent of hiring managers anticipate more hiring in the first half of 2016 compared to the second half of 2015. As more companies are looking to build upon their current tech infrastructures, […]

March 28th, 2016

Demand for Tech Pros Stays Steady

The DHI-DFH Mean Vacancy Duration measure found the average job vacancy duration of Professional and Business Services jobs 25.8 working days in January, up from 23.7 days in December 2015. The average job vacancy duration in the U.S. is near peak levels at 28.1 days. “Hiring at the start of this year is better for […]

March 31st, 2016

Leveraging Tech Pros’ Salary Unhappiness

For those employers with the budget to recruit top talent, the latest Dice Salary Survey offers some good news: Only slightly more than half of tech pros surveyed by Dice are happy with their current salary. Some 53 percent of respondents said they were satisfied with their pay in 2015, a slight rise from 52 […]

April 21st, 2016

Layoffs Don’t Mean Tech-Industry Weakness

Is the technology industry experiencing some jobs weakness? Tech companies have declared a combined 72,333 layoffs in the past twelve months, according to a new report from Challenger, Gray Christmas. But don’t take that as a sign of trouble for the industry as a whole. “It would be wrong to assume that increased job cuts […]

June 16th, 2016

How Dice’s Data Reveals Job Popularity

Dice analyzes massive amounts of data related to technology skills and job titles. That analysis, in turn, gives us unique insight into the tech industry, especially when it comes to supply and demand for certain kinds of jobs. For recruiters, it’s crucial to see ongoing trends in tech-job popularity. That’s why Dice created the above […]

July 19th, 2016

Voluntary Quits Among Tech Pros Remain High

Technology professionals still feel good about the economy, according to the latest data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). Specifically, voluntary quits among tech workers remained high in May, despite a slight decline. In the BLS’s Professional and Business Services (Tech) category, some 534,000 professionals voluntarily quit that month, down from 558,000 in […]

July 21st, 2016

Tech Giants Focus on Diversity Hiring

A handful of Silicon Valley’s biggest tech firms are rolling out their annual diversity reports, with some only seeing incremental progress in diversifying their ranks. (Other firms that have dedicated diversity pages on their Websites, including Microsoft, will likely update their data soon.) “We still have a long way to go, but as we continue […]

August 2nd, 2016

Employers’ In-Demand Programming Languages

Which programming languages are experiencing the greatest employer demand? IEEE Spectrum, the news hub of the IEEE, recently combined data from 10 different sources—including GitHub, Google Trends, and Twitter—to chart out an answer to that question. (IEEE bills itself as the world’s largest technical professional organization “dedicated to advancing technology for the benefit of humanity.” […]

August 4th, 2016

Tech Hubs’ High Cost of Living

If you’re a recruiter or employer in a major tech hub such as San Francisco, you know that the cost of living is high. No matter what you pay in salary and perks, tech pros in those cities will judge your offer against their astronomical rent or mortgage. How much are tech pros actually paying […]

August 18th, 2016

Why Culture is the Hot New Perk

Forget free snacks, cube snoozing and bringing pets to work. If you really want to keep tech pros from jumping ship, give them intangible perks like autonomy, a connection with the company’s mission and a sense of purpose. While compensation matters, wages alone are generally not sufficient to prevent attrition, according to the ADP Research […]

August 19th, 2016

More Skills, More Power: Dice’s Latest Campaign

Employers and recruiters know that every technology professional has an inner superhero. Every day, they source and interview candidates who can do truly amazing things, from building apps that change the world to protecting their organizations’ infrastructure against cyber-attacks. Dice’s new campaign highlights how tech pros of all skill-sets and backgrounds unleash their superpowers every […]

December 1st, 2016

4 Bad Recruiting Habits That Turn Off Tech Pros

If tech pros ignore your recruiting emails or drop out of the hiring process in midstream, it’s important to understand how they’re viewing your efforts. If you listen to their feedback, you may realize that you’ve developed some rather annoying habits that are actually making the recruiting process harder. Surprisingly, 28 percent of employers have […]

December 6th, 2016

Winning Retention Strategies for Tech Pros

Why are employers failing to retain valuable tech workers, even after lavishing them with outrageous perks and generous salaries? It’s because they are not in tune with their employees’ perceptions and preferences. While 61 percent of tech pros feel “appreciated” by their current employer, nearly 59 percent think they’re underpaid and are planning to jump […]

September 2nd, 2019

Recruiting Engineers for Tech Startups

As any hiring manager or recruiter knows, mid-level engineers with highly specialized skillsets tend to have their pick of jobs. Some of those engineers want to work for giant companies—either because of the brand, or because those firms can offer high-paying salaries and benefits (and a good work-life balance, sometimes). But some also gravitate toward […]

March 16th, 2017

Overcoming a Tarnished Employment Brand

Even a highly polished employment brand can get a bit dinged up every now and then; just ask Uber. When adversity strikes, top tech recruiters don’t retreat—faced with positions to fill, they tackle the issues head on. “Recruiters aren’t just sourcers or position fillers, they’re brand ambassadors,” noted talent acquisition leader and SourceCon contributor Evan […]

April 11th, 2017

Taking the Candidate Experience to the Next Level

Although businesses have increased their focus on building strong relationships with candidates, delivering an outstanding experience at every stage of the hiring process remains a work in progress at most companies. “Improving the candidate experience isn’t a project with a specific end date; it’s a program that requires continuous and perpetual improvement,” explained Elaine Orler, […]

April 25th, 2017

Here’s What Tech Pros with Data Skills are Making

Employers and recruiters who specialize in data-intensive industries know that the salaries for data analysts and scientists have skyrocketed in recent years. Tech pros with a solid grasp of analytics tools and data fundamentals are often worth their weight in gold, especially if they have the necessary experience (and intuition) to glean insights from all […]

May 9th, 2017

New Dice Survey Shows How Candidates Job-Hunt

What does tech talent really want? If you answered, “A boatload of money,” you’re only half-right. Yes, tech professionals appreciate ample compensation for their work. But as many companies have shown over the past few years, even shelling out enormous amounts won’t prevent top employees from fleeing. In February, for instance, Google was accused of […]

June 20th, 2017

How Much Should Employers Pay STEM Graduates?

Every June, a new wave of college graduates hits the job market. How much can these graduates expect to earn in their first job? That’s an important bit of information for recruiters and tech firms of all sizes, especially if those wet-behind-the-ears tech pros possess vital skills such as data analytics. According to Carlos Rodriguez, […]

July 25th, 2017

Trello CEO on Ups and Downs of Remote Work

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August 1st, 2017

Recruiters: Pay Attention to Google’s Jobs Initiative

Google wants to pump $50 million into helping people find jobs. No, this new funding isn’t related to Google for Jobs, a recent effort that leverages the Cloud Jobs API to seed job postings into certain Google searches. The search-engine giant wants to give that money to nonprofits that focus on assisting people in navigating […]

August 22nd, 2017

Biggest Tech Firms Struggle with Retention

As a hiring manager or recruiter, it’s tempting to think that job candidates will want to stay at marquee firms for as long as possible. The idea certainly makes sense: once you’ve gotten your foot in the door at Google or Facebook, why wouldn’t you stay forever—or at least until your stock fully vests? But […]

September 19th, 2017

Companies Even Hungrier for Cloud, Docker Talent

The country’s biggest companies are embracing containers and cloud platforms such as Cloud Foundry. That’s ratcheting up pressure on recruiters and hiring managers to find tech talent skilled in all sorts of cloud-native technologies. Analyst firm RedMonk recently analyzed usage of cloud-native technologies among Fortune 100 companies and found that 71 percent of those massive […]

September 28th, 2017

Rising Tech Salaries Impact Recruiting

Is there a ceiling on how much tech professionals can get paid? If the answer is “yes,” that number is quite high. According to Bloomberg, a hot Chinese startup, Beijing ByteDance Technology Co., is hiring specialized tech pros for enormous sums—as much as $3 million per year, once all forms of compensation are factored in. […]

October 27th, 2017

Dice Report: Where Tech Pros Want to Work

Technology powers innovation, productivity and performance across all businesses today. Companies that are harnessing tech talent to embed technology into their business processes and products are winning in their respective markets. While the unemployment rate for tech pros remains low (2.8 percent), employers everywhere are looking for compelling ways to attract highly skilled, in-demand tech […]

October 31st, 2017

Tech Pros’ Ideal Employer Changes as They Age

Although it might seem to outsiders that technology is primarily a young person’s game, recruiters and hiring managers know that the industry employs workers of every age. Some of these older technologists are also the most valuable when it comes to enacting corporate strategies. Take Amazon Web Services, for instance, which depends on the advice […]

November 2nd, 2017

Tech’s Ideal Employers Emphasize Culture, High Pay

Which technology companies topped Dice’s Ideal Employer survey? The answer probably won’t surprise you, although it may reinforce how companies that focus on building out a positive culture (as well as paying out high salaries and generous perks) end up well-regarded in the eyes of many technology professionals. Check Out the Ideal Employer Whitepaper Google […]

November 7th, 2017

Salary Pressures Remain High for STEM Jobs

For recruiters and hiring managers wrestling with relatively limited budgets for talent, a new study from SmartAsset likely won’t provide much comfort. According to the financial planning service, salaries nationwide are on the rise. Moreover, four of the top ten cities with the fastest-growing average incomes are robust tech hubs—hinting that the salary pressures for […]

November 16th, 2017

What Men, Women Value in Tech’s Ideal Employers

The first-ever Dice Ideal Employer survey ranked the most admired employers among tech professionals and revealed what they value most among those companies. We examined how those values differ by gender. The top 10 ideal employers among men and women are very similar; in fact, the top five are exactly the same: Google, Amazon, Microsoft, […]

December 5th, 2017

How Do Tech Companies Keep Their Talent Bars High?

Editor’s Note: This is the second article in a series highlighting best practices to optimize your tech hiring for quality and speed. Here we discuss how to keep your talent bar high as your organization scales. You can also check out the first article in the series. According to a recent Spiceworks survey, more than […]

February 1st, 2018

Managers: Avoid a ‘Jekyll and Hyde’ Relationship with Employees

Being a great manager is sometimes a challenge, but a new study details exactly what sort of boss you should never be. Bosses who exhibit a “Jekyll and Hyde” personality are the worst, according to the study from the University of Exeter. Employees find them hard to work with, as they cause the most anxiety. […]

February 13th, 2018

Targeting Passive Candidates Who Are Ready to Make a Move

Recruiters face two key challenges when reaching out to in-demand but passive candidates for tech jobs. First, they need to create personalized messaging that is likely to grab—and hold—the attention of these busy professionals. That’s difficult enough. But they also need to deploy their outreach at just the right time if they want to get […]

March 1st, 2018

Recruiters, These Programming Languages are Popular

Which programming languages are most popular among tech pros? The answer is an important one to recruiters, who can pitch prospective employers as an ideal place to utilize an in-demand language. As part of its 2018 Developer Skills survey, HackerRank asked tech pros about their favorite programming languages; it also queried which language (or languages) […]

April 12th, 2018

Figuring Out Job Candidates’ Career Goals is Vital

Every recruiter knows the importance of discussing career goals with job candidates. With that information, the recruiter can tailor the pitch to the candidate’s longer-term plans—boosting the chances of acceptance. But what do candidates actually want? It often varies on a case-by-case basis, but a new Stack Overflow Developers Survey gives some broad-based insight into […]

June 22nd, 2020

Recruiters Will Play a Big Part in Tech Industry Diversity

The recent protests against police brutality and systemic racism have driven tech companies to respond in a variety of ways. It’s also encouraged many company to look at their own company culture and evaluate how they are creating a diverse and inclusive organization. A number of years ago, companies like Apple, Facebook, Microsoft and Twitter […]

April 17th, 2018

A Tech Recruiting Guide to Current H-1B Reform

Even before President Trump officially took office last year, the prospect of H-1B reform was real. Now it seems that the Trump administration is pushing through some visa reforms, but not the huge overhaul that Trump promised on the campaign trail. For recruiters and hiring managers, that uncertainty is potentially nerve-wracking. For those who are […]

May 10th, 2018

Hottest New Tech That Will Change the Game for Recruiters

Recruiters are keenly aware of how quickly the tech industry evolves. Skills considered “hot” just a few years ago have been eclipsed by new ones. Companies pivot quickly from one thing to the next, driven by visions of dominating a future market. Given the rapid pace of change, it behooves recruiters and hiring managers to […]

May 15th, 2018

Recruiters: Midwest Tech Pros Might be Happiest

Recruiters know that tech pros don’t just care about salary (although that’s a huge factor in job negotiations); they also want work-life balance, a sustainable cost of living, and a good community. But which cities provide all those things? Spoiler alert: Silicon Valley and New York City, commonly cited as the “centers” of the U.S. […]

May 17th, 2018

A.I & Blockchain More Than Hype for Tech Firms

There’s been a lot of chatter lately around artificial intelligence (A.I.) and blockchain technology. Are those terms a lot of empty hype, or do companies really want tech pros well-versed in those arenas? PointSource’s most recent Digital Transformation Study has some interesting findings on that front. When it asked organizations about their preparation to “effectively […]

June 21st, 2018

Ageism Remains a Huge Hiring Issue in Tech

Discrimination and bias are still major problems in tech, according to a new study from Dice. In addition, ageism is alive and well. That presents a challenge to hiring managers and recruiters who are trying to draw in talent from across the demographic spectrum. As the Dice Diversity and Inclusion Survey points out, Baby Boomers […]

June 26th, 2018

How Tech Pros Won Prizes (and Pride) in Dice’s Hack Challenge

We first let you in on our little secret, the Dice Hack Challenge, back in March, a few weeks before it launched in April. The game allowed tech professionals to showcase their skills in a unique way by connecting with Dice in an immersive, 10-day online (and in real life) challenge. We knew a 10-day […]

July 3rd, 2018

Women in Tech Value Different Employer Attributes Than Men

What do women in tech value most in a job? According to Dice’s Diversity and Inclusion Survey (PDF), their most-valued employer attributes differ significantly from those of men. For example, women value benefits above all else, followed (in descending order) by a competitive salary, manageable working hours, a challenging work environment, and positive culture. Contrast […]

July 10th, 2018

Why You Should Consider Hiring Tech Bootcamp Graduates

If you’re a recruiter or hiring manager on the hunt for tech talent, and you haven’t considered candidates who have learned their skills in a coding bootcamp, maybe you should do so: Bootcamp graduates feel more prepared for the rigors of the tech industry than college graduates, according to new survey data from DigitalOcean. Specifically, […]

