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Dice review: the job board for tech professionals in the US

Job board

Dice is a job board for technology and engineering jobs, above all in the United States. Employers and staffing firms pay to post jobs and to search profiles. Tech professionals search, get matched and apply for free.

Who Dice is for

Dice suits software developers and IT, data and engineering professionals looking for permanent or contract work in the United States. Staffing and recruiting firms post there as well as employers, so you will often deal with a recruiter first. For jobs outside technology it has little to offer.

What Dice offers

  • Job search with filters for remote work, kind of employment such as contract work, and company.
  • Dice Match: a score shows how well a job fits your skills, experience and job titles.
  • Profile: set it to visible, and companies can find and contact you.
  • Easy Apply: apply with your Dice profile in a few clicks.
  • Messages with employers and recruiters in one place.
  • Salary reports and career advice for tech jobs.

Who pays for what

Job seekers
Nothing. Profile, search, match scores and applying are free
Employers
Pay for job slots, singly or in a monthly plan, and for viewing candidate profiles

What speaks for Dice

  • Only technology and engineering jobs, with filters for contract and remote work.
  • Recruiters can find you through your profile.
  • Free for tech professionals.

What speaks against Dice

  • Little outside technology and engineering, and mainly jobs in the United States.
  • Scammers write to job seekers and pose as Dice recruiters, so check who contacts you.

How to apply

Open the listing and click apply. Depending on the employer you apply on Dice with Easy Apply and your profile, or you are sent to the employer's own career site for a full application. The employer decides which. Applying on Dice needs a free account.

Where the listings come from

The listings on Dice are posted there by employers and by staffing and recruiting firms, who pay for job slots. By Dice's own account, it also shows these jobs on other channels where tech professionals look for work. So Dice is a source, not a copy of other sites.

Alternatives to Dice

  • LinkedIn

    On LinkedIn employers post jobs and recruiters look for candidates. Who it is for, what is free, what costs money and how you apply.

  • Indeed

    Indeed collects job listings from company websites, job boards and agencies and adds its own. What that means for your search, and where it falls short.

  • Glassdoor

    Glassdoor is known for anonymous employer reviews and salary reports. Its jobs now come from Indeed. What the site is still good for.