Articles by Nick Kolakowski
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Résumé-Building When You Don't Have Skills
Sometimes you really want a particular job, and you honestly believe that you’d make a great fit, but you don’t have the skills listed in the job posting. What to do? Unfortunately, most employer… -
Apple Hunting for Machine-Learning Experts
Apple is on a hiring spree for machine-learning experts. According to Reuters, the tech giant wants at least 86 people who specialize in artificial intelligence and machine learning to join its r… -
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 a… -
Data Science at Startups Versus Large Firms
In a recent posting on Medium, Robert Chang, a data scientist at Twitter, described what it’s like to mine data for the social network. In the course of doing so, he offers some interesting insig… -
Your Mobile App Has Six Months to Live
You had a brilliant idea for a mobile app, and spent several months building, refining, and testing it. Now that it’s live in the app store, how long do you have before the app reaches the end of… -
Networking: It’s About Quality, Not Quantity
There are some tech pros who believe in the networking equivalent of saturation bombing: They not only pack their schedule with meetups and professional gatherings, but make a point of shaking ha… -
Why Tech Pros Aren't Happy
In a bid to keep top tech talent in the building, some tech companies have resorted to extraordinary perks, from free sushi at lunch to in-house gyms and dry cleaning. But is the talent actually… -
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 pla… -
Tech Lessons From Amazon's Phone Debacle
Late last week, the Wall Street Journal published a lengthy piece about the failure of the Fire Phone, Amazon’s attempt to break into the smartphone market. According to the newspaper, the e-comm… -
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…