July 19th, 2018

Tech Certifications’ Rising Value Places Pressure on Employers

If you want to know which tech skills are in demand, take a look at the market value of tech certifications. Employers are often willing to pay a cash premium above base salary for tech pros with certifications in vital technology areas such as security, explained David Foote, chief analyst of Foote Partners LLC. They’re […]

July 26th, 2018

Tech Firms Discourage Employees Sharing Salary Info: Study

The idea of total salary transparency has its detractors; and some of those critics may be in human resources and management roles at some of the world’s largest tech companies. Anonymous platform Blind recently queried its users on whether or not they’d been warned against discussing their pay with coworkers. Nearly 60 percent (59.98 percent, […]

August 16th, 2018

Non-Certified Tech Skills Increasing in Market Value

As tech unemployment dips, and the battle for top talent grows fiercer, employers are willing to pay extra for technical skills that don’t require a certification. In fact, many tech managers prefer hands-on experience and soft skills over a set of letters after a tech pro’s name. The non-certified skills listed below not only grew […]

August 28th, 2018

The Risks of Hiring Rockstar Developers for a Team

Software development can be a complicated process. Never mind the complexities of the technology itself; people on the team need to work together well, and that’s not always easy. Fortunately, hiring managers know that “good fit” is a crucial factor, and ask interview questions designed to evaluate candidates’ teamwork and “soft skills.” Personally, I’ve been […]

August 30th, 2018

Burnout in Tech Demands Culture, Leadership Focus

Burnout is a constant problem among tech pros. But what actually causes it? A new survey from Blind offers some clues. First—and perhaps most surprisingly—work overload isn’t the number-one factor that leads to burnout (although it’s a major one). Rather, it’s “poor leadership and unclear direction.” Toxic culture was cited as another major cause, along […]

September 20th, 2018

What Keeps Talent Pros Up at Night: HR Tech Learnings

I recently attended the 2018 HR Technology Conference in Las Vegas, NV. If you’re not familiar with this conference, for the past 20 years, it has been bringing together human resources professionals and HR tech vendors to learn about the best ways for HR to leverage technology to make their processes better. It’s a great […]

September 25th, 2018

For Tech Pros, Job Value Doesn’t Always Hinge on Pay

Do tech pros feel valued at their jobs? Most tech pros do, but a resounding number are on the fence or downright unhappy at work. Last week, we queried our tech pro readership to discover if they felt valued. It’s a touchy subject, because value doesn’t always mean pay, but that’s the point: What does […]

October 11th, 2018

Employers Expanding Methods of Attracting Interviewees

With tech unemployment hitting notable lows, employers are realizing that the balance of power has shifted toward tech candidates, requiring a new approach to interviewing and hiring. “Given the difficulty of getting candidates to interview, employers are having to take a long-term view of the recruiting process,” explained Dr. John Sullivan, well-known recruiting guru from […]

December 6th, 2018

Remote Work Remains an Enticing Perk for Job Candidates

Most professionals really do want to work from home, according to a number of surveys published this year. That means hiring managers and recruiters who want to nab top talent can leverage a remote work option as an enticing perk. For example, FlexJobs’ survey racked up over 3,000 respondents, with 65 percent reporting they’d be […]

December 13th, 2018

What Hiring Managers Want to See During Job Interviews

When tech candidates interview for a position, they often wonder if they gave the hiring manager the correct information, or answered the questions in a concise and compelling way. For most hiring managers, things are much more clear-cut: when it comes to interview answers, here’s what they want from tech candidates. Describing a Challenging Project […]

January 3rd, 2019

Key Employee Benefits Trends in 2019 Could Affect Hiring

Depending on the company, employee benefits can comprise as much as 30 percent (if not more) of total compensation. With healthcare costs on the rise, along with the amount of money needed for a comfortable retirement, employees simply can’t afford to overlook this crucial component when switching jobs or negotiating a raise—which means that employers […]

January 10th, 2019

Toxic Culture Creates Challenges for Managers and Recruiters

A majority of tech pros believe they work in an unhealthy environment, according to a recent survey by Blind. Via its app, Blind asked tech pros to answer the following question either “True” or “False”: “I consider my current workplace a healthy working environment.” Some 52.34 percent answered “False,” while 47.66 percent said “True.” (Some […]

February 14th, 2019

6 Tired Tech Recruiting Myths Debunked

As tech recruiting evolved, so did a sort of folklore surrounding it. Through whispers and hushed tones across offices and internets, this mythology slowly became recognized as truth, despite any proof or shared experience. Some recruiters started to accept this alternate reality, repeating what they had heard without further investigation. But the time has come […]

February 19th, 2019

4 Tips for Bringing Humanity Back to Tech Recruiting

With 2019 in full swing, and all those year-end resolution and prediction posts in the rearview mirror, it’s time to get moving. For tech recruiting, one of the trends gaining speed puts people back at the center of the process. This year isn’t just about the latest features and functions; it’s also about the people […]

February 26th, 2019

5 Tips for Becoming a Better Coach and Leader

There’s a reason why Bill Gates launched his Ted Talk to educators with the statement: “Everyone needs a coach.” Data shows that 70 percent of employee learning and development happens on the job, not through formal training programs. Yes, coaching is important to individual and team performance. Nevertheless, surveys indicate that employees aren’t receiving valuable […]

March 5th, 2019

Recruiting Tech Pros Over 50? You’ll Pay for Experience.

For tech pros over 50 (and the recruiters who work with them), 2019 might prove a pivotal year. The average tech salary has continued its plateau, having remained effectively unchanged since 2015 (though $93,244 is a respectable income level, it’s $84 less than the average annual tech pro salary four years ago). But salary-wise, things […]

March 7th, 2019

5 Reasons to Train and Certify Your Tech Teams

By most accounts, the technology sector faces an uphill battle in the years to come. According to the 2018 Harvey Nash/KPMG CIO Survey, 65 percent of tech leaders say that the skills shortage is the highest they’ve seen in over a decade. Similarly, research out of Korn Ferry predicts that the U.S. can expect to […]

March 12th, 2019

These Industries Pay Tech Pros the Highest Salaries

When it comes to salaries, some industries are willing to pay a premium for top talent. A software developer working for a public school district might not make as much as one employed by the aerospace industry, for instance, even if they have similar levels of experience and skill. Recruiters need to keep this in […]

November 7th, 2019

Responding to Tech Job Candidates’ Top Career Concerns

Surveys show that the vast majority of technology professionals are “satisfied” or “highly satisfied” with their careers and current roles. But like any profession in any industry, that doesn’t mean everything is perfect. To make sure you fully understand how tech professionals perceive their industry and careers, here’s what many potential candidates have internalized as […]

April 4th, 2019

Red Flags When Interviewing Project Managers for a Position

No matter how much experience they have, or how many job interviews they’ve been through, some project managers answer interview questions in ways that should send up a huge red flag. If you’re interviewing candidates for a project management role, be cautious if they say the following things: “How do I go about creating a […]

April 11th, 2019

Best-Paying Tech Jobs Include Systems Architect, Product Manager

Just like every year, tech pros want to make more money in 2019. For hiring managers and recruiters, that could set up some tense salary negotiations: How much should you offer a promising candidate, especially in a tight job market? What’s a “normal” amount for a particular role or segment? According to the Dice Salary […]

April 17th, 2019

Our Pay Doesn’t Match Our Value, Say Most Tech Pros

According to the most recent Dice Salary Survey, the average tech pro made $93,244 in 2018, a very slight 0.6 percent increase from the year before. For many Americans, that’s a lot of money—but many tech pros don’t consider their annual pay nearly enough. That could make things much more complicated for recruiters and hiring […]

April 23rd, 2019

Women Learning to Code Earlier, Impacting Diverse Hiring

According to a new study from HackerRank, women are learning to code earlier in life than previous generations. They’re also focusing on languages employers want. That’s great news for employers that want to diversify their workforces further. Some 55.71 percent of women over the age of 24 learned to code in their late teens. Compare […]

May 28th, 2019

Employers are Demanding These Skills from Candidates

Which technology skills do employers really, really want? According to a new analysis of Burning Glass/NOVA data, tried-and-true technologies continue to top companies’ talent wish-lists: DevOps, C++, Python, and software engineering occupy some of the top slots, with other stalwarts placing just beneath. Burning Glass’s Nova platform analyzes millions of active job postings. That gives […]

May 21st, 2019

8 Tips for Hiring a Great Data Scientist

If you’re trying to fill one or more openings for data science pros, you know how hard that task can be. The average time to fill data science positions reached 62 days in April, with the hiring time for a senior data scientist taking 70.5 days on average. Don’t expect things to get better anytime […]

January 7th, 2020

Your 2020 Candidate Sourcing Guide: Everything You Need

With the tech unemployment rate at 1.3 percent in May, it’s no wonder that finding great job candidates is the biggest challenge for tech recruiters. However, pursuing passive candidates requires a fresh approach, the latest tools and an updated strategy. Check out our full guide for finding, attracting and engaging with top technical talent. Here’s […]

June 4th, 2019

Recruiting Data Engineers Could Prove Challenging

Companies remain hungry for “data engineers” and other roles that involve wrestling with massive datasets. That potentially makes things more difficult for recruiters and hiring managers who must secure this talent, and it may lead to them paying higher salaries (and better perks and benefits) for top candidates. According to a breakdown of data from […]

June 6th, 2019

Paid Family Leave: An Opening for Tech Recruiters?

Nearly half of all tech pros are satisfied with their company’s paid family leave policy, according to a recent survey from Blind. That’s an opportunity for tech recruiters and hiring managers whose companies offer solid paid family leave; such a benefit can potentially pull in well-experienced tech professionals who need some time away from the […]

June 11th, 2019

Tech’s Top CEOs Pulled Down Insane Pay Last Year

How much did the biggest CEOs in tech earn last year? You already know the answer: A lot. But Money magazine was kind enough to crunch some data from the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and produce some hard numbers. At the top of the list: Netflix CEO Reed Hastings, who pulled down a tad […]

June 20th, 2019

What Each U.S. State Pays Software Developers

Companies that want to hire software developers to build applications know that securing the right talent can often prove quite expensive. They’re also well aware that the cost of talent varies depending on city and state. Across the United States, the mean and median salaries of software developers who build applications can swing wildly, sometimes […]

June 25th, 2019

What Amazon Pays Its Newest Tech Hires

How much can a brand-new engineering recruit earn at Amazon? That’s a vital question for hiring managers and recruiters trying to figure out how high to set their own companies’ starting salaries. It’s also a pressing question as we head into summer, when many graduating computer-science majors in the United States are hunting for their […]

June 27th, 2019

Tech Workers Seem Unconcerned About Gender Pay Gap

In a recent study, Beqom found the gender pay gap is alive and well… but many employees don’t consider it a critical issue. That doesn’t mean recruiters and hiring managers should ignore the issue; but the data also provides some serious food for thought. As you might expect, more women than men are aware of […]

July 2nd, 2019

Pay, Not Perks, is What Drives Tech Professionals

The other week, we asked tech professionals if better (and more) benefits were more enticing than a pay increase. They spoke up, and the results are clear: They wanted better pay. This is a valuable insight for recruiters and hiring managers who aren’t sure whether to offer better pay or perks as an enticement to […]

July 9th, 2019

Which Certifications are Employers Paying a Premium For?

Employer demand for certain kinds of certifications is changing rapidly, based on data reported in the latest IT Skills and Certifications Pay Index from Foote Partners, LLC. The average market value for 479 tech certifications declined 1.2 percent overall during the first quarter of 2019. Meanwhile, the premium that employers are willing to pay for […]

July 16th, 2019

Lessons from the Amazon “Upskilling 2025” Program

Amazon plans on spending $700 million to retrain 100,000 members of its U.S. workforce over the next six years, according to the company. For recruiters and hiring managers at firms of all sizes, this will be an interesting process to watch; there will be a lot of lessons in how Amazon “up-skills” its people. Amazon’s […]

July 18th, 2019

Hiring Non-Traditional Engineers: Lessons and Tips

Truss has been hiring engineers for years, and we’ve learned an important lesson: résumés aren’t everything. Yes, qualifications, certifications, and degrees are important for assessing a potential engineering hire—but they aren’t entirely indicative of a candidate’s potential success within a team. Any company knows that hiring engineers with résumés full of impressive work experience and […]

July 25th, 2019

CIOs Can Change Company Culture Through Technology

If you want to change corporate culture, look no further than your CIO. For years, corporate culture (and all that came with it) was usually the providence of the CEO, who would then work with human resources to implement plans. Now, however, the CIO is playing a more prominent role: Putting technology at the forefront […]

August 1st, 2019

Recruiters, These Programming Languages Could Disappear Soon

Which programming languages are being phased out? That’s an important question for recruiters who are building out teams and prioritizing candidates and skill-sets. In order to determine which programming languages are likely to be phased out in the medium- to long-term, we looked at the popularity rankings by TIOBE and RedMonk, as well as Dice’s […]

August 15th, 2019

Recruiters, Here’s What Tech Professionals Want in Job Postings

Before interviews are scheduled or whiteboards are scribbled on, the first step towards recruiting tech professionals begins with a job posting that entices both passive and active job seekers alike. In a recent survey, we found what tech professionals actually want to see in a job posting and what gets them excited about the prospect […]

August 27th, 2019

Did Open Offices Backfire on the Modern Business?

