
Gallup’s recent State of the Global Workforce analysis states that only 30 percent of professional workers in the US are “engaged’ on the job. The other 70 percent range from “checked out” at work to...
- May 29th, 2014
- 3 min read

Don't take our word for it. In recent coverage of the "Top 7 Recruitment Conferences You MUST VISIT in 2014" Social Talent scoured the world and reports: "Talent 42 differs from other recruitment conferences as...
- May 22nd, 2014
- 1 min read

Successfully hiring in tech takes a special recruiter. One part of your brain has to be steeped in sourcing, employer branding, candidate experience best practices. The other part of your brain has to understand technology...
- May 8th, 2014
- 0 min read

See how Steve White -- Pier 1's Talent Acquisition Manager -- looks to Open Web to uncover three really unique, hard-to-find candidates in 45% less time. Want the full scoop? Read it here. For more...
- March 31st, 2014
- 2 min read

If I’ve learned one thing over the years working as a developer myself and then managing a technology team of my own, it’s that technology professionals expect a combination of incentives to stay motivated. I...
- February 12th, 2014
- 2 min read

“No. We’ve seen this candidate before. We need to see someone new.” These were the frustrating retorts that recruiter Michael Nelms heard a bit too often from his clients. Rarely did he receive responses like...
- November 20th, 2013
- 3 min read

Your social recruiting efforts just got faster. And easier. Introducing Dice’s new Open Web Chrome Extension. Now you can access a candidate’s entire social footprint, wherever you go on the web. Researching a candidate on GitHub...
- October 3rd, 2013
- 0 min read

Return to Technical Hiring Guide What Is a Software Engineer? This is the most common job title, and it can mean all sorts of things. Generally, these include: writing code, fixing bugs, writing tests for code, and...
- September 20th, 2013
- 2 min read

Return to Technical Hiring Guide What Is a Data Scientist? Data Scientist is not a new role; however, with computing resources becoming more affordable and technology advancing more rapidly, more and more organizations are employing people in these...
- September 20th, 2013
- 2 min read

Return to Technical Hiring Guide What Is a Software Engineer in Test? These roles are similar to QA engineers in that they tend to have a lot of the same responsibilities around test cases, planning, and quality...
- September 20th, 2013
- 2 min read