Dice.com
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Dice.com is a career website based in Urbandale, Iowa
. It serves information technology and engineering professionals. Dice.com is owned by Dice Holdings, Inc .
On any given day, Dice.com has approximately 60,000 tech job listings. The website claims to have 3 million registered technology professionals and approximately 2 million unique visitors each month. Of those registered users, 75% have a bachelor's degree or higher and 65% have 10 or more years of experience in their field.
Dice.com was rated as the best job site for technology fields by ConsumerSearch
and by PC Magazine
as one of the top ten sites to find a job in information technology
. It was ranked the #1 technology job site by Dynamic Logic and the #1 source for quality technology candidates by Harris Interactive
.
In June 2009, Dice.com advertised 48,000 jobs.
Chris Benner, in his 2002 book Work in the new economy: flexible labor markets in Silicon Valley, called Dice.com "[t]he most prominent site in the Silicon Valley high-tech recruiting industry". Dice is an acronym for "Data-processing Independent Consultant's Exchange". In the book, Benner says "the dice imagery actually captures fairly well the type of high-rolling lifestyle that high-end contractors aspire to."
Dice was originally a bulletin board
service where recruiters would list open jobs. Dice began operations in the San Francisco Bay Area
in 1990. In 1994, the founders moved Dice's headquarters to Des Moines, Iowa
. They then launched the URL www.dice.com in 1996. In 1999, Dice opened the career website to direct hiring companies while continuing to serve the recruiting and staffing industry. In February of the same year, it was acquired by EarthWeb.
In 2001, the parent company, Earthweb, changed its name to Dice Inc. In October that same year, Dice.com moved operations to Urbandale, Iowa. Then, in 2003, Dice Inc. completed a financial restructuring and went private. In 2005, Dice Inc. was acquired by Dice Holdings, Inc. which is owned equally by private equity firms General Atlantic LLC and Quadrangle Group
LLC.
Since 2004, Dice Holdings has acquired career websites ClearanceJobs.com, eFinancialCareers.com and AllHealthcareJobs.com, as well as job fair service Targeted Job Fairs.
Dice Holdings completed an initial public offering in 2007 and its stock began trading on the New York Stock Exchange
under the ticker symbol DHX.
Urbandale, Iowa
Urbandale is a city in Polk and Dallas counties in the U.S. state of Iowa. As of the 2000 census, the city population was 29,072; a special census taken by the city in 2005 counted 35,904 residents and the United States Census Bureau estimated that 38,369 residents lived there in 2008...
. It serves information technology and engineering professionals. Dice.com is owned by Dice Holdings, Inc .
On any given day, Dice.com has approximately 60,000 tech job listings. The website claims to have 3 million registered technology professionals and approximately 2 million unique visitors each month. Of those registered users, 75% have a bachelor's degree or higher and 65% have 10 or more years of experience in their field.
Dice.com was rated as the best job site for technology fields by ConsumerSearch
ConsumerSearch
ConsumerSearch is an English-language search engine for consumer product reviews, plus a database of reports on consumer products and services, published and updated only online. ConsumerSearch does not review products and services directly, nor does the site publish reviews from users...
and by PC Magazine
PC Magazine
PC Magazine is a computer magazine published by Ziff Davis Publishing Holdings Inc. A print edition was published from 1982 to January 2009...
as one of the top ten sites to find a job in information technology
Information technology
Information technology is the acquisition, processing, storage and dissemination of vocal, pictorial, textual and numerical information by a microelectronics-based combination of computing and telecommunications...
. It was ranked the #1 technology job site by Dynamic Logic and the #1 source for quality technology candidates by Harris Interactive
Harris Interactive
Harris Interactive , headquartered in New York, New York, is a custom market research firm, known for the Harris Poll. Harris works in a wide range of industries...
.
In June 2009, Dice.com advertised 48,000 jobs.
History
Founded in 1990 by Lloyd Linn and Diane Rickert, two former contractors, Dice.com had 175 employees by April 2001. Today, Dice Holdings, Inc. has 265 employees worldwide.Chris Benner, in his 2002 book Work in the new economy: flexible labor markets in Silicon Valley, called Dice.com "[t]he most prominent site in the Silicon Valley high-tech recruiting industry". Dice is an acronym for "Data-processing Independent Consultant's Exchange". In the book, Benner says "the dice imagery actually captures fairly well the type of high-rolling lifestyle that high-end contractors aspire to."
Dice was originally a bulletin board
Bulletin board
A bulletin board is a surface intended for the posting of public messages, for example, to advertise things to buy or sell, announce events, or provide information...
service where recruiters would list open jobs. Dice began operations in the San Francisco Bay Area
San Francisco Bay Area
The San Francisco Bay Area, commonly known as the Bay Area, is a populated region that surrounds the San Francisco and San Pablo estuaries in Northern California. The region encompasses metropolitan areas of San Francisco, Oakland, and San Jose, along with smaller urban and rural areas...
in 1990. In 1994, the founders moved Dice's headquarters to Des Moines, Iowa
Des Moines, Iowa
Des Moines is the capital and the most populous city in the US state of Iowa. It is also the county seat of Polk County. A small portion of the city extends into Warren County. It was incorporated on September 22, 1851, as Fort Des Moines which was shortened to "Des Moines" in 1857...
. They then launched the URL www.dice.com in 1996. In 1999, Dice opened the career website to direct hiring companies while continuing to serve the recruiting and staffing industry. In February of the same year, it was acquired by EarthWeb.
In 2001, the parent company, Earthweb, changed its name to Dice Inc. In October that same year, Dice.com moved operations to Urbandale, Iowa. Then, in 2003, Dice Inc. completed a financial restructuring and went private. In 2005, Dice Inc. was acquired by Dice Holdings, Inc. which is owned equally by private equity firms General Atlantic LLC and Quadrangle Group
Quadrangle Group
Quadrangle Group is a private investment firm focused on private equity. The firm invests in middle-market companies within the media, communications and information-based sectors....
LLC.
Since 2004, Dice Holdings has acquired career websites ClearanceJobs.com, eFinancialCareers.com and AllHealthcareJobs.com, as well as job fair service Targeted Job Fairs.
Dice Holdings completed an initial public offering in 2007 and its stock began trading on the New York Stock Exchange
New York Stock Exchange
The New York Stock Exchange is a stock exchange located at 11 Wall Street in Lower Manhattan, New York City, USA. It is by far the world's largest stock exchange by market capitalization of its listed companies at 13.39 trillion as of Dec 2010...
under the ticker symbol DHX.