Cubicles might have started out as a good idea theory, but in practice, between the isolation and long expanse of grey walls, they have driven generations of office works into depths of despair. Next came the “open office,” in which cubicles are removed and the office walls taken down. Modern businesses jumped on this design, […]

November 18th, 2019

Front End Developer: Job Description Template

Looking for a job posting template for Front End Developer jobs that can help you attract top talent? We’ve got you covered. Use this free front end developer job description sample template to assist you in finding the most qualified and experienced Front End Developer to support your company’s needs—and make the hiring process easier […]

January 20th, 2020

Salesforce Developer: Job Description Template

Looking for a job posting template for Salesforce Developer jobs that can help you attract top talent? We’ve got you covered. Use this free salesforce developer job description sample template to assist you in finding the most qualified and experienced Salesforce Developer to support your company’s needs—and make the hiring process easier on you, too. […]

March 9th, 2020

Web Developer: Job Description Template

Looking for a job posting template for Web Developer jobs that can help you attract top talent? We’ve got you covered. Start by using this free Web Developer job description template to assist you in finding the most qualified and advanced web developer to support your company’s needs—and make the hiring process easier on you, […]

March 11th, 2020

Program Manager: Job Description Template

Looking for a job posting template for Program Manager jobs that can help you attract top talent? We’ve got you covered. Use this free program manager job description sample template to assist you in finding the most qualified and experienced Program Manager to support your company’s needs—and make the hiring process easier on you, too. […]

March 24th, 2020

Technical Writer Job Description: Skills, Responsibilities and More

Technical writers transform complex information into clear, accessible content that empowers teams and users. With demand for these professionals growing at an annual rate of about 4%, technical writing has become an invaluable asset across industries, from software and electronics to finance and pharmaceuticals.   Although AI has introduced new tools into the content creation process, skilled technical […]

March 30th, 2020

Database Administrator: Job Description Template

Looking for a job posting template for Database Administrator jobs hat can help you attract top talent? We’ve got you covered. Use this free database administrator job description sample template to assist you in finding the most qualified and experienced Database Administrator to support your company’s needs—and make the hiring process easier on you, too. […]

April 23rd, 2020

Tech Hiring Trends Amidst COVID-19

Across the U.S., the COVID-19 lockdown is impacting the way employers conduct business and plan for the future. While some employers have increased their tech hiring, others have halted immediate hiring of non-essential roles or rescinded initial offers. To bring more transparency to COVID-19’s impact on tech, Dice created the Q1 Tech Job Report, using […]

April 22nd, 2020

How To Onboard Remote Employees

If you’ve ever been responsible for onboarding a new employee, you know just how important and multi-faceted the process is. In many ways, an employers’ onboarding process is the first opportunity to make a real impression on their new hire once they’re in the office, and it can set the tone for downstream success. With […]

June 4th, 2020

Startup Layoffs – Which Industries Have the Most?

The COVID-19 pandemic and lockdown has impacted every industry differently. Those that depend primarily on human interaction and movement—such as in-person customer service or transportation—saw their revenues drop dramatically in March and April, which has led to layoffs in some cases. Others have managed to persist through these challenging circumstances. The Q1 Tech Job Report […]

August 24th, 2020

Do Tech Parents Feel Supported by Employers?

As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to influence all aspects of work and life, many technologist find themselves in a difficult position: They must balance out their standard daily workload with the need to watch their children, who are home thanks to the widespread closings of daycare facilities. As the falls draws closer, many of these […]

September 29th, 2020

Are Technologist Actually Relocating from Big Cities?

Since the onset of COVID-19 and the remote work policies that followed as a result, the tech industry has been tackling a once-in-a-lifetime debate: If Technologists aren’t able (or required) to work in office, should they continue living in expensive cities such as New York or San Francisco? Or should they consider relocating to places […]

October 23rd, 2020

Burnout Still Plagues Remote Technologists

Technologists at some of the nation’s largest tech companies have an inspiration problem, according to an anonymous survey by Blind. That’s despite a large percentage reporting frequent feedback from their manager about work and projects. What’s going on here? Overall, some 64 percent of respondents said they weren’t inspired in their current role; things were […]

October 26th, 2020

Employers May Drastically Change Benefits in 2021

As employers continue to rethink all aspects of business and strategy in the wake of COVID-19, many are also exploring major changes to benefit programs and perks for 2021. The fact that many employers are embracing total well-being should come as welcome news to employees who are placing greater importance on security and benefits. In […]

December 28th, 2020

Which Cybersecurity Skills Will Matter Most in 2021

After 10 months of adjusting to the COVID-19 pandemic’s impact on businesses, as well as the shift for many employees to permanent or semi-permanent work-from-home, cybersecurity professionals are gearing up for even more challenges next year. The cybersecurity challenges for 2021 are numerous: There are cybercriminals and nation-state hackers still taking advantage of the confusion […]

November 17th, 2021

Dice Tech Job Report: Postings in Q3 Up 39% Over 2020, Nearing 2019 Pre-COVID Highs

The tech job market stayed hot in the third quarter of 2021, with postings up nearly 40 percent over a pandemic-suppressed 2020, and only 7 percent below recent posting highs hit in 2019, according to the Dice Q3 Tech Job Report [ADD LINK TO GATED REPORT]. As the demand for technologists grew toward its most […]

May 12th, 2022

Recruiters, Expand Your Sourcing to Social Profiles and Passive Candidates

To give recruiters the most expansive reach to technology professionals, we make Social Profiles available within Dice’s TalentSearch results by default. While some career sites will include profiles from registered members, or profiles from social sources, Dice goes a step further by including both in one sourcing platform. What are Social Profiles? Social Profiles are […]

December 21st, 2022

Leveraging Data from Your Virtual Career Event

The candidate data you gain from virtual career events can be invaluable to your recruiting efforts. That’s why Dice provides you with access to pre- and post-registration lists, resumes and connection reports for up to 6 months post event. After the event, you’ll receive a variety of resources and metrics, including a Post-Registration List, Booth […]

June 13th, 2023

Three Ways to Increase the Impact of Your DEIB Efforts

Companies across the U.S. have renewed and increased their focus on diversity, equity and inclusion since the events of racial unrest in 2020, but have those efforts had an impact? Dice’s latest research says no. In 2022, significantly fewer tech professionals were impressed with their company’s response to anti-racist and gender diversity, equity and inclusion […]

November 7th, 2018

DevOps Engineer: Job Description Template

Looking for a job posting template for DevOps Engineer jobs that can help you attract top talent? We’ve got you covered. Start with this free devops engineer job description sample template to assist you in finding the most qualified and experienced DevOps Engineer skills to support your company’s needs—and make the hiring process easier on […]

November 21st, 2019

Database Developer: Must-Ask Interview Questions

Prepping to interview a candidate for your Database Developer position, but unsure of what questions to ask to ensure you’re finding someone who can bring that “extra something” to your company? We’ve got what you need. Use these sample questions to help you determine which candidate is more than merely skilled and experienced in the […]

July 23rd, 2019

Tech’s Low Unemployment Rate Creates Recruiting Issues

Tech unemployment hasn’t been this low since the turn of the century, according to U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) data crunched by CompTIA. That creates issues for hiring managers and recruiters on the hunt for top talent, because the vast majority of tech professionals clearly have a job. As of May, tech’s unemployment rate […]

October 29th, 2019

The Most Competitive States to Hire Tech Professionals

Which states are looking to hire the most tech professionals? That’s an important question for any recruiter or hiring manager that is trying to source talent in an already competitive job market. To provide insight into the hiring market in five particularly competitive states, we utilized Burning Glass, which analyzes millions of job postings from […]

October 15th, 2019

UX Designer: Job Description Template

Looking for a job posting template for UX Designer jobs that can help you attract top talent? We’ve got you covered. Use this free UX designer job description sample template to assist you in finding the most qualified and experienced UX Designer to support your business needs—and make the hiring process easier on you, too. […]

October 21st, 2019

9 Non-Technical Skills Most Businesses Demand

When it comes to in-demand skills, most conversations focus on the technical side—which makes sense, because without those skills, most projects would never even get off the ground. However, “non-technical” skills such as teamwork and communication are considered equally important, especially on big teams with multiple departments represented. But which of these soft skills are […]

October 9th, 2019

Programming Languages Businesses Demand Right Now

The tech industry is constantly fluctuating and evolving, which also means that the programming languages businesses use and demand from tech professionals is too. So, which programming languages are most businesses seeking today? According to a recent breakdown by IEEE Spectrum, Python tops the particular list, followed by Java, C, C++, and JavaScript. In order […]

November 19th, 2019

Mobile iOS Developer: Job Description Template

Looking for a job posting template for a Mobile iOS Developer that can help you attract top talent? We’ve got you covered. Use this free sample job description template to assist you in finding the most qualified and experienced Mobile iOS Developer to support your company’s needs—and make the hiring process easier on you, too. […]

September 24th, 2019

Machine Learning Engineer: Job Description Template

Looking for a job posting template for Machine Learning Engineer jobs that can help you attract top talent? We’ve got you covered. Use this free machine learning engineer job description sample template to assist you in finding the most qualified and experienced Machine Learning Engineer to support your company’s needs—and make the hiring process easier […]

September 19th, 2019

Cyber Security Engineer: Job Description Template

Looking for a job posting template for Cyber Security Engineer jobs that can help you attract top talent? We’ve got you covered. Use this free cyber security engineer job description sample template to assist you in finding the most qualified and experienced Cyber Security Engineer to support your company’s needs—and make the hiring process easier […]

November 19th, 2019

Big Data Engineer: Must-Ask Interview Questions

Prepping to interview a candidate for your Big Data Engineer position, but unsure of what questions to ask to ensure you’re finding someone who can bring that “extra something” to your company? We’ve got what you need. Use these sample questions to help you determine which candidate is more than merely skilled and experienced in […]

March 11th, 2025

Data Scientist

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March 11th, 2025

Front End Developer

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March 11th, 2025

Full Stack Developer

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March 11th, 2025

Java

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March 11th, 2025

Network Engineer

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March 11th, 2025

Programmer

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March 11th, 2025

Project Manager

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March 11th, 2025

React Developer

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March 11th, 2025

Remote Developer

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March 11th, 2025

Software Engineer

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March 11th, 2025

Web Designer

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March 11th, 2025

Web Developer

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March 11th, 2025

PHP Developer

Thousands of companies trust Dice to build their tech teams Need a competitive edge? Meet Dice’s candidates 7.2M total members 1.4M visits per month 60k new tech professionals join Dice per month Access our resume database Find the PHP developers you’re looking for Post your tech jobPost your job to Dice, and we’ll automatically use […]

March 11th, 2025

Data Analyst

Thousands of companies trust Dice to build their tech teams Need a competitive edge? Meet Dice’s candidates 7.2M total members 1.4M visits per month 60k new tech professionals join Dice per month Access our resume database Find the data analyst you’re looking for Post your tech jobPost your job to Dice, and we’ll automatically use […]

March 11th, 2025

Sourcing Services

Why choose Dice Talent Solutions? Whether you are looking for contract tech staffing, permanent hires or customized sourcing, Dice recruiters find, screen and deliver a shortlist of pre-qualified tech talent—fast and hassle-free. Get Started Thousands of companies trust Dice to build their tech teams What you get with Dice Talent Solutions Expert tech hiring & […]

March 13th, 2025

Jobs – Thank You

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March 14th, 2025

WordPress Developer

Thousands of companies trust Dice to build their tech teams Need a competitive edge? Meet Dice’s candidates 7.2M total members 1.4M visits per month 60k new tech professionals join Dice per month Access our resume database Find the wordpress developers you’re looking for Post your tech jobPost your job to Dice, and we’ll automatically use […]

March 14th, 2025

Tech Candidates

Thousands of companies trust Dice to build their tech teams We make finding the right tech talent easy Thousands of tech professionals join the Dice community to find their next role. Through our AI search and match tools, we connect you with the right candidates, who have the right skills and qualifications, at the right […]

March 17th, 2025

Tech Professionals

Thousands of companies trust Dice to build their tech teams Need a competitive edge? Meet Dice’s candidates 7.2M total members 1.4M visits per month 60k new tech professionals join Dice per month Access our resume database Find the tech professionals you’re looking for Post your tech jobPost your job to Dice, and we’ll automatically use […]

September 6th, 2011

Can This Employment Brand be Saved?

It seems like only yesterday that HR professionals were creating employee value propositions and touting them to existing workers and interviewees. But after several years of downsizing, skimpy raises and benefit cuts, it’s no wonder that 75 percent of departing employees say they wouldn’t recommend their former company. So, what can you do to repair […]

September 12th, 2011

How To Shield Your Top Employees From Poachers

We’ve all had that pit-of-the-stomach reaction to hearing that a top performer has defected to the competition. But how do you avoid it? Short of chaining them to their desks — which might raise legal concerns — the best way to hang on to key players is to clue them into your plans for their […]

September 21st, 2011

Retention Strategy: Give Professionals Their Due

We all know that unhappy employees are the ones most likely to abandon ship, so it’s alarming to see how many IT positions made a recent list of most hated jobs. IT directors were the most unhappy, citing nepotism, cronyism and disrespect. Worse yet, they’re more unhappy than waitresses, janitors or bellhops. Senior Web developers and […]

September 22nd, 2014

How To Schedule Your Day to Keep Yourself Sane

My cousin MJ is something of a whirlwind. He juggles phone calls with meetings with the real work that needs to get done in order for his company to grow. (He’s an IT consultant and value-added re-seller, with three or four people working for him.) It all seems disorganized, and more than a few people […]

September 26th, 2011

Five Ways To Overcome Objections to Telecommuting

Telecommuting doesn’t seem like such a big deal anymore. Even the term is becoming becoming archaic as the number of people working from home increases. Yet some companies are still gun shy about allowing employees to work outside of the office, fearing they’ll be harder to manage, or less productive and engaged. But there are […]

October 3rd, 2011

How Prioritizing Requisitions Helps Co. Performance

Corporate recruiters sometimes have to juggle so many open positions, they have no choice but to triage the requisitions. So, is there a secret to establishing the right priorities? Yes. Focus on the positions that have the biggest impact on the bottom line, because that way your company is more likely to achieve its annual […]

October 12th, 2011

IRS Amnesty on Employee Misclassification: Things to Consider

If your company has misclassified employees as independent contractors, you have a chance to correct the issue — and pay a reduced penalty or fine — under a new IRS program, the Voluntary Worker Classification Settlement Program, or “Fresh Start” for short. Although eligible employers can obtain substantial relief from federal payroll taxes, penalties and […]

October 13th, 2011

How to Make a No-Win Situation Worse

When Ortho-McNeil told a woman to, essentially, stop mourning her daughter during working hours, it won its legal case, but may have lost in a wider sense. Cecilia Ingraham worked for Ortho in New Jersey when her daughter died of acute lymphocytic cancer in May 2005, during her junior year in high school. Eighteen months […]

October 20th, 2011

Take a Tailored Approach to Curtailing Workplace Violence

It seems like workplace violence is an ever-present threat despite HR’s sometimes heroic planning and educational efforts. So that begs the question: What’s the key to recognizing and defusing violent incidents before they occur? In a report published in the journal Advances in Developing Human Resources, Martin B. Kormanik, a consultant and HR specialist who […]

