DHI Group, Inc. Announces Strategic Reorganization Separating the Dice and ClearanceJobs Businesses to Better Capitalize on Unique Market Dynamics
13 Januar 2025 - 10:15PM
Business Wire
DHI Group, Inc. (NYSE: DHX) (“DHI” or the “Company”), today
announced a strategic reorganization, restructuring its operations
into two distinct divisions. This reorganization aims to provide
dedicated leadership for each brand —Dice (Dice.com) and
ClearanceJobs (ClearanceJobs.com)—to foster a unified vision and
strategy tailored to their respective market dynamics.
The reorganization is expected to be largely complete by
February 2025 and aims to achieve the following:
- Reduce DHI’s total workforce by approximately 8% primarily by
adjusting team structure and mid-level management.
- Establish a line-of-business structure that aligns sales,
marketing, and product development functions under dedicated brand
leaders, lessening functional overlap while maintaining centralized
support for human resources, finance, and technology operations to
efficiently manage employees, business systems and public company
obligations.
“As our business developed over the past few years, I’ve come to
see that Dice and ClearanceJobs are better positioned for