Articles by Dice Staff

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  Building a Better Dice Search with Boolean Operators

  Advanced TalentMatch Search Types Dice’s unique Advanced TalentMatch tool searches candidates’ profiles and resume text to pull matching candidates for you. Enter the keywords you need and select…
• Build Better Boolean Search Strings

  You don’t have to be a master sourcer to be great at finding top tech candidates on Dice. Just use this handy guide to build better Boolean search strings, based on common keywords and job titles…
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  The HR Black Hole: Five Ways You Can Fix It

  How savvy tech professionals are avoiding the “HR black hole” and what HR managers can do to prepare their teams for the new world order. By John Vlastelica Dice surveyed more than 300 technology…
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  Overqualified Candidates: To Hire or Not?

  As the economy continues to stabilize, recruiters and human resource managers continue to see a trend in the hiring process: more applications from overqualified candidates. While a job requisiti…
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  Five Smart Strategies for Sourcing Mobile Application Developers

  Smart phone users have a cornucopia of applications to choose from for their mobile devices. Apple’s App Store alone offers more than 250,000 iPhone apps – and counting. It’s clear that applicati…
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  Tech Skills Glossary for Non-IT Professionals

  — A — ABAP — Programming Language — Advanced Business Application Programming. An object-oriented programming language, created by German company SAP, for developing applications for SAP’s system…
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  Top 8 Techniques to Improve Your Tech Job Postings

  “You never get a second chance to make a first impression.” Remember that, from the shampoo TV ad? Job postings often create candidates’ first impressions; sometimes they’re the first — and only…
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  The Cost of Bad Hiring Decisions Runs High

  If you ever wonder why companies take so long in deciding which candidate to hire for a particular position, consider this: the cost of selecting the wrong person can run into the hundreds of tho…
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  Top Questions You Must Ask to Write a Great Job Description

  Get more online applications to your jobs on Dice. Get a better result for the IT hiring manager. Obtain key qualifiers from the IT hiring manager up front. Don’t just look for key words in a res…
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  Resumes and Cover Letters

  Even in our age of social networking, don’t underestimate the importance of a solid resume and cover letter. They’re often a company’s first look at your background and skills, which means they n…