October 21st, 2011

Companies Must Address Their Role in Turnover

In its 10 trends and challenges for 2012, Gartner included the need to create an IT staff than can withstand the coming wave of retirements and deal with a less-loyal younger generation that might not stick around that long. Computerworld reported on the list of challenges when it was presented this week at the annual […]

October 24th, 2011

Employers Need to Rebuild Trust After Recession

HR professionals know that broken promises can erode morale and engagement. But now, there’s quantifiable proof that severe cost cutting can diminish employees’ trust in company leaders and negatively impact the bottom line. Employees who don’t trust their executives are seven times more likely to miss work due to stress, and nine times more likely to consider leaving the organization, according […]

October 26th, 2011

How Management Training Can Curtail Lawsuits

EEOC claims are at an all-time-high and many law firms report a rise in lawsuits as recently displaced have a hard time finding new jobs. Although most lawsuits arise from perceived injustices or errors by line managers, many HR professionals still rely on documentation and policy manuals to curtail and fight claims. The best way to avoid […]

October 25th, 2011

Get Creative to Develop Talent

Companies’ unwillingness to let employees grow into a job only amplifies their difficulty in finding the right talent, Peter Cappelli writes in The Wall Street Journal. Cappelli is a professor at the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School. In a post last week on companies’ role in turnover, I pointed to his comments about the unwillingness […]

October 27th, 2011

Thirty Innovative Recruiting Tips for 2012

Recruiting is a tough job. It’s especially tough if you’re doing it the same old tired way. There are tons of new technologies, new ideas and new attitudes to finding and hiring the absolute best talent. We asked some of the best and brightest recruiters (at the ERE Recruiting Innovation Summit and online) to give […]

December 6th, 2011

Boost HR’s Strategic Value through Social Learning Programs

HR is in the midst of transforming from a reactive, process-driven department to a strategic organization that enables the organization’s business plan. So far, most HR leaders have taken steps to implement holistic talent management and strategic workforce planning, but what else can they do to increase their department’s value? Redistribute time and resources away […]

November 12th, 2011

Building and Tracking Talent Communities With Jennifer McClure

Want to start a talent community? Unsure what you should be doing? You’re not alone. Jennifer McClure (@JenniferMcClure) of Unbridled Talent LLC sees this behavior in companies of all sizes. But, she admits, it sure does help if you have a large organization. When you’re ready to launch a talent community set goals, but don’t […]

January 19th, 2012

Facebook Hackathon as a Traveling Recruiting Show

Facebook uses its own social network to recruit simply by telling its own stories in unique and authentic ways, explains Matt Millunchick, Technical Project Manager for Facebook. One of the most notable ways Facebook recruits is by taking its famous hackathons on the road. A Facebook hackathon is a 10-hour exercise where employees create something […]

November 28th, 2011

A Dramatic Theory About Social Media Referrals with John Sumser

“The industry is moving forward to a future of social media but it’s all about data,” says John Sumser (@johnsumser) of HR Examiner. This was one of the top findings of his recently compiled report, The 2012 Index of Social Media in HR and Recruiting. “There are no vendors selling social interaction, but there’s a […]

December 9th, 2011

The Best Candidates are in Your ATS, with Jennifer Hasche

Hundreds of resumes are being fed into your application tracking system (ATS), yet many companies ignore that “through your front door” data and look to recruiters to help them find candidates. Source from your own system first, Jennifer Hasche (@JenniferINTUIT), lead sourcer at Intuit, told Sarah White (@imsosarah). In one case, Intuit had 230 applications […]

November 16th, 2011

Improving the Candidate Experience with Chris Hoyt

While some view social media as a great tool for sourcing others like Chris Hoyt (a.k.a. @therecruiterguy, the Marketing, Talent and Engagement Leader at PepsiCo, use it simply to improve the overall recruiting experience for candidates. Before social media, Hoyt admitted to Sarah White (@imsosarah), candidates had a tough time finding an avenue to reach […]

January 26th, 2012

Nine Ways to Rock Your Next Tech Interview

The competition for IT talent gets tougher every day, so hiring managers have to be in top form to land the best candidates. Walking into an interview unprepared, late, or unsure what position you’re hiring for will drive qualified candidates into the arms of your competitors. These nine tips for tech interview preparation will have […]

November 10th, 2011

Eight Steps to Effective Conflict Resolution

Ninety eight percent of HR professionals say they’re called upon to help resolve issues according to a survey by Denver-based Employee Development Systems. Worse still, 81 percent say conflict leads to turnover and 77 percent believe it causes absenteeism. So it’s important to keep conflicts in check. How can you act as a mediator and negotiate a settlement when […]

December 28th, 2011

Retention Bonuses Stage a Comeback

Although rotary dial phones and electric typewriters may not return to the workplace anytime soon, retention bonuses may be back in vogue. A small business owner in Charleston, S.C., is offering his employees a $50,000 bonus if they stay with the company for five years. They get $250,000 if they stay for 25 years. While […]

January 24th, 2012

Make Sure Telecommuters Get Off on the Right Foot

With budgets tight and the residential real estate marketing still in a funk, both candidates and employers are reluctant to incur relocation costs to fill a job opening. When they can’t find local talent, employers sometimes allow new hires to telecommute. In fact, a forecast from TechCast at George Washington University said that: While a recent […]

January 18th, 2012

Cost Per Hire: How Do You Stack Up?

Companies are directing more of their time and recruiting budgets toward social media, but are those investments paying off?  Only 1 percent of open positions were filled by candidates sourced through social media, according to a study of U.S. companies with 100 or more employees conducted during June and July by Oakland, CA-based research firm Bersin […]

December 30th, 2011

Risk Mitigation Techniques for Talent Management

Any investment you put into your talent could go to your competitor when people move on. That fear of lost investment often creates a reluctance to train your own employees. “You get into this paradox of ‘I can’t find the talent I’m looking for, yet I don’t want to risk investing training into that talent […]

December 1st, 2011

Maximize the Impact of Your Company’s Benefits

Co-pays, premiums, PPOs: They may not be the most glamorous part of the HR professional’s portfolio, but in an increasingly competitive recruiting landscape, staying on top of your benefits is more important than ever. That’s easier said than done, with federal regulations and mention employee expectations shifting all the time. Just this year, as we […]

December 13th, 2011

Hiring Humor: Ex-Boss Bashing

Bah humbug. You always expect candidates to be on their best behavior in an interview setting. Unfortunately, sometimes their Scrooge-y side inadvertently slips out. Have you ever interviewed a candidate who didn’t exactly put their best foot forward? Post a comment below to tell us your temperamental tale. In HR and recruiting, you have the BEST stories. […]

December 23rd, 2011

Replace Exit Interviews With Stay Interviews

Why do top performers leave? Money isn’t the only reason prized employees run out the door. Inadequate career planning or a hasty and superficial performance-review process can leave valued employees feeling slighted and dispensable, but you can thwart defections by coaching managers on the benefits of conducting “stay interviews.” Stay interviews are informal discussions that […]

February 7th, 2012

Workforce Diversity Starts with Diverse Pipelines

You wouldn’t fish for barracuda in a pond, or fresh water trout in the ocean, but every day, recruiters attempt to meet their company’s workforce diversity objectives by trolling through profiles of similar candidates on social networking sites. Experts are sounding an alarm after a quick review of the user demographics of the most popular […]

January 12th, 2012

Retention’s Not Just About Pay

Among his 2012 talent-management predictions at ere.net, John Sullivan, a former Silicon Valley talent pro and now a professor at San Francisco State University, predicts that “retention issues will increase dramatically.” It’s a big issue already. For example, Network World writes companies lamenting the high rate of turnover among young programmers and developers, which spawned […]

January 13th, 2012

Four Tips for Work-Life Balance in the New Year

Resolutions aside, we can all stand to make a few improvements to how we manage our time at work and at play. Despite our most determined efforts, I’m sure we’ve all been accused of failing to take a vacation week we’ve earned, checking the Blackberry at the dinner table, or (gasp) spending Sunday night in […]

April 10th, 2023

7 Work-Life Balance Tips for Recruiters

In theory, the recent layoffs in the tech industry should make it easier for recruiters to source technical talent, work less, and enjoy better work-life balance. But in reality, that’s not the case. The recruiters who still have jobs are finding it more difficult to meet their targets and make time for work and nonwork […]

February 20th, 2012

Get the Real Scoop on Prospective Employees

You can conduct interviews, assessments and run a background investigation, but reference checks are the only way to confirm your conclusions and get the real scoop on prospective employees. Former managers and peers have first hand knowledge of a candidate’s assets and liabilities and they’ll tell you everything you need to know, once you get […]

February 29th, 2012

What Recruiters Can Learn From David Beckham

Not long ago, it looked like soccer star David Beckham would not sign a contract extension with his current team, the L.A. Galaxy. OK, so Beckham might be a bit past his prime, but European clubs were still pursuing the idol and offering him a substantial raise to come aboard. But a funny thing happened […]

February 23rd, 2012

Incentive Travel: Motivate Employees with Free Time

The economy may be recovering but employers won’t be rewarding top performers with all-expense paid trips to Monaco, at least not this year. Although incentive travel has returned to about 85 percent to 90 percent of its pre-recession levels according to David Peckinpaugh, president of Maritz Travel, companies are still facing inadequate funding pools to […]

February 15th, 2012

Hiring Humor: Optimism Gone Nuts

Applicants with a glass-half-full attitude are great. Unless, of course, they’re half-full of futile hopes for a higher salary. Ever get the feeling that an applicant saw the salary in a job posting, thought to themselves, “Well, I’m completely unqualified but what the heck? I’d love to make that much!” — and applied anyway? Share […]

February 20th, 2012

Save on Talent42: Tech Recruiting Excellence Conference

Your job is hard. Recruiting top technology talent can be tough. Your success depends on your ability to find top developers and engineers, in an extremely competitive talent market. Our friends at Recruiting Toolbox, Inc. get it. That’s why they’ve created the first conference designed specifically for tech recruiters, hiring managers and HR professionals who recruit […]

February 29th, 2012

February: App Development Spurs Job Creation

IT Hiring Market Report – February 2012 The Dice IT Hiring Market Report is a roundup of news related to technology hiring, compiled from various sources by the Dice Editorial Staff. App Development Creates Jobs… The demand for smartphone and social networking applications has created 466,000 American jobs since 2007, according to an analysis by […]

May 22nd, 2012

Breeding a Company Culture that Attracts Top Talent

Rackspace is one of those young companies, like Google, Facebook, Zynga, and Zappos that has a culture of fun. It’s a great talent attractor. At the Talent Net Live conference at SXSW, I asked Michael Long (@theredrecruiter), Head of Culture Branding, Talent Acquisition for Rackspace, how an older company can create a more fun culture. […]

May 31st, 2012

Building a Talent Network of Potential Candidates

As an affirmative action government employer AT T can’t accept resumes unless the company is actually accepting applications for a position. In an effort to maintain a connection to potential candidates, AT T has created a talent network which the company uses as a marketing database for talent, explained Carrie Corbin (@attjobs), Associate Director Talent […]

May 4th, 2012

Utilizing Video to Let Candidates Pre-Interview Potential Employers with Will Staney

What’s the best way to get potential employees interested in a job? Show them what the job is going to be like. And the best way to show is through video. That’s what Will Stanley (@willstaney), Director of Talent Acquisition for SuccessFactors discovered when he was working with VMware. While at the virtualization software company, […]

May 15th, 2012

Equip Your Customers for Success

Watch Chris Brogan in this 3-minute video on how to make your customer the hero. The last time I ran into Chris Brogan (@chrisbrogan), President of Human Business Works, it was just a month prior at Ragan’s 5th Annual Social Media for PR and Corporate Communications Conference in Las Vegas. At the time, we were […]

September 18th, 2012

Attract Top Talent With Great Work and Great People

Winston Binch (@winstonbinch) was a fan of a Volkswagon commercial known as Mini Darth. He liked it so much that he joined the integrated advertising and digital agency that made it, Deutsch LA, as their Chief Digital Officer. Binch says that attracting the best talent really boils down to taking away the company’s logo and […]

May 24th, 2012

How Much to Pay Tech Pros with Michael Schrage

After speaking on a panel about trying to find the best tech talent, I chatted with research fellow, Michael Schrage of MIT. Schrage had a very passionate response about giving money to employees as a solution to keep them at the job. Schrage said that the notion of compensation isn’t just rewarding people for a […]

March 28th, 2012

Dice User Tip: 4 Ways to Target Tech Candidates with TalentMatch

With Dice’s TalentMatch resume search tool, you can target ideal candidates even more precisely. Here’s how: After logging in to Dice, select Post Jobs Find Candidates from the top navigation menu and click on Candidate Search. Here you can refine your search and zero in on candidates by: Most Recent Employer. Search for their most […]

April 25th, 2012

Dice User Tip: Prequalify Applicants with Pre-Screening Tools

Do you only want to look at applicants to your job posting who have more than five years of experience in Java and Oracle? You can. Streamline your review of candidates by adding pre-screening questionnaires to your job postings on Dice. Here’s how: After you log in to Dice, select Post Jobs Find Candidates from […]

September 11th, 2012

Dice User Tip: Get Hands-On Training

We’re always looking for ways to improve the Dice website and the services we provide our customers. One way we do that is through ongoing customer satisfaction surveys. In a recent survey, a number of our users commented that they wished we had a particular feature available, when in fact we do offer that feature. […]

July 12th, 2024

Dice User Tip: Five Easy Steps to Increase Tech Recruiting Efficiency

We recently posted tips on how to create Boolean search strings and improve the results of your resume database searches. Another easy way to increase your recruiting efficiency is to combine a Boolean search with a Dice Search Agent, which will automate your routine resume searches and email you up to 50 new matching resumes […]

April 2nd, 2012

Map Your Route to Tech Talent with Dice

Yesterday, I managed a 35-mile bike ride on a completely new route without getting lost, thanks to my GPS. I honestly don’t know how I ever managed without it. When I’m going someplace new, I just plug in the address and I’m on my way. That’s Dice — quickly directing you to the right tech […]

April 23rd, 2012

Hiring Humor: Cell Phone Etiquette

The cat’s out of the bag. It’s Interviewing 101:  Turn your cell phone off. But occasionally you’ll encounter a candidate who missed that memo and takes a call on your time.  And it never fails – those are the people who have their ringtone set to sound like their pet, an annoying celebrity sound bite […]

June 12th, 2012

Hiring Humor: Who’s on First – Interviewer or Applicant?

