profile updated Apr 14, 2008, 10:27 AM
Dice Holdings is the parent company for high-tech recruiting site Dice.com and for four other specialty job boards, including a Dice look-alike in India called CyberMedia Dice. Though its name comes from its 1991 origins as Data Processing Independent Consultants Exchange, a dial-up jobs bulletin board for techies in the San Francisco area, the other definition of the acronym may seem equally as apt to investors. After a long slide into bankrutpcy that followed the tech slump of 2001, Dice went private, restructured, and rose from the ashes. By 2004, it was healthy enough to begin acquiring other sites. ClearanceJobs.com was the first, followed by Targeted Job Fairs, and in 2006, acquired eFinancialCareers and JobsintheMoney. In 2007, despite jitters about the economy, the investment companies that owned Dice Holdings took it public, raising $217 million at $13 a share. Those who rolled the dice (we couldn't resist that one) saw the stock rise briefly before sinking to around $10 toward the end of 2007.
While Dice as a stock may be a gamble, recruiters will find its high-tech site one of the two or three "must buys." The site ranks in the top-20 of employment sites getting a million or so unique visitors a month. And it has 400,000 computer engineering and technical resumes. Then there are the smaller, but still well-trafficked job sites for financial professionals and those with U.S. secruity clearances.News & Updates 
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The New I-9 Form and Other Screening Trends (ere)
Resume fudging is expected to rise, says employeescreenIQ, given the state of the job market and the number of workers looking for work. But for workers who don't lie and can get security clearances, ClearanceJobs.com says salaries are about 25 percent higher than for comparable workers. Jun 27, 2008, 11:05 AM -
Career Sites Fail Job Seekers (New York Times)
A study by Forrester Research released this week reported the majority of online job sites failed to pass usability and performance tests. Apr 9, 2008, 8:13 PM -
Dice Holdings, Inc. Reports Fourth Quarter & Full Year 2007 Results: Financial News (Yahoo! Finance)
Dice Holdings, Inc. reported financial results for the quarter and year ended December 31, 2007. Total revenues for the quarter ended December 31, 2007 increased 49% to $39.5 million versus $26.6 million in the comparable quarter of 2006. Feb 6, 2008, 4:24 PM
Products & Services
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Dice.com
Job board for computer engineering and technical staff. -
ClearanceJobs
Job board to find U.S. citizens with security clearances from the Department of Defense, Department of State, and Department of Energy. Clearances are active and current, sparing employers from the expense and delay of getting a new worker the proper credentials. -
eFinancialCareers
Global financial professionals recruiting board. Based in the United Kingdom. -
JobsintheMoney
Job board for accounting and other financial professionals. U.S. centric and more centered on staff positions in the counting departments. -
CybermediaDice
Tech job board in India owned 51% by Dice. -
Targeted Job Fairs
Companion company to the Dice job boards specializing in the same areas as their specialties. Participate in one of the many fairs the company organizes or have them manage a job fair just for you.