Alice Hill

Alice Hill is the managing director of Dice, responsible for the site's strategic direction as well as its product strategy, design, National accounts sales and customer relationships. Hill is the author of over 500 articles and columns on technology published in: The New York Times, Computer Shopper, PC Magazine, US Magazine, Parenting, ZDNet, CNET, and many more. Alice has more than 10 years’ experience managing Web properties, including five years as the VP of Development and Site Manager of CNET.com, where she led the site's re-launch in 2000, and launched and ran CNET’s gaming business in 1996. An avid gamer and gadget junkie, Hill lives in the SF Bay Area and can be found walking her dog Fred and enjoying the wine country with her friends and family. She owns three scooters.

The Top Spots on Hiring Managers’ Wish List

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Tech hiring managers are resolute in their staffing priorities for 2012 — they need innovative professionals who design, code, build and operate. Indeed, developers dominate the new year’s most pressing hiring needs for a second straight year, although ops professionals make their list debut. According to data compiled from nearly 1,200 tech-focused hiring managers and recruiters, Java developers are the top priority. Demand for tech professionals with Java know-how has grown year/year for more than two years as measured by… continue…

Dice Report Special Edition: Hiring Survey

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Demand for tech professionals will remain a bright spot as 2012 begins, according to nearly 1,200 IT-focused hiring managers and recruiters surveyed by Dice. Some 65 percent of these hiring professionals said their companies or clients will look to add technology pros in the first half of 2012–with about a quarter (27 percent) of those hiring looking to expand their staffs by more than 20 percent in the six months ahead. For the details, read this month’s Dice Report here.

Where Tech Managers See Their 2012 Priorities

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The search for tech professionals has become less urgent this year — but that doesn’t mean it’s less important. Tech teams are playing an increasingly important role in company operations, and there continues to be a strong belief that investment in IT helps the bottom line. Next year, we expect tech initiatives will be an important part of strategic plans. So what are the priorities? A look into hiring managers’ top requests in the Dice resume database during the third… continue…

The Numbers Behind the .NET Developer Shortage

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Microsoft’s .NET is the technology developers love to hate. They worry that if they focus on working with it, they won’t able to branch out and will earn less money. Those concerns might be hindering them, since .NET developers are needed in pretty much every market in the country, and time has shown their concerns about being pigeonholed and held back in salary are overblown. It’s a dynamic that impacts both you and the job seeker, and details are in… continue…

Mobile App Development: Behind The Numbers

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Mobile applications are ubiquitous. As more consumers use them, more companies need more talent to design and develop them. A lot’s at stake: Mobile apps are expected to generate more than $15 billion in revenue this year alone. There are some interesting stories behind the numbers in September’s Dice Report.