It’s like that old Abbott and Costello routine, “Who’s on First?” You know something is wrong when the candidate is asking you the questions and it’s not about the job. Instead, the poorly focused candidate is looking to you for personal and career guidance. While some sites out there may have lots of lost souls, […]

September 5th, 2012

Hiring Humor: Always Be Professional

It’s the golden rule of the workplace: Be Professional. You’d think that would be a given, whether you’re the CEO or simply a job applicant. Unfortunately, it doesn’t always work that way. Sometimes you can’t help but wonder how people managed to miss that golden rule, particularly when a candidate lets a little too much about […]

May 9th, 2012

Tech Bosses: Teachers or Graders?

One of the most vital relationships in the workplace is between managers and their staff. In fact, eight in 10 tech professionals say their boss plays an important role in the decision to stay or leave their current firm. Today, if companies are losing tech talent quickly – it may be your managers, not the […]

July 2nd, 2012

How to Treat Candidates Throughout the Hiring Process

Job candidates talk a lot. Whatever experience they’ve had with a company – good or bad, successful or unsuccessful – chances are good that person will relay it to their friends, family and potentially in the very public sphere of social media. At the T2 Talent Tomorrow pre-conference in Washington, D.C., Craig Fisher (@fishdogs), Founder […]

June 4th, 2012

11 Cool (Mostly Free) Tech Tools to Improve Social Recruiting

While recruiters will tell you that their work is about relationships, building and maintaining those relationships now requires social media savvy. Because social content is becoming increasingly more overwhelming, you need tools to manage all the information and to build and track relationships. At the T2 Talent Tomorrow pre-conference during the SHRM Talent Management Expo […]

December 13th, 2019

Must-Adopt Recruiting Techniques for Hiring Millennials

If you are recruiting today, it goes without saying that Milennials likely make up many, if not most, of your prospects. Millennials (a.k.a. Generation Y), defined as people born anywhere from 1980 to 1999, have access to technology, communications, and publishing that simply wasn’t available decades ago. As a result, they have demands for career […]

August 7th, 2012

Let Candidates Come to You, Interview Them Better

Because of social networks, it’s a lot easier for hiring managers to source candidates, explains John Vlastelica (@vlastelica) of Recruiting Toolbox, who teaches companies how to both source and interview candidates. Given that smaller companies don’t always have all the resources to do their preferred amount of sourcing, Vlastelica teaches hiring managers to leverage their […]

September 13th, 2012

Trying to Undo the Skills Mismatch Problem

When Steve Boese (@SteveBoese), Director of Talent Management Strategy at Oracle, wants a debate on his podcast, HR Happy Hour, he often leans on the controversial subject of talent shortages and skills mismatched with talent. It’s an all-too-common problem in recruiting, explains Boese: On one hand, you have companies that want to find great people […]

June 23rd, 2012

Recruiters’ Most Innovative Relationship Building Tips [Video]

I always hear that the key to recruiting is building relationships, but what does that actually mean? How do you translate a relationship to actually getting a great recruit, and how do recruiters build relationships efficiently? Our lives are filled with relationships that we take time to build. Recruiters need to not only build a […]

June 21st, 2012

Reinvent Your Talent Acquisition Strategy [Video]

When you sell a job to a potential candidate, “you’re selling a promise…rather than a product,” says Brad Cook (@brcook2006), VP Global Talent Acquisition for Informatica. In his presentation, “Driving Innovation in a Borderless Recruiting World” at ERE’s Recruiting Innovation Summit (#RIS12), Cook addressed issues that are key to transforming your talent acquisition strategy. Know […]

July 6th, 2012

Recruiting Dash: Improve Your Process with Better Metrics

The recruiting industry is missing out on recruiting data that could be used to improve its its processes, says Jason Warner (@Jason_s_warner), founder of Recruiting Dash, a SaaS-based metrics, analytics, and reporting solution for the recruiting industry. At ERE’s Recruiting Innovation Summit (#RIS12), Warner talked about how organizations say they want to measure recruiting behavior, […]

August 28th, 2012

A Dozen Ways to Recruit on a Budget

With a recruiting team of three and a tiny budget, Lars Schmidt (@ThisIsLars), Director of Talent Acquisition for NPR, has had to think of creative, economical ways to extend his recruiting reach. He works through current employees, their social networks, and the goodwill of the public media community, and also takes advantage of NPR’s audience […]

July 11th, 2024

20 Ways Recruiters Can Connect With Candidates

“The key to recruiting is relationships.” You’ve heard that so many times that it’s verging on redundant. While everyone has relationships, it’s different when you have to amass and maintain those relationships as a core part of your business. Relationships are not formed instantly. They all take time to initiate and build. Even though it’s […]

June 22nd, 2012

Webinar – June 28: How to Use Dice to Find Top Tech Talent

Don’t have time for training on Dice’s powerful resume search tools? Think again. Dice customers have access to free, customized training that will help you find the best tech candidates for your open reqs quickly and easily. Learn the behind-the-scenes secrets to using Dice’s powerful search tools and unique job posting features. Free Webinar: How […]

June 23rd, 2012

7+ Benefits of Social Recruiting

Meet Terry Starr (@HRSocialStarr). She’s the Director of Social Media Strategy for Dice Holdings, Inc. and she really knows her social stuff. If you – or perhaps your colleagues – still need some convincing that social recruiting is a need-to-have, rather than a nice-to-have, here’s some ammo. . Terry’s  7+ Benefits of Social Recruiting BTW, if […]

August 13th, 2012

Take Social Recruiting Beyond the ‘Field of Dreams’ Phenomenon

“Social media will never make a hire,” argued Matt Charney (@mattcharney), Senior Manager, Social Media and Online Branding for Cornerstone OnDemand. At the 2012 SHRM National Conference in Atlanta (#SHRM12), Charney and I talked about the hanging belief that the purpose of social media for recruiters is to push candidates through the hiring process. “The […]

September 27th, 2012

Tackle Social Media Legal Issues at Work

The way we engage professionally via social media is offering new opportunities in the world of work. However, it’s also limiting the overarching control that companies have on employees’ ability to communicate. At the SHRM National Conference in Atlanta, John Sumser led a panel discussion about “Legal Issues Facing Social Media Today.” On the panel […]

September 10th, 2012

Make Hires Through Multiple Touchpoints

What is the real goal of social recruiting? To actually make hires? To expand your network of contacts? To connect in yet another way with current contacts? Or is it a combination of all these and more? Gerry Crispin (@gerrycrispin), cofounder of CareerXroads, says the real goal of social recruiting is to take “many-to-many” discussions […]

July 25th, 2012

Recap of Talent 42: First National Tech Recruiting Conference

Question: What’s the difference between a traditional recruiting conference and a tech recruiting conference? Answer: Engineers! At what is believed to be the first ever national tech recruiting conference, Talent 42 debuted in June this year. The sold out show was attended by both tech leaders and tech recruiters. Plus, three of the keynotes were […]

July 17th, 2012

Should You Be Hiring Professional Innovators?

“Innovation” as a profession or a job responsibility is on the rise. Big companies are beginning to recognize there is a skill set and discipline to helping innovate their services, products and culture, says Julie Anixter (@julieanixter), Co-Founder and Executive Editor of Innovation Excellence, a global innovation community. Anixter, who also holds the title of […]

March 9th, 2023

5 Ways to Master the Art of Candidate Engagement

If you’re struggling to build relationships with tech professionals and keep them engaged throughout the candidate journey, you’re not alone. There has been a 20% increase in job seeker drop-off in the hiring process in recent years, according to LinkedIn. The fact that tech professionals receive an average of 32 messages from recruiters each week […]

July 11th, 2024

18 Expert Tips to Get Started in Social Recruiting

You’ve been told time and time again how important social media is to recruiting and sourcing candidates. If you’re not convinced yet, here’s even more fuel for the fire: Identified, a professional social scoring analytics firm, estimates that its clients who efficiently use social media for recruiting have lowered hiring costs in one year by […]

December 10th, 2012

Forecasting the Future of Mobile Recruiting

Statistics around mobile phone usage are staggering. Almost half of mobile phone users now have a smartphone, can access the web, and have their device with them almost all of the time. These users are also potential hires, so you need to know how to reach them. While communications optimized for mobile are becoming more […]

July 11th, 2024

4 Steps to the Ideal Mobile Candidate Experience

How are you going to create a mobile-based experience to reach out to and connect with candidates? Have you thought out every step of the process, from attracting candidates, to getting them to actually go to your mobile site, to submitting an application into the applicant tracking system, and finally to maintaining a relationship throughout […]

December 19th, 2012

How Pricewaterhouse-Coopers Uses Dice

Mark Hess of PricewaterhouseCoopers says he likes how the tech talent on Dice is segregated into groups. It makes it really easy for them to find candidates with different skill sets. Watch Hess talk about how PWC uses Dice to source candidates and also to post jobs. He’s been very appreciative of the tech-specific talent […]

October 10th, 2012

Analyze Your Workforce: People First, Numbers Second

Can you be a people person and a numbers person at the same time? If you’re an HR person, it doesn’t really matter whether you can or can’t. Sugarcoat it as much as you want, but in the realm of business, people are first and foremost numbers. And understanding those numbers – like, really understanding […]

October 23rd, 2012

HR Should Introduce the Social Possibilities

Marcia Conner is an internationally recognized adviser to the world’s largest organizations reinventing themselves and their workforce for the future. She closed down HR Executive’s 15th Annual HR Technology Conference in Chicago this year to a packed house of technologists, HR professionals, HR vendors, press, and pundits. We’d just spent two and half days cramming […]

October 31st, 2012

Save 40% on TalentNet Live–Dallas This Friday

If your company could use a social recruiting boost, there’s no better time than now. TalentNet Live brings you a jam-packed social recruiting UNconference, showing you how to create better employer brands and recruitment strategies through social media. The conference is this Friday, but it’s not too late. As a last-minute discount save 40% off […]

December 14th, 2012

Case-Mate’s Improved Candidate Experience

Mobile phone case producer Case-Mate admittedly had a nonexistent candidate process, says Alex Putman (@alexputman), Global Talent Acquisition for Case-Mate, in our conversation at the 2012 HR Tech conference in Chicago. It was for this reason they applied to the Candidate Experience Awards (AKA Candy’s) to see where they stood. Case-Mate improved their recruiting methods […]

December 10th, 2012

jobFig Screening Tool Ranks Candidates for Fit

“They might be the right candidate for that type of job, but are they the right person to work with your team?” asks Ravi Mikkelsen (@RaviMikkelsen), CEO of jobFig, a recruiting technology company with a brand-new behavioral candidate screening tool. Mikkelsen explains his technology, which starts with a short personality screening process of your existing […]

December 20th, 2012

Go Mobile for the Best Candidates

“In order to recruit the best, you have to provide the best candidate experience or candidates move on,” says Fred Pratt (@ffpratt), VP, Digital Platform Sales for TMP Worldwide. “Candidates are found predominantly on search engines, and they’re using mobile in a multitude of different ways.” You must have a mobile-friendly or mobile-optimized candidate site […]

January 21st, 2013

How Millennials Changed Nieman Marcus

. Neiman Marcus is a 105-year-old company with employees who have decades of tenure. If you’ve been there for 10 years, you’re still considered a new employee, says Keith Meyerson (@KeithMeyerson), Director of Learning and Development for The Neiman Marcus Group Services. That tenured environment speaks well for retention, but turned out to be a […]

October 12th, 2021

Are You Taking Advantage of Your Most Important Employer Branding Asset?

While the concept of an employer brand is far from new, the move to entirely virtual work forced by COVID and the resulting Great Resignation has resurfaced the conversation in a big way for organizations of all sizes and types. Location, office space and perks based on physically being in the work environment have been […]

December 17th, 2012

Your People Are Your Employment Brand

“What is the impression of your company as a good place to work?” asks Craig Fisher (@fishdogs), VP of Ajax Social Media and Founder of TalentNet Live. The answer is your employment brand. Candidates will research your company before and during the application process. What will they find? Are there comments on job boards? Are […]

January 4th, 2013

5 Steps to Closing Candidates

“Candidate closing starts on the very first call,” says Jeremy Roberts (@ImJeremyR), Talent Sourcing Manager, along with Craig Fisher (@fishdogs), VP at Ajax Social Media and Founder of TalentNet Live. Stage 1: Closing starts on the first call On the very first call, ask the candidate what’s important to him or her that’s not salary, […]

January 8th, 2013

Where to Bend (Not Break) Tech Recruiting Rules

In the tech space, unemployment is relatively low. To stay competitive, tech recruiters need a strong understanding of the technologies for which they’re recruiting, says Vahid Behzadi (@vbehzadi), Senior Executive Recruiter for CyberCoders. His company is using Dice rather extensively, Dice has become an integral part of his company’s sourcing. To introduce a smoother flow […]

January 14th, 2013

18 Innovative Ways to Build Employer Brand

If you were to isolate the hardest part of recruiting, it would probably be difficult to choose to just one. You have to find the right talent, tell them about your business, sell them on the company’s culture, and pitch them on the corporate vision. After all that, you have to just hope those candidates […]

January 24th, 2013

Save 10% on SourceCon Registration

SourceCon is the world’s leading conference for professional sourcers. Last year’s attendees said the event was “awesome”, and you can attend this year with a 10% discount, compliments of Dice. The evolution of sourcing has been turbo charged over the years. It’s gone from passively placing a Help Wanted ad to a competitive industry, where […]

February 7th, 2013

Play ‘Share to Score’ During #SourceCon February 7-8

Rockstar ‘SHARE TO SCORE’ Contest Your tweet could land you a sweet new pair of Bose headphones Dice is taking you backstage with the band at #SourceCon to check out Open Web, now in beta – Dice’s powerful new sourcing and recruiting tool. Share with your ‘groupies’ and you could land a pair of Bose […]

February 7th, 2013

Sears Breaks Down Walls to Create HR Data Warehouse

Donna Quintal, Senior Manager of Strategic Sourcing at Sears, was a keynote speaker at SourceCon Winter 2013 in Atlanta. Donna, @retail_wanted, spoke of how HR teams very often have all the data recruiters needed to plan recruiting, but it is often hidden behind the walls built by HR and recruiting. Inspired by a Glen Cathey […]

February 7th, 2013

What a Good Talent Sourcer Looks Like

Defining a good sourcer is a great place to start at SourceCon Winter 2013 in Atlanta. Adam Lawrence, @lawrenceadam, Head of Global Sourcing at Alexander Mann Solutions (AMS), was the opening keynote speaker at SourceCon. His topic was the value of sourcing. Perspective Lawrence has researched the top three pain points for leaders of talent […]

March 4th, 2013

Watch a 1-min Video Tour of Open Web

Today’s tech professionals leave digital signatures – little pieces of themselves all over the web that reflect who they are and what skills they have. To recruit them, you’re probably searching a lot of different sites and trying to fit those pieces together to see the big picture. The big problem with that type of talent […]

March 6th, 2013

Sourcing the Dread Pirate Roberts

The Georgia Aquarium in Atlanta, home to the latest and largest SourceCon event, is a beautiful tribute to marine life. The alabaster blue hues showcased nimble beluga whales and were thankfully devoid of shrieking eels. Calming waters surrounded the SourceCon attendees, yet made no reference to the talk of candidate plundering and social media skulduggery that would […]

March 26th, 2013

What Sourcing IS and is NOT: A Holistic View

What is the role of a sourcer? What does a good one look like? How do you measure “good”? If you are a sourcing leader, these are questions you surely ask yourself if not daily, then on a weekly basis. But if you are an in-the-trenches sourcing practitioner, you should be asking yourself these questions […]

April 8th, 2013

Sourcing For Sourcers: Experienced or Home-Grown?

