Articles by Dice Staff
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'Soft' Skills Count as Job Skills on Your Resume
Tip of the Day If you want to know which job skills are needed for a specific role, print 10 job descriptions from Dice that most closely represent the type of work you want. Then, look at their… -
Consultants: Talk Specifics When Describing Past Projects
Tip of the Day When consultants are asked by an interviewer to describe the types of projects they typically work on, they should make their answer as specific as possible. Don’t just talk about… -
Silicon Valley Recruiters See Wide Demand for Tech Skills
What's New This Quarter What does the Silicon Valley workforce really look like? If Google, Yahoo and Facebook are indication, it’s very white and male. In May, Google revealed that only 2 percen… -
How to Protect Yourself When Your Team’s Project Fails
When a project’s late, over-budget or has simply collapsed, people usually start looking for someone to blame. That’s a natural tendency, even though it’s rare for a project’s troubles to be the… -
Always Have Questions for the Interviewer
Tip of the Day When an interviewer asks whether you have any questions for them, there's only one wrong answer: "No." "Do you have any questions for me?" is a trick question. The interviewer is h… -
Demand ‘Far Outweighs’ Raleigh’s Available Tech Talent
What's New This Quarter In April, MetLife executives told the Raleigh, N.C., area’s Triangle Business Journal that their local expansion plans are proceeding quickly. The company is hiring ahead… -
Beware of These Traps in Employment Agreements
When you’re jumping from one company to another—especially if you’ve been poached by a competitor of your current employer—you need to negotiate carefully. If you don’t navigate the process well,… -
Demand Grows for Network Engineers Who Know Virtualization
Given the cost savings virtualization brings to the datacenter, it’s no surprise that demand for professionals with related skills is continuing to rise. And the proportion of time that network e… -
How to Manage Older Tech Workers
If you’re a younger manager, you’re bound to confront extra challenges in managing a tech team: Wrangling others gets easier with experience, but you’re probably still picking up some tricks, and… -
Apprenticeships Provide Healthcare IT Experience
All employers prefer to hire people who have experience in their industry, but that tendency is particularly strong in healthcare. That creates a conundrum for IT pros trying to break into the se…