{{Short description|Career website}} {{About-distinguish|the U.S. recruitment company|DHI Group|DICE (company)}}
{{Infobox website | name = Dice.com | logo = Dice.com logo.png |logo_size = 144px | location = New York, NY, U.S. | key_people = Art Zeile, president and chief executive officer, DHI Group, Inc.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dhigroupinc.com/our-company/default.aspx|website=DHI Group Inc.|title=Our company|access-date=1 April 2018}}</ref> | owner = DHI Group, Inc. | traded_as = {{NYSE|DHX}} | industry = Internet | services = Career website | url = {{URL|www.dice.com}} | website_type = Job search engine, review site | current_status = Active }} '''Dice.com''' is a career website based in New York City with primary sales and development operations in Urbandale, Iowa and Denver. It serves information technology and engineering professionals,<ref name="Levinson">{{cite news|title=Current IT Job Losses Won't Mirror 2001 Nightmare |author=Levinson, Meredith |newspaper=PC World |date=2008-11-25 |url=https://www.pcworld.com/article/154500/current_it_job_losses_wont_mirror_2001_nightmare.html |access-date=2010-03-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090412040653/http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/154500/current_it_job_losses_wont_mirror_2001_nightmare.html |archive-date=2009-04-12 |url-status=dead }}</ref> as well as contract and permanent engineering staffing firms. Dice.com is owned by DHI Group, Inc. ({{NYSE|DHX}}).<ref name="DHI_PR2015">{{cite web|title=Dice Holdings, Inc. Changes Its Name to DHI Group, Inc.|url=http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/dice-holdings-inc-changes-its-name-to-dhi-group-inc-300069062.html|access-date=5 August 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160306203349/http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/dice-holdings-inc-changes-its-name-to-dhi-group-inc-300069062.html|archive-date=2016-03-06|date=21 April 2015|url-status=live|via=PR Newswire}}</ref><ref name="Quarterly">{{cite news|title=Dice Holdings quarterly profit falls; gives Q3, Q4 view |newspaper=Reuters |date=2007-08-15 |url=http://uk.reuters.com/article/idUKBNG14170220070815 |access-date=2010-03-04 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130201130041/http://uk.reuters.com/article/idUKBNG14170220070815 |archive-date=2013-02-01 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Dice Holdings 4Q Tops Estimates; Shares Jump |newspaper=Associated Press |date=2010-02-02 |url=https://abcnews.go.com/Business/wireStory?id=9727990 |access-date=2010-03-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100803143704/https://abcnews.go.com/Business/wireStory?id=9727990 |archive-date=2010-08-03 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Dice.com typically has approximately 80,000 tech job listings. The website claims to have 3 million registered technology professionals and approximately 2.4 million unique visitors each month.<ref name="Dice">{{cite web |url=http://employer.dice.com/external/content/employer/why_use_dice/marketing_page.html |title=Why Use Dice |year=2010 |work=Dice.com |access-date=2010-03-21 }}</ref><ref name="Gardyasz">{{cite news |title=From jobs board to professional community |author=Gardyasz, Joe |newspaper=BusinessRecord |date=2008-07-19 |url=http://businessrecord.com/main.asp?FromHome=1&TypeID=1&ArticleID=6575&SectionID=5&SubSectionID=10 |access-date=2010-03-21 }}</ref> Of those registered users, 75% have a bachelor's degree or higher and 65% have 10 or more years of experience in their field.<ref name="Dice"/>
In June 2009, Dice.com advertised 48,000 jobs.<ref>{{cite news |title=White House plan to create 600K jobs in 100 days won't help tech |author=Thibodeau, Patrick |newspaper=Computerworld |date=2009-06-08 |url=http://www.itworld.com/government/68966/white-house-plan-create-600k-jobs-100-days-wont-help-tech |access-date=2010-03-21 }}</ref> In 2014, Dice.com advertised 80,000 positions daily.<ref name="Krill">{{cite news|last=Krill |first=Paul |date=2014-09-19 |title=Wanted: Puppet, Python, hottest of the red-hot tech skills |url=http://www.infoworld.com/article/2685993/application-development/wanted-puppet-python-experts.html |newspaper=InfoWorld |access-date=2014-11-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141111025644/http://www.infoworld.com/article/2685993/application-development/wanted-puppet-python-experts.html |archive-date=2014-11-11 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
==History== Founded in 1990 by Lloyd Linn and Diane Rickert, two former contractors, Dice.com had 175 employees by April 2001.<ref name="Crane">{{cite news|title=Local recruiter sees bright spots in high-tech job market: Dice.com works around the globe |author=Crane, Joyce Pellino |newspaper=Boston Globe |date=2004-03-25 |url=http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2004/03/25/local_recruiter_sees_bright_spots_in_high_tech_job_market/ |access-date=2010-03-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110604143202/http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2004/03/25/local_recruiter_sees_bright_spots_in_high_tech_job_market/ |archive-date=2011-06-04 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name="Benner">{{cite book |title=Work in the new economy: flexible labor markets in Silicon Valley |last=Benner |first=Chris |year=2002 |publisher=Wiley-Blackwell |location=Malden, MA |isbn=0-631-23250-8 |pages=120–121 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WWrasHunT20C&dq=%22Dice.com%22&pg=RA1-PA20 |access-date=2010-03-04 }}</ref> Today, DHI Group, Inc. has 500+ 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".<ref name="Benner"/> 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."<ref name="Benner" />