The ultimate topic in sourcing – how to source for sourcers. Thinking about that ought to make your brain tilt. An age-old question when considering hiring sourcers is this: Do you go for the more experienced hire, or do you look for someone with little to no experience and “grow” them in-house? There are several […]

March 28th, 2013

Life Lessons Learned at SXSWi…Who Knew?

South By Southwest Interactive Festival (SXSWi) is an annual conference held in Austin, TX where tech-lovers from all over get together to network, learn about the latest technologies, and cut loose. I was fortunate enough to present at TalentNet Live this year, a social recruiting conference held during SXSWi and sponsored by the folks of […]

April 18th, 2013

SourceCon—Researchers, Rocket Scientists and Rockstars

SourceCon was a great way to kick off the conference season this year, and it was held at the most majestic venue in Atlanta: The Georgia Aquarium no less. This would mark my second year attending SourceCon, both times in Atlanta. This year’s conference was set to be one of the best, with a who’s […]

April 11th, 2013

SourceCon 2013, ‘Persona’-fied

SourceCon 2013 was back once again in Atlanta this year – where it all began in 2007. I honestly believe it was the best one yet – and certainly the most attended – WOW!! The #DiceUnlimited Rockstar Sourcing Moves networking event was truly a treat (google the pics and videos if you don’t believe me) […]

March 29th, 2013

Key Takeaways from TalentNet Live: Austin

Though it is already more than a week since TalentNet Live in Austin, I am still working through all my notes and ideas from just one day of learning! It was a fantastic opportunity to have the focus of the interactive case study on my company, 24 Hour Fitness. Here are a few of my […]

April 4th, 2013

What Recruiters Look for at SXSW

You know, real recruiters still go to SXSW in search of great talent. It’s no secret. After all, Silicon Valley giants frequently grab startups just for the talent and where to find more startups and fresh talent than the rainy streets of Austin? (yes, it always rains at least once atSXSW) So how does a […]

April 10th, 2013

How to Recruit Like a Rockstar

The stage was shredded and rockstars were unleashed this year at #TalentNet Live in Austin. We caught up with a few at the #DiceUnlimited VIP Rockstar Party to find out their best rockstar move for recruiting tech talent. Jorge Tapia: “Sell the great benefits that the organization provides.” Curtis Rodgers: “To be in a downtown, […]

April 30th, 2013

Justin Hall: Transitioning from Techie to Recruiter

Meet Justin Hall. Previously a brilliant producer for mobile game maker DeNA, Justin’s curiosity about his coworkers evolved into an internal communications role. He was so well-received that he was drafted from within to become a company recruiter this past January. “You’re good at telling the story of the company inside the company,” they told […]

May 9th, 2013

Turn Loose Connections into Powerful Recruiting

Have you ever been at a party and been surprised when you met people who shared your birthday? It’s actually not too surprising. Birthdays tend to cluster, just like defects in code. It’s the same thing with networks. People tend to cluster around “connectors”—people who are well-connected. Some people are not as well-connected, and that’s […]

July 12th, 2024

5 Ways to Prep for Engaging Passive Tech Candidates

I’ve got a name, now what? In this three-part series on engaging passive technology talent from tech recruiting guru John Vlastelica, learn how to prepare for that first email or call, how to write emails and connect with tech professionals in a way that gets them interested, and finally, how to overcome common objections you’re […]

May 1st, 2013

How Hiring Professionals Are Finding New Success

Recruiters, sourcers and other hiring professionals are discovering a new path to successful technology talent acquisition. Since the launch of Dice’s new Open Web tool, more and more professionals are utilizing this slick social aggregator to connect with tech candidates – particularly passives. See what Open Web is all about at dice.com/openweb. Then check out […]

May 3rd, 2013

Talent 42 – The ONLY Conference for Tech Recruiters

In the world of technology recruiting, all conferences are NOT created equal. A leader is Talent 42—past attendees have rated it “awesomely excellent.” What is Talent 42? June 27-28 in Seattle Bell Harbor Conference Center It’s the first conference designed specifically for tech recruiters and tech hiring managers. It’s part conference, part training, and all […]

July 12th, 2024

Agile Culture and Recruiting – Hiring Geeks that Fit

In this series by organizational problem-solving expert Johanna Rothman, uncover the mystery behind agile project management. What is it? How does it apply to your workplace each day? Why should you be looking for technology candidates with agile experience? See how separating decisions, prioritizing projects and tackling one thing at a time produces a smoother, […]

May 30th, 2013

Play to Win the Game of Recruiting

#RIS13 #TruSanFran #TruNY – all recruiting events I’ve attended recently, with an interestingly similar trend emerging from each one. That trend? The assessment process that sits between talent attraction and application is changing. There are lots of reasons for thinking that the current system of assessment is flawed: Traditional tests and assessments have been expensive […]

July 2nd, 2013

What is Agile, Anyway?

In this series by organizational problem-solving expert Johanna Rothman, uncover the mystery behind agile project management. What is it? How does it apply to your workplace each day? Why should you be looking for technology candidates with agile experience? See how separating decisions, prioritizing projects and tackling one thing at a time produces a smoother, […]

July 11th, 2013

How Tech Teams Manage Workload in Agile

In this series by organizational problem-solving expert Johanna Rothman, uncover the mystery behind agile project management. What is it? How does it apply to your workplace each day? Why should you be looking for technology candidates with agile experience? See how separating decisions, prioritizing projects and tackling one thing at a time produces a smoother, […]

July 12th, 2024

Five W’s of Agile Recruiting

In this series by organizational problem-solving expert Johanna Rothman, uncover the mystery behind agile project management. What is it? How does it apply to your workplace each day? Why should you be looking for technology candidates with agile experience? See how separating decisions, prioritizing projects and tackling one thing at a time produces a smoother, […]

July 11th, 2024

Overcoming 4 common passive candidate objections

Turning a “No” into a “Maybe” or “Yes.” In this three-part series on engaging passive technology talent from tech recruiting guru John Vlastelica, learn how to prepare for that first email or call, how to write emails and connect with tech professionals in a way that gets them interested, and finally, how to overcome common […]

September 1st, 2013

Tech Hiring Guide: 4 Steps to ‘Speak Geek’

Recruiting for technical roles can feel like being in a strange place and not speaking the language; the acronyms and jargon can make it challenging to navigate a candidate’s qualifications beyond matching buzzwords on their resume to a job description. This Technical Hiring Guide explains different tech roles and how they relate to one another […]

September 16th, 2013

Dice User Tip: A faster way to contact candidates

Connect button now included on Open Web profiles.  Dice has introduced a new feature that makes it even faster and easier to send a candidate a tweet, Facebook message or email – all from one spot. When you’re viewing an Open Web profile and want to contact a candidate directly, you no longer need to […]

July 12th, 2024

How to Recruit Tech Pros on Twitter

How to Recruit Tech Pros on Twitter You wouldn’t expect to hire hard-to-find tech professionals and software developers at an HR conference, would you? If you want to find tech pros, you need to think like a tech pro. Their definition of a professional network is somewhere like Github, Stack Overflow, Dribble or Behance. This […]

October 11th, 2013

DiceTru Dallas: Tech Recruiting Unconference

#DiceTru: A one-of-a-kind, designed with you in mind Dice and #Tru are a match made in tech recruiting (and sourcing) heaven. Join us for a morning of lively, inspired conversation instead of “death by PowerPoint” – all focused on finding technology talent. Come with questions and ideas. Leave with actionable outcomes for your business. DiceTru – Dallas […]

November 20th, 2013

The Lawton Group: Getting to “Yes!”

“No. We’ve seen this candidate before. We need to see someone new.” These were the frustrating retorts that recruiter Michael Nelms heard a bit too often from his clients. Rarely did he receive responses like “This candidate is perfect.” Just continual appeals from his clients to keep looking. As a determined senior recruiter for The […]

December 9th, 2017

How to change your Dice employer password

For security reasons, we recommend you change your password once you first log in to Dice. Changing your password is easy. Just follow these simple steps. 1) Log in at https://www.dice.com/employer/login/ (Your username and password are case sensitive) 2) Click on MyDice at the top/middle of the page 3) Click on Change My Password 4) […]

December 13th, 2013

Win a Smartwatch: 12 Dice moments from ’13

It was a wonderful year – after all we launched our Facebook page earlier this year with you in mind. We wanted to provide a way to share and engage with you here, and on other social channels during and after those many events that many of you attended. We connected. We laughed and we […]

January 21st, 2014

How to refresh your job posting on Dice

Refreshing your posting weekly on Dice moves your job higher in search results so it gets added visibility. The higher your posting appears, the more attention it is likely to receive from tech candidates. Here’s how: Log in to Dice 2. Click Post Jobs and Find Candidates Select Manage Jobs Click the box next to […]

February 28th, 2014

Break through Twitter’s 140 limit with #Dice141

It’s hard to get tech pros to pursue an opportunity with just 140 characters. Well, not until now. See what Dice’s new Twitter job card means for your jobs — and how you can develop a more strategic tech recruiting strategy on Twitter. Let’s be real. The way we communicate with one another is changing. […]

February 4th, 2014

Dice at SxSW Austin

One-of-a-kind events Designed with you in mind DICETRU Join us for lively, inspired conversation on finding tech talent. No formal presentation. No boring PowerPoints. Come with questions and ideas. Leave with actionable outcomes. 2 – 4pm MINDSHARE PANEL The candidate has spoken. A multi-faced perspective of the tech talent acquisition market – from established to […]

July 13th, 2024

Pervasive Hiring Technology in Social, Mobile and Analytics

Six Ways it’s Improving the Way We Recruit, Onboard, Brand and Work Recruiting has been the black box of HR for years. The craft is often poorly understood by candidates and HR leaders, hobbled by compliance requirements and policies, and is now at the mercy of social media. We’ve had a poor economy with few […]

March 25th, 2014

Top social sites to recruit tech talent [INFOGRAPHIC]

More than three out of four companies are using social sites to recruit candidates. If you’re not using social media to source talent, you’re missing out. Dice researched some of the top sites where technology professionals live and breathe. With millions of techies communicating on Twitter, sharing code on GitHub, and uploading portfolios to Dribbble, […]

April 28th, 2014

The Recruiting Power of Pervasive Technology

Revolutions come and go, transforming our world in ways that change the very fabric of society. Carlota Perez(1), author of Technological Revolutions and Financial Capital: The Dynamics of Bubbles and Golden Ages, writes that society has had a technological revolution every 60 years or so since the Industrial Revolution began in 1771. Each revolution has […]

April 11th, 2014

The Best Way to Quality Candidate Attraction: Employer Branding

2014 Employer Branding Conference New York Times Center Wed., May 7 | 8 AM – 7:30 PM Attracting the best tech talent is much more than offering a competitive compensation package or touting your company’s eclectic cafeteria menu. Building and exemplifying your organization’s brand to candidates involves a number of strategic elements. Your employer brand […]

April 11th, 2014

How to Attract Highly Valued, and Paid, Tech Consultants

As cloud and mobile projects thrive and a growing number of companies lean on tech consultants to help manage their expanding technology needs, the law of supply and demand continues to exert upward pressure on these contractors’ earnings and hours worked. Our latest analysis of U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics’ data pegged the average hourly […]

May 8th, 2014

Recruiters: Do You Have What it Takes to be an Honorary Tech Pro?

