Articles by Dice Staff

• Dazzle, Don't Drone

  Having recently reviewed a good number of resumes, I found myself yearning for a little more, well, life on the page. Looking through the stack, I imagined an assembly line cranking out documents…
• Silicon Valley 2001 vs. 2008

  Silicon Valley is buzzing about last week's eight-page report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics comparing Valley tech employment of 2001 with 2008. The headline: Employment is down by 17 percen…
• Career Doctor: Making Your Job Application Stand Out

  Employers are more focused than ever on the bottom line. That's why all of your application tactics should be informed by a concrete sense of how you can help the company. By Dave Wilmer Question…
• Tuesday's News: Facebook Aims to Hire More Employees This Year

  Facebook May Expand Staff by 50 Percent [Bloomberg.com] Staying in the Game with Help from the Sidelines [WSJ] Starting a New Business While Still Employed [WSJ] 12 Words You Can Never Say in the…
• Avoiding 'Doomed to Fail' Situations

  It's hard to turn down any job offer in this economy, but recent corporate downsizings and employers' desires to keep expenses to a minimum may be eliciting performance expectations that can't be…
• Friday's News: Feds Sue AT&T for Age Discrimination

  U.S. Sues AT&T for Age Discrimination [Yahoo] Outplacement Firms Struggle to Do Jobs [WSJ] Small Firms Rack Up Job Losses [WSJ] More White Collar Workers Turn to Community Colleges [NYT] Laif Off…
• Help Google Improve Its Search Engine

  With the advent of Microsoft's Bing, the search engine wars are heating up again. As we all know, the dominant offering - Google - never stands still, and to make things interesting, it's invitin…
• IT Skills that Command Premium Pay

  A recent survey confirms employers are still seeking techies with specific certified and noncertified skills - and many are willing to pay a premium for them. "The recession has had minimal impac…
• Want More Money? In Interviews, Timing is Everything

  I recently had a telephone screen for a job I was an almost perfect match for. Almost. As I was about to be scheduled for an on-site interview, I let the interviewer know the one requirement I di…
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  How to Answer 'Tell Me About Yourself...'

  by Jon Jacobs A new acquaintance recently asked for guidance handling the open-ended interview question I used in the headline of this post. "Although it sounds benign, it can be lethal," he obse…