Businessweek

Dice Holdings, Inc. provides specialized Websites for select professional communities. The company’s professionals, through its online communities, could manage their careers by finding relevant job opportunities and by building their knowledge through original and community-shared content. The company’s Websites are targeted to the specific needs of the professional community they serve. This enables employers, recruiters, staffing agencies, consulting firms, and marketing professionals to target and reach audiences. Segments The company’s segments include Tech & Clearance, Finance, Energy, and Other. Tech & Clearance This segment includes the Dice.com, ClearanceJobs.com, and Slashdot Media services. This segment engages in the sale of recruitment packages to recruiters and employers, which are a combination of job posting slots, access to a searchable database of candidates, and in the case of Dice.com, its Open Web service. This segment also engages in Website advertising and marketing solutions, primarily on the company’s Slashdot and SourceForge sites, along with the sale of classified job postings to recruiters and employers. Finance This segment includes the eFinancialCareers service worldwide, including both the International and North American segments. This segment engages in the sale of job postings, access to a searchable database of candidates, classified job postings, and Website advertising, either as part of a package or individually. Energy This segment includes the Rigzone service. In January 2012, the company combined WorldwideWorker and Rigzone into one service under the Rigzone brand and Website. The company engages in the sale of job postings, access to a searchable database of candidates, classified job postings, marketing solutions, and Website advertising, either as part of a package or individually. The company also engages in the sale of subscriptions to energy industry data and recruitment services at energy industry events. Other This segment includes Targeted Job Fairs, Health Callings, and WorkDigital. This segment engages in the sale of recruitment packages to recruiters and employers, which is a combination of job posting slots and access to a searchable database of candidates and engages in the sale of classified job postings to recruiters and employers, along with Website advertising and job fair revenue. Products and Services The company provides major online communities for direct employers, recruiters and staffing companies, consulting firms and marketing professionals, technology and engineering, financial markets, energy, healthcare, and security-cleared professionals. It provides its customers with access to audiences of experienced and qualified professionals, and provides its professionals with jobs, community-shared content, and career information along with access to collections of full-time, part-time, and contract positions. Both customers and professionals provide content for its Websites by posting descriptions of available jobs and resumes, and by creating, improving, comparing, and distributing Open Source software and debating and discussing current issues facing the technology community. The company’s search technology and specialized focus enable it to provide professionals with the ability to perform targeted job searches based on specific criteria, including locations, types of employment, skills, and keywords. Its Websites also offer career resources, such as specialized and community-shared content and industry news. The company offers its recruiting and career development services and tools through the following five Websites, each of which focuses on different career sectors: Dice.com is the primary recruiting and career development Website for technology and engineering professionals in the United States. The job postings available on Dice.com, from both technology and non-technology companies across various industries, include various technology positions for software engineers, systems administrators, database specialists and project managers, and various other technology and engineering professionals. Dice.com also