Successfully hiring in tech takes a special recruiter. One part of your brain has to be steeped in sourcing, employer branding, candidate experience best practices. The other part of your brain has to understand technology stacks, skills and culture. We believe you are a special recruiter. We’ve developed a Technology Recruiting Quiz to test and […]

May 29th, 2014

Marrying Hot Tech Skills with Cultural Fit

Gallup’s recent State of the Global Workforce analysis states that only 30 percent of professional workers in the US are “engaged’ on the job. The other 70 percent range from “checked out” at work to “actively disengaged”. The implications of this analysis are particularly alarming for those of us in recruiting, as we tend to […]

June 27th, 2014

How to Become the Boss of Boolean in Sourcing

A sound understanding of Boolean search helps ensure that your recruiting searches don’t fall prey to the “Garbage In, Garbage Out” dilemma. You don’t have to be a master at Boolean (that’s our job at Dice), but you should know how to boss it around for your benefit. We went through a sampling of search […]

August 11th, 2014

Transferable Skills Guide: UX Designer

Return to Main Article – Transferable Skills Guide Overview Sourcing tech professionals with certain emerging or hard-to-find skills can be a challenge – even for the most seasoned recruiter. In the fourth installment of our seven-part “Transferable Skills Guide” series, we look at the UX Designer role and skill-sets in other disciplines that translate to […]

July 28th, 2014

Transferable Skills Guide – Big Data Engineer

Return to Main Article – Transferable Skills Guide Overview Sourcing tech professionals with certain emerging or hard-to-find skills can be a challenge – even for the most seasoned recruiter. In the second installment of our “Transferable Skills Guide” series, we look at the Big Data Engineering role and skill-sets in other disciplines that translate to […]

August 4th, 2014

Transferable Skills Guide: Cloud Engineer

Return to Main Article – Transferable Skills Guide Overview Sourcing tech professionals with certain emerging or hard-to-find skills can be a challenge – even for the most seasoned recruiter. In the third installment of our seven-part “Transferable Skills Guide” series, we look at the Cloud Engineering role and skill-sets in other disciplines that translate to […]

July 21st, 2014

Transferable Skills Guide: Mobile Developer

Return to Main Article – Transferable Skills Guide Overview Sourcing tech professionals with certain emerging or hard-to-find skills can be a challenge – even for the most seasoned recruiter. In the first installment of our seven-part “Transferable Skills Guide” series, we look at the Mobile Developer role and skill-sets in other disciplines that translate to […]

August 22nd, 2014

Transferable Skills Guide: DevOps Engineer

Return to Main Article – Transferable Skills Guide Overview Sourcing tech professionals with certain emerging or hard-to-find skills can be a challenge – even for the most seasoned recruiter. In the sixth installment of our seven-part “Transferable Skills Guide” series, we look at the DevOps role and skill-sets in other disciplines that translate to success […]

September 2nd, 2014

Transferable Skills Guide: Front-End Developer

Sourcing a tech professionals with certain emerging or hard-to-find skills can be a challenge – even for the most seasoned recruiter. In the final installment of our seven-part “Transferable Skills Guide” series, we look at the front-end developer role and skill-sets in other disciplines that translate to success in web design positions. Use these tips […]

August 27th, 2014

How to Combine Resume and Social Data in Your Assessments [Webinar]

Come Together, Right Now: How To Effectively Combine Resume and Social Data in Your Assessments Sept. 4, 1 PM EST / 10 AM PST Johnny Campbell, Founder CEO, Social Talent Register Now ———————————————————————————————-—————–———————– The best candidates don’t always stand out on paper. Knowing your way around resumes and candidates’ social feeds isn’t enough to understand […]

September 29th, 2014

Nine Key Sites for Assessing Technical and Cultural Fit

Welcome to the latest installment in our Social Recruiting Pro Tips Series. In this edition, sourcing ninja Johnny Campbell discloses his favorite social sites for assessing the technical and cultural fit of tech candidates. Stay tuned twice a month as we deliver expert advice and actionable tips from industry experts on social sourcing, assessments and […]

July 12th, 2024

7 Steps to Engage Passive Talent

Let’s imagine that you needed a new car. Would you waltz into the dealership without first doing your homework? Of course not. At a minimum, you’d have a good idea of what you were looking for (Gas, electric or hybrid? Compact, minivan or SUV?). How much you’re willing to pay (big budget or penny pinching?) […]

July 13th, 2024

Passive Candidate Outreach: 7 Steps to Help Your Team Succeed

Leading a sourcing effort can be a bit like boxing frogs. Your targets can be elusive, and frog catching can be unpredictable and chaotic. As a Talent Acquisition Leader, it’s your job to ensure that the recruiting team has the tools, the guidance and the motivation to get the job done. When it comes to […]

July 12th, 2024

Best Channels for Candidate Engagement: Four Factors to Consider

Welcome to another installment from our Social Recruiting Pro Tips Series. In this edition, social recruiting expert Stacy Zapar presents key factors to consider when formulating an engagement strategy that yields positive response rates from candidates. Stay tuned twice a month as we deliver expert advice and actionable tips from industry experts on social sourcing, […]

July 12th, 2024

Crafting Communications that Make Great First Impressions

Welcome to another installment in our Social Recruiting Pro Tips Series. In this edition, social recruiting expert Stacy Zapar provides insights that can help put you on the road to a successful relationship with top tech candidates. Stay tuned twice a month as we deliver expert advice and actionable tips from industry experts on social […]

December 4th, 2014

How to Shine in Cloud Recruiting

Is your company among the growing number that is turning to the cloud for storage and computing? If so, you’ve probably discovered that the competition is fierce for tech professionals with cloud experience. In a recent Dice Report, an analysis of hiring managers searches shows that key skills companies are looking for in cloud candidates […]

July 12th, 2024

Increase Hiring Efficiency with Social and Branding

Welcome to the fourth installment of our Social Recruiting Pro Tips Series. Our latest edition features insights from Lars Schmidt, noted speaker and blogger on social recruiting and employer branding. Lars presents compelling ideas that can help companies significantly increase hiring efficiency. Stay tuned twice a month as we deliver expert advice and actionable tips […]

July 12th, 2024

Make Social Recruiting a Time Saver with These Productivity Tools

In the latest installment of our Social Recruiting Pro Tips series, we explore productivity with Lars Schmidt, founder of Amplify Talent. Lars breaks down the processes and tools that can make leveraging social recruiting and employer branding a time saver instead of a time demand. When contemplating moving forward with social recruiting, you may feel […]

December 17th, 2014

Answers to Your Questions on Using Twitter for Recruiting

We recently hosted a Webinar with Amybeth Quinn, Talent Partner at HP, on the subject of how to effectively use Twitter for tech recruiting. The questions we received during the webinar were as helpful as the presentation itself. We’ve outlined the answers so you can use them when your boss asks the same questions. Defining […]

December 22nd, 2014

10 Things Tech Recruiters Need to Know to Get Started on Twitter

Welcome to the fifth installment of our Social Recruiting Pro Tips Series. If you’ve signed up for Twitter and are wondering how to get started, this post is for you. Our latest edition features ten beginner’s steps from author and sourcing expert Amybeth Quinn (@researchgoddess). Amybeth shares her thoughts on how the Twitter platform is […]

July 12th, 2024

How Pro Recruiters Use Twitter to Recruit Tech Talent

Our latest and final edition in our Social Recruiting Pro Tips Series features insights from author and sourcing expert Amybeth Quinn (@researchgoddess). Amybeth shares her thoughts on how to efficiently engage tech pros through Twitter. Stay tuned in 2015 as we continue to deliver expert advice and actionable tips from industry experts on social sourcing, […]

February 27th, 2015

Tech Candidate Sentiment Survey 2015

The relationship between tech candidates and recruiters Dice recently partnered with the Partnership for Public Service and TMP Government to host the “Mission-Critical Occupations: Build Your Agency Talent Pipeline” interactive workshop. Recruiters from the public sector were provided the tools and information needed to identify and hire mission-critical talent. As the federal workforce nears retirement […]

March 25th, 2015

Mind the Gap: How to Kick-Start Your Mobile Recruiting

During our latest Social Recruiting Pro Tips Webinar, recruiting strategist Jessica Miller-Merrell (@jmillermerrell) of Xceptional HR illustrated the growing importance of mobile devices in engaging with tech pros: “When I go to a restaurant or conference, I will leave my purse with my laptop at the desk, or at the table with my friends when […]

April 7th, 2015

The Power of Partnership Improves Dice Search

When folks at Dice say we want to be your partner in success, that includes working together toward continuous improvement of our products and services. Thanks to your feedback we’ve done just that. Here’s how we’ve improved our search: Revamped Advanced Search — Enter in all criteria upfront to speed up results. Filtering — Select […]

April 23rd, 2015

Introducing Dice Skills Center

Ever been handed a requisition for a tech candidate, only to find it features two or three languages you’ve never seen before? If so, never fear: Dice’s new Skills Center, now in Beta, offers at-a-glance access to information on hundreds of tech skills, from ACF2 to z/OS. Even the most tech-savvy recruiter can have a hard time keeping […]

April 23rd, 2015

10 Answers to Your Burning Social, Boolean, and Passive Questions

Recruiting is a fast-paced and rapidly evolving space, and I frequently receive questions about everything from Boolean searches to social sourcing and nurturing passive talent. I decided to take some of those most-asked questions and answer them here. Hopefully these can give you the additional insights you need to build solid connections with candidates. 1. […]

April 30th, 2015

Tech Hiring Trends Q1 2015: Unemployment Dips (Again)

Employment data from the first quarter of 2015 suggests that the technology industry’s hiring momentum continued virtually unchecked into the new year, with the unemployment rate averaging 2.3 percent—the lowest rate recorded since the second quarter of 2008, when the unemployment rate hit 2.1 percent. If that news wasn’t good enough for tech professionals, the […]

May 7th, 2015

Dice Skills Center Updates

Whether gainfully employed or between jobs, tech pros are always looking to improve on their professional abilities. Staying on top of the latest tech skills is critical not only to those pros who want to create their best work and move to the next stage in their career, but also the recruiters trying to place […]

May 12th, 2015

Tech Unemployment Continues to Fall

Unemployment among tech pros dropped to 1.9 percent in April, according to new data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. That’s the lowest unemployment rate since June 2008. Not all technology segments saw unemployment dip: Computer and electronic-product manufacturing lost 1,000 jobs in April. But that was more than offset by the 9,100 positions […]

May 14th, 2015

Tech Managers’ Checklist for Making the Right Hire

Today’s technology jobs are tied directly to business outcomes, which means that successful hires must offer more than expertise in jQuery or .NET or JavaScript. As part of being a great tech manager, you want each member of your team to understand how their work impacts the business and fits with other efforts throughout both […]

May 19th, 2015

5 Mistakes Tech Managers Make When Hiring

If you’re serious about hiring the best tech talent today, you have to be both fast and smart. However, some tech managers are losing qualified candidates by making basic missteps in their approach to hiring. Don’t make the mistake of treating the process like a chore, or thinking all candidates are anxiously waiting for any […]

May 26th, 2015

The Definitive Guide to Engaging Top Tech Candidates

Top tech talent doesn’t respond to generic “seeking rock star programmer” spammy emails. Personalized messaging is key to hitting your response-rate goal and generating a slate of top candidates. But with so much information available on candidates, it can be difficult to decide what to use in your communications and when to use it. Have […]

May 28th, 2015

Tips for Using Social Media to Message Candidates

The research is unequivocal: According to Jobvite, 95 percent of recruiters use or plan to use social media to find candidates. But only 18 percent describe themselves as social media experts. To help you feel more confident in your social recruiting efforts, Kara Yarnot, Founder and President of Meritage Talent Solutions, delivered a webinar packed […]

June 11th, 2015

Tips for Writing A Great Job Posting

The quality of your job posting can have a huge impact on the quality and quantity of applications you receive. Your posting is the first interaction with a potential candidate, so it’s important that you make a great first impression. An effective job posting breaks down in to the following elements; fine-tune these to perfect […]

June 16th, 2015

How Persistence Sets Successful Recruiters Apart

Most recruiters send one email, or leave one message, and then move on; they assume there’s no interest if the prospect doesn’t reply back right away. Don’t be most recruiters. In the new eBook I produced with Dice, The Definitive Guide to Engaging Top Tech Candidates, there’s an art to engaging prospects in a way […]

June 22nd, 2015

Tailoring the “Perfect” Recruiting Message

In the new eBook I produced with Dice, The Definitive Guide to Engaging Top Tech Candidates, I discuss how to personalize your email or message to what you’ve learned about the candidate. Keep it short—no more than 2-3 quick paragraphs. (2-3 sentences is even better!) Ask a question—don’t be a one-way “sender.” The goal is […]

June 25th, 2015

The Key to Researching Your Top Candidates

It takes a lot of time and effort to craft the perfect recruiting message, especially since top candidates are regularly bombarded with emails and social-networking notes from recruiters. Everybody knows that research into a candidate plays a big part in crafting the message—but what kinds of research are most effective? Here are some tips: Research […]

June 30th, 2015

Effectively Sourcing Talent from GitHub

If you’re not familiar with GitHub, you should be. With more than 10 million users, it’s a community of active developers and software engineers who present their skills for all to see by posting code, commenting on the work of others, and contributing to the projects held in more than 24 million repositories. Approach it […]

July 9th, 2015

Evaluating Candidates When You Don’t Know the Tech

It’s a conundrum faced by many corporate recruiters and HR staffers who are trying to manage the process of identifying and hiring technical candidates: They know the importance of finding the right skills and experience, but their own technical knowledge is limited, making it difficult to evaluate how well each candidate might perform in the […]

July 14th, 2015

Tech Recruiters: Custom-Fit Your Job Postings

Most tech job postings not only look alike, they fail to attract the perfect candidate. Where are recruiters going wrong? “If your promise is too generic, it won’t resonate with the ideal tech professional and it won’t encourage them to take action,” said Barb Agostini, partner for Recruiting Social, a social recruitment company with offices […]

July 28th, 2015

Using Stack Overflow to Recruit Tech Pros

Stack Overflow is a Q A site where programmers, software engineers and other tech pros discuss everything from Unix and SharePoint to photography, math and role-playing games. It’s the kind of place where users explore technical topics as granular as “No Response from jQuery getJSON method” and “Request params not parsed in Ring/Compojure app.” Like […]

July 30th, 2015

‘Likely to Switch’ Can Change Your Recruiting Game

At Dice, we’re constantly looking for ways to save our customers time when searching for top tech professionals. One path is using data science to find employment patterns, and utilizing these patterns to create predictive algorithms. Thanks to that work, you’re now able to see which candidates on our Open Web social recruiting platform are […]

August 10th, 2015

Prepping Your Profile for Tech Engagement

If you want to make sure your social profiles demonstrate your tech-recruiting credibility, take a look at these steps from the new eBook I produced with Dice, The Definitive Guide to Engaging Top Tech Candidates, and ask yourself the following: Question One Do my summary and open job descriptions emphasize my focus and expertise in […]

August 20th, 2015

Mistakes to Avoid When Crafting Messages to Talent

How can you avoid some of the mistakes that recruiters make when crafting messages to passive tech talent? In the new eBook I produced with Dice, The Definitive Guide to Engaging Top Tech Candidates, there’s a checklist of things to leave off your next email to a promising candidate: Do not send out anything that […]

August 25th, 2015

Using Dribbble to Source Candidates

Dribbble is a portfolio Website that gives creatives and Web developers the ability to show off their work in design, UI, UX, HTML5, WordPress, Photoshop, Illustrator, and more. The site is an ideal showcase for design, which in turn allows recruiters to assess the talent of individual designers. Hiring managers really care about designers’ portfolios […]

August 27th, 2015

Check Out the Dice TalentSearch Chrome Extension Update

You may have heard of Chrome Extensions, which layer additional information onto Webpages visited via the Google Chrome browser. Lots of developers use these browser extensions to enhance Website experiences for their users, and Dice is no different with its Dice TalentSearch Chrome Extension. When a recruiter searches for tech talent across hundreds of sites […]

