Speaker 1: In today's video, we'll break down the job platform, Dice, which caters to a super specific market, information and technology and engineering. Hey and welcome back. My name is Preston and I'm a professional recruiter in the technology industry. Whether you're a newcomer to my channel or you've been following along for a while, you've made it this far, so it should come as no surprise to you that the internet has completely changed the way recruiting and hiring is done. Prior to the widespread adoption of personal computers and access to the World Wide Web, employers and job seekers often relied on actual physical job boards to post openings and find work. These days, online job boards work exactly the same way. Employers stay posted jobs and can't respond to them. However, increased accessibility and the use of these systems trigger tremendous new growth in the recruiting and staffing industry, and now there are hundreds of ways to source talent and search for jobs online. Lately, we've been breaking down some of the most popular online job platforms. We've previously covered ZipRecruiter, a popular website that allows employers and recruiters to post a single job opening that is syndicated across social media channels and partner websites. Its competitor, Monster, works similarly, although its job postings reach a slightly different audience via local and national news outlets. Conversely, you may be familiar with Indeed, which acts in the opposite way. It's an aggregator and search engine for job openings across the internet. All three outlets serve more of a general range of industries, but do cater to some specific niche job boards. In today's video, we'll break down the job platform, DICE, which caters to a super specific market, information and technology and engineering. But before we get started, please consider to support a fellow recruiter. Like, subscribe, click that bell, really means a lot. You may be familiar with the aforementioned job sites, ZipRecruiter, Monster, and Indeed. But unless you've spent some time in the technology sphere, DICE may be new to you. Even those familiar with DICE may not know what the name is actually an acronym for. It stands for Data Processing Independent Consultant Exchange. The company was founded in 1990 as an actual physical job board, but soon adopted an online presence on www.dice.com. It began as a way for recruiters to post jobs and source talent, but soon opened directly to employers as well. The website now serves contract and permanent staffing firms, recruiters, and employers in the IT and engineering industries. The website boasts 5 million unique members, 3 million of which are job seekers. There are around 80,000 job listings on DICE at any one time, and the site receives 400,000 applications a day. On top of that, the platform sees 1.4 million unique visitors each month. So with numbers like that, you can be sure that DICE is one of the most effective ways to source qualified candidates for highly specialized roles in the most competitive hiring industries. So let's dig into some of the features that DICE provides its users. DICE Features. Indeed and ZipRecruiter offer some bells and whistles designed to help beginning recruiters or those looking to make fast hires save as much time as possible. The most prominent being pre-generated job post titles and descriptions that greatly speed up the overall process. DICE has a user-friendly interface, but it's designed with industry vets in mind. They'll likely be taking the time to write up a fully customized job description based on their own market data and research. As such, DICE does not offer things like pre-generated job posts. What it does have though is the largest collection of experienced IT and engineering candidates on the web. They boast that 75% of these users have bachelor's degrees and 65% of them have over 10 plus years of experience. Aside from its incredibly valuable candidate database, it also syndicates job openings to its massive 3,000 partner sites as well as its own social media network. So you can cast a much wider net than what ZipRecruiter, Monster, and Indeed can offer. It also offers the standard job board features such as an actively maintained mobile app, live customer support, and a resume database. After posting a job, you are sent daily emails with relevant candidates' matches whose resumes you can preview. Additionally, once candidates begin applying, you can track their progress through the entire process. Recruitment Services DICE offers an expansive set of recruitment services alongside its basic job board features that employers and candidates can utilize to take their job hunting game to the next level. These include virtual hiring events. Events such as job fairs and career development events offer candidates a great opportunity to network with employers and familiarize themselves with hiring organizations. On the other hand, hiring events also help hiring managers expand their brand recognition and drive interest in their company. While we thankfully seem to be moving out of it, the pandemic proved the value of online and virtual hiring events. So DICE hosts several throughout the year that you'll want to consider taking advantage of, whether you're a hiring manager, recruiter, or a job hunter. DICE boasts that its virtual hiring events have a 60% attendance rate and 70% of those attendees end up moving to the next stage of hiring. They offer public events where a variety of employers are in attendance, as well as private events catered towards a specific organization. DICE support will help employers set up virtual booths for maximum brand recognition, and the platform facilitates text, voice, and video chats between hiring managers, recruiters, and candidates. Talent Sourcing Services DICE also offers basic talent sourcing assistants who can help pick up the slack and speed up the hiring process. For a flat fee, a DICE support specialist will assist with employment solutions, integrated marketing campaigns, brand awareness, and advertising. DICE claims that utilizing their services is 66% more effective than attempting to hire on your own, and up to 90% faster. Additionally, 80% of candidates sourced this way ends up being shortlisted. Making an Account and Posting a Job Getting set up and posting a job on DICE is just as simple as any other platform. If you want access to the wide candidate database, half of which DICE claims is exclusive to the platform, you'll want to consider utilizing it and posting a job. Here's how. Log in or Create an Employer Account Obviously, you'll want to log in first. If you don't have an employer account, you should create one first. Click For Employers in the top right-hand corner to get started. Then select Post Job. You'll be asked to select a plan. Plans and Pricing Unfortunately, unlike the other job platforms we discussed, DICE does not offer a free job posting option or any free trial. It's also one of the most expensive options out there. Here's how their pricing plan breaks down. One job post, $495. Two job posts, $429 per post. And three job posts, $399 per post. Additionally, you can further boost a post's visibility by boosting it, which costs an additional $99. If you're a beginning recruiter or aren't filling a highly specialized or high-level tech or engineering position, I would recommend possibly trying another platform before DICE. However, veteran recruiters and large companies who require more experienced candidates should consider the platform. Fill in Job Information You'll be prompted to fill in information about the job, such as its title, location, travel requirements, skills, and description. You'll be prompted to give the job posting an ID. However, one will be automatically generated for you if left blank. It will ask you to specify whether the position is contract or salary. DICE also includes a section for Recruiter Profile, where you can provide candidates a little bit information more about yourself. One of the most important decisions to make on DICE is how you want to receive applications. DICE offers the ability to redirect candidates to your external site to complete the process. However, you can also choose to complete the application process within DICE as well, which opens up the ability to set pre-screening questions to help filter out candidates before interviewing begins. Finally, you'll be able to set whether or not you want auto-talent alerts, which automatically sends candidates' matches to your email. So when you finalize the details of your job posting, you have the option to post it immediately, save it as a draft, or preview it for further editing. And that just about wraps up today's video. Do you use DICE to hire candidates or find jobs? I'd love to hear your thoughts about the platform. Make sure you comment down below. If you liked this video and want to see more like it, please feel free to like, subscribe, and click that bell. It really helps out a fellow recruiter. Feel free to also follow me at Preston underscore Park, as I try my best to also post behind-the-scenes content daily. Thank you so much again, and we'll see you on the next one.