Dice was originally a bulletin board system where recruiters would list open jobs.<ref name="Benner"/> 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.<ref name="Benner" />
In 2001, the parent company, Earthweb, changed its name to Dice Inc.<ref>{{cite book |title=Business to business Internet marketing: seven proven strategies for increasing profits through Internet direct marketing |last=Silverstein |first=Barry |year=2002 |publisher=Maximum Press |location=Gulf Breeze, FL |isbn=1-885068-72-7 |page=233 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=SWKmeRUzufkC&dq=%22Dice.com%22&pg=PA233 |access-date=2010-03-04 }}</ref> In October that same year, Dice.com moved operations to Urbandale, Iowa. In February 2003, Dice Inc. filed for bankruptcy under Chapter 11 to recapitalize, the reason behind was that "EarthWeb had issued a large amount of debt in 2000 that resulted in an unstable corporate structure."<ref name=":0">{{Cite book|last=Pasiuk|first=Laurie|title=Vault Guide to the Top Internet Industry Employers|publisher=Vault Inc.|year=2006|isbn=1581313845|pages=78}}</ref> By the end of June 2003, Dice came out of bankruptcy eliminating a $69.4 million debt, and re-emerged as a private entity.<ref name=":0" /> 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.{{Citation needed|date=April 2020}}
In 2007, Dice Holdings completed an initial public offering and its stock began trading on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol DHX.<ref name="Quarterly"/>
In 2015, parent company Dice Holdings changed its name to DHI Group, Inc.<ref name=DHI_PR2015 />
In mid-2017, following an attempt to sell the company to private investors, it was announced that most of the brands were being marketed for sale so the company can focus on growing the technology recruiting efforts of Dice and ClearanceJobs.{{Citation needed|date=April 2020}}
==Acquisitions by DHI Group, Inc== * ClearanceJobs.com – 2004. A career website, as well as Targeted Job Fairs (targetedjobfairs.com).<ref>{{cite web|title=Acquisitions|url=http://www.diceholdingsinc.com/investors/acquisitions/default.aspx|website=diceholdingsinc.com|access-date=14 February 2015}}</ref> * Efinancialcareers.com – 2006.<ref>{{cite web |date=1 November 2006 |title=Dice Completes Acquisition of eFinancialGroup |url=http://media.corporate-ir.net/media_files/priv/pr_130608/eFC110106.pdf|website=corporate-ir.net|access-date=14 February 2015 |quote=eFinancialGroup is the parent company of eFinancialCareers.com}}</ref> * AllHealthcareJobs.com - June 2009.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.ere.net/2009/06/11/dice-acquires-healthcare-job-board|title=Dice Acquires Healthcare Job Board}}</ref> * FINS.com - June 2012.<ref>{{cite web|author1=Marco Santana|title=Urbandale's Dice Holding buys Dow Jones' finance, tech job board|url=http://blogs.desmoinesregister.com/dmr/index.php/2012/07/02/urbandales-dice-holding-buys-dow-jones-finance-tech-job-board|website=desmoinesregister.com|access-date=14 February 2015|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://archive.today/20150215130744/http://blogs.desmoinesregister.com/dmr/index.php/2012/07/02/urbandales-dice-holding-buys-dow-jones-finance-tech-job-board|archive-date=15 February 2015}}</ref> FINS.com now redirects to efinancialcareers.com. * Slashdot, SourceForge, and Freecode from Geeknet, forming Slashdot Media – September 2012.<ref name=acquis>{{cite web |title=Dice Buys Geeknet's Media Business, Including Slashdot, In $20M Deal |author=Timothy Lord |date=2012-09-18 |url=http://news.slashdot.org/story/12/09/18/1457243/dice-buys-geeknets-media-business-including-slashdot-in-20m-deal |access-date=2012-09-18 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Press release |url=http://investors.geek.net/releasedetail.cfm?ReleaseID=707379 |date=2012-09-18 |access-date=2012-09-18 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120920015530/http://investors.geek.net/releasedetail.cfm?ReleaseID=707379 |archive-date=2012-09-20 |url-status=dead }}</ref> (Slashdot Media was sold to BIZX, LLC in January 2016.<ref name="sdbj-bizx">{{cite web | title = Slashdot Media Acquired by BIZX for Undisclosed Price | url = http://www.sdbj.com/news/2016/jan/28/slashdot-media-acquired-bizx-undisclosed-price/ | website = San Diego Business Journal | access-date = 2016-02-04}}</ref>) * The IT Job Board (TheITJobBoard.co.uk) - August 2013. A business which includes numerous European websites and a targeted marketing business, IT Media.<ref name=acquis /> * getTalent – October 2013. A recruiting startup.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://techcrunch.com/2013/12/05/dice-acquires-gettalent/|title=Job Site Dice Acquires Recruiting Startup getTalent}}</ref> *
==See also== * Employment website
==References== {{Reflist|30em}}
==External links== * {{Official website|https://www.dice.com}} * [https://www.dice.com/career-advice Official Career Advice Blog] * [https://www.dice.com/recruiting Official Recruiting Blog]
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