Articles by Dice Staff

• Tune Up Your Grammar

  Syntax errors, poor spelling and bad punctuation all send the wrong message. By Leslie Stevens-Huffman | August 2008 Is your resume grammatically correct? For many job seekers, writing a flawless…
• Fundamentals of the Functional Resume

  For candidates with non-traditional backgrounds, or those who are changing careers, the Functional Resume Format is often the best option. By Warren Simons | June 2007 Browse through the resume-w…
• Customize Your Resume With Plug and Play

  By utilizing a few resources and creating an experience inventory, resume customization can be as easy as 'research,' 'edit' and 'submit.' By Leslie Stevens-Huffman | March 2009 Customizing your…
• 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…