September 1st, 2015

Check Out Our Social-Recruiting Webinar

In our Webinar last week, recruiting expert John Sumser shared some fundamentals that any recruiter can use to fully leverage the power of social recruiting. Although 93 percent of recruiters plan on using social in the coming year, only 18 percent of them say they feel confident in their social skills. The Webinar is expressly […]

September 3rd, 2015

What Recruiters Should Look for in Developers

What makes a great developer? That’s a vital question for recruiters and HR staffers, who need to find the best in order to ensure their companies succeed at building excellent new products. As any experienced recruiter will tell you, it’s not just a matter of a developer possessing technical aptitude and experience in building platforms; […]

September 24th, 2015

New Insights Into Developer Habits

A new global survey of developers (PDF), conducted by research firm IDC and commissioned by the Application Developers Alliance, offers some key insights for recruiters searching for top talent. The survey featured a relatively small sample size: Some 850 developers, an extremely small fraction of the millions of people building software worldwide. Nonetheless, the responses […]

January 6th, 2011

January 2011: Numbers Show A Promising Job Market in 2011

IT Hiring Market Report – January 2011 The Dice IT Hiring Market Report is a roundup of news related to technology hiring, compiled from various sources by the Dice Editorial Staff. .A flurry of facts and figures describes an IT employment market that’s definitely looking up. Moody’s Analytics says the economy added 47,000 technology jobs […]

November 2nd, 2010

November 2010: Shortage of Professionals Pressures Health IT

IT Hiring Market Report – November 2010 The Dice IT Hiring Market Report is a roundup of news related to technology hiring, compiled from various sources by the Dice Editorial Staff. .A shortage of IT professionals could set back electronic health records projects. A survey of industry executives by the College of Healthcare Information Management […]

June 14th, 2011

June 2011: IT Employment Reach Pre-Crash Levels

IT Hiring Market Report – June 2011 The Dice IT Hiring Market Report is a roundup of news related to technology hiring, compiled from various sources by the Dice Editorial Staff. .In November 2008, IT employment reached 4 million for the first time. Then the economy tanked, and 200,000 jobs disappeared within nine months. Now, […]

August 10th, 2011

August 2011: Technology Temp Hiring Moves Higher

IT Hiring Market Report – August 2011 The Dice IT Hiring Market Report is a roundup of news related to technology hiring, compiled from various sources by the Dice Editorial Staff. . Forty percent of technology executives expect to add temp IT headcount in the next three months, up from 36 percent last quarter. TEKsystems […]

August 30th, 2011

How To Create a Culture of Development

Fast-paced, entrepreneurial operations (like the one I’m part of) face many challenges, but – as you may have read – growth isn’t one of them. Retention can be. The tech and media sectors are growing at a fast clip, and industry-wide some employees don’t stay put more than three or four years. Add the increasingly […]

August 25th, 2011

Four Tactics to Lure Engineers

Even if you’re inundated with resumes from IT professionals, you’re probably struggling to fill engineering jobs. More than 32,000 engineering positions are posted on Dice, and nearly two-thirds of U.S. employers say that engineering and science-related positions are the hardest jobs to fill. Assuming that you’re already offering great pay and benefits, here are some tips […]

August 30th, 2011

A Quick Take On The NLRB’s Social Media Policy

Attorney Robin E. Shea does a great job explaining the National Labor Relations Board’s report on what companies can and can’t do about their employees’ comments on social media including Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, texts and whatever the market comes up with next. The key is to understand what constitutes “concerted activity,” Shea says. Think of […]

August 29th, 2011

Five Twitter Blunders to Avoid

If you’re not getting good results from your Tweets, maybe you’re committing some or all of the Five Mistakes Recruiters Make on Twitter outlined by blogger Jennifer McClure: Posting only job links Not making your tweets public Posting a bio without a photo or website link Only interacting with other recruiters Tweeting solely about work […]

October 15th, 2011

Hiring Humor: The Meddling Grandmother

In HR and recruiting, you have the BEST stories. You’ve lived through them to tell the tales (anonymously, of course!) We simply put them on paper for others to empathize – and enjoy a little hiring humor. Share this with your colleagues who may have taken a call from Joe’s grandma.

December 21st, 2011

Are Social-Media Policies Defunct?

Should companies attempt to restrict their employees’ comments and activity on social media? Or should they give up the policy crusade and learn to embrace social media, as one HR professional recently recommended? After all, employers had similar concerns about the Internet just a few years ago and it’s becoming increasingly difficult to author and […]

January 20th, 2012

Should Your Next Hire Be a Boomerang?

Fifty-four percent of large businesses that laid off employees in the past year are now having difficulty finding skilled workers. So to bridge the gap, many employers are considering rehiring former employees. Past employees who return to the fold are often called boomerangs. They’re more productive than novices because of their previous experience and institutional […]

March 21st, 2012

Fastest Growing Cities in Tech Hiring

After two years of continuous improvement in recruitment activity on Dice, tech is a market-by-market story. There are certainly many technology jobs posted in traditional centers like Silicon Valley, New York or Seattle. But other cities continue to join the party – such as Raleigh, Richmond and Houston. Read the March Dice Report to see […]

April 4th, 2012

Dice User Tip: One Click Locates Tech Candidates Who Will Relocate

At Dice, we know that a great tech candidate in Wyoming who is unwilling to move won’t help you fill a job that is located in another part of the country. So we’ve made it easy to search for candidates outside of your geographic area who are willing to relocate to your local area. Here’s […]

April 5th, 2012

Hiring Humor: Pesky Applicants

You again? Sometimes it’s tough for candidates to grasp the idea that it’s not “third time’s the charm” but more like “three strikes and you’re out” with follow-up communication. Have you had applicants drive you crazy with their persistence? Top-notch candidates know when to push and when to be professional. At Dice, we help you […]

July 9th, 2012

Top Three Tips to Improve Onboarding

We’ve all been there. You start a new job, settle into your desk, meet a few people and then it’s time for corporate training. Hours – or maybe days – of company history, policies and paperwork. But how much of that information do you actually remember? “People don’t retain that information. There’s a lot of […]

May 21st, 2012

Talent42: The Tech Talent Shortage is Real

Yes, the technology talent shortage is real. Why is it happening and what can you do? At Talent42: Tech Recruiting Excellence Conference, spend June 13-14 in Seattle with colleagues, experts and industry leaders to drill down on specific tactics, tools and methods to attract, source and hire tech professionals in today’s competitive talent market. What […]

June 11th, 2012

Build Recruiting Relationships With Social Listening

The days when only the media and market analysts drove public opinions are long gone. Social media has opened up the world of influence to anybody with an audience on platforms such as blogs, Twitter, and/or Facebook. To keep track of these influencers, hot industry discussions, and what anyone might be saying about you or […]

August 23rd, 2012

Don’t Change Your Social Policy, Change Your Culture

A very hot topic of discussion in the blogger lounge at this year’s SHRM National Conference was whether or not your company should have a social media policy. John Sumser (@johnsumser), founder of HR Examiner, says no. “The idea of having a policy is that you communicate what you’re trying to get done in the […]

August 30th, 2012

Improve the Candidate Experience

Recruiting and hiring can be tough. It’s not easy to align the right person, the right job and the right company at exactly the right time to create an excellent candidate experience. At the 2012 SHRM National Conference, three of HR’s top voices discussed roadblocks within the candidate experience and how to overcome them. Moderator: […]

July 24th, 2012

20 Top Tips to Recruit Passive Candidates

Sometimes the best hires aren’t the ones actively looking for a job. Better known as “passive” candidates, these gainfully employed professionals are reasonably happy, but might be willing to consider a more attractive offer. “Passive candidates are not really as passive as they say they are,” said Steve Guine (@IIT_Inc), National Director of Staffing at […]

November 15th, 2012

Base Mobile Recruiting Solutions on Your Audience

Hiring professionals know that engaging with prospects via a mobile perspective is important, but may not know where to start, says Michael Marlatt (@michaelmarlatt), Founder of mRecruitingcamp and a 16-year veteran recruiter. Marlatt reminds recruiters that the solution isn’t in the technology, but rather in being receptive to the way the audience wants to engage. […]

November 26th, 2012

HR Experts on the Next Wave of HR Tech

At the 2012 HR Tech Conference in Chicago, there were hundreds of technologies on the trade show floor trying to be the next cool thing. At the same time, there were tons of sessions trying to predict what will happen next in technology. On the trade show floor at HR Tech, we asked attendees, “What’s […]

December 18th, 2012

3 Tricks to Recruit the Unrecruitable

[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dUnIyCTwk2U wmode=window h=315]  “I’m a recruiter and candidates don’t like me or they’re indifferent,” admits Jim Durbin (@smheadhunter), Founder of Social Media Headhunter. At TalentNet Live Dallas, Durbin and Bob Neelbauer, CEO of SortIQ, tried to answer the question, “How do you reach the unreachable?” Referring, of course, to the candidates you really want who often […]

February 6th, 2013

Tips for Building Your Mobile Recruiting Business

[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3beKmdfY1Hk wmode=window h=315]  “There are more mobile phones than there are toothbrushes in the world,” says Joel Cheesman (@joelcheesman), Founder of the mobile application Hungry Thumb. Cheesman offers up a host of valuable insights into building your mobile recruiting effort. Here’s a collection of his facts and tips: People use their mobile phones to […]

January 30th, 2013

Open Web: Supercharged Social Recruiting

To succeed in today’s rapidly changing recruiting landscape, you have to expertly navigate several different social platforms. The problem? Too many sites, too little time, and not enough access to quality candidates. The solution. Dice’s powerful new Open Web recruiting tool aggregates passive tech professionals from across the web and serves them up all in […]

March 14th, 2013

Rockstar Moves for Sourcing Tech Talent

Digging up tech talent can be difficult—especially when you factor in the specific skill sets and requirements often needed to fill IT reqs. Mix in the limitless search possibilities throughout cyberspace, and finding the perfect candidate can seem like a next-to-impossible task. So we asked for some help at SourceCon in Atlanta and got attendees’ […]

April 1st, 2013

Make Your Job Descriptions More ‘Persona’-l

What’s the difference between a profile and a persona? It could mean the difference between sourcing a top-notch candidate and boring your target audience to tears. A persona is profile or narrative used to focus messages on a target market. As talent attraction professionals, we use personas in job descriptions, job families, req sourcing strategy […]

May 28th, 2013

The REAL Recruiting Innovation

I have been busy lately. I hosted the Dice sponsored #truSanfran, #truOC and #truNY (#tru stands for the recruiting unconference), and attended #RIS13, ERE’s Recruiting Innovation Summit, also in SanFran. I had the good fortune to speak and listen to more than 350 people who work in and around recruiting, which has given me a […]

July 11th, 2024

5 Keys to Engage Passives by Email and Phone

Here’s my number, call me maybe? In this three-part series on engaging passive technology talent from tech recruiting guru John Vlastelica, learn how to prepare for that first email or call, how to write emails and connect with tech professionals in a way that gets them interested, and finally, how to overcome common objections you’re […]

July 22nd, 2013

New Tech Recruiting Unconference: #DiceTru

#DiceTru: The first of its kind, designed with you in mind. Dice and #Tru are a match made in tech recruiting (and sourcing) heaven. Join us for a day of lively, inspired conversation instead of ‘death by PowerPoint’ – all focused on finding technology talent. Come with questions and ideas, leave with actionable outcomes for your […]

August 29th, 2013

Open Web Social Icon Guide

Dice Open Web gathers info from 130 social sites and consolidates it into one supercharged profile. See a candidate’s entire social media footprint, and get a comprehensive view of their passions and interests. Learn more about Open Web. This Social Icon Guide is a handy reference that provides a brief overview and corresponding icon for […]

October 3rd, 2013

Open Web: Now more powerful with this must have tool

Your social recruiting efforts just got faster. And easier. Introducing Dice’s new Open Web Chrome Extension. Now you can access a candidate’s entire social footprint, wherever you go on the web. Researching a candidate on GitHub and want to see their Stack Overflow and Twitter profiles? Done. Looking at an outdated resume in your ATS? […]

February 12th, 2014

The Salary Strategy

If I’ve learned one thing over the years working as a developer myself and then managing a technology team of my own, it’s that technology professionals expect a combination of incentives to stay motivated. I also know the tech community is a vocal one. Combine those two things and you have a recipe for an […]

March 31st, 2014

What speaks to Pier 1? Time.

See how Steve White — Pier 1’s Talent Acquisition Manager — looks to Open Web to uncover three really unique, hard-to-find candidates in 45% less time. Want the full scoop? Read it here. For more than 50 years, Pier 1 has been the place to discover unique, hidden treasures. And just like the company’s quest […]

May 22nd, 2014

Talent42: The ONLY Conference for Tech Recruiters

Don’t take our word for it. In recent coverage of the “Top 7 Recruitment Conferences You MUST VISIT in 2014” Social Talent scoured the world and reports: “Talent 42 differs from other recruitment conferences as it caters solely for tech recruiters. …it takes a very skilled and knowledgeable recruiter to find great tech talent. Candidates […]

June 2nd, 2014

The Best Recruiting Data of the 90s, 2000s and Today

I recently looked back at some pictures from my early days as a technologist at Microsoft and reflected on how recruiters cultivated connections with me without having social or profile data at their fingertips. They certainly were not able to understand me, as a person, as well as they could have if they were recruiting […]

October 1st, 2017

Boost Your Job Posting Performance with These Sample Descriptions

Want to make sure your job posting gets noticed by the “right” tech professionals? I worked with Dice to develop a collection of effective job description samples that you can use as inspiration the next time you’re ready to hire. A great description can not only help boost the quantity and quality of your applicant […]

August 18th, 2014

Transferable Skills Guide: QA Engineer

Return to Main Article – Transferable Skills Guide Overview Sourcing tech professionals with certain emerging or hard-to-find skills can be a challenge – even for the most seasoned recruiter. In the fifth installment of our seven-part “Transferable Skills Guide” series, we look at the Quality Assurance role and skill-sets in other disciplines that translate to […]

August 6th, 2014

How do you motivate candidates to click apply?

You’re excited to hit publish on your tech job posting. You’ve eloquently described your company’s culture. You get a chill re-reading the summary of the technologies that the team is collaborating on. However, you sense that something is missing. For many recruiters, that missing piece is a creative illustration of a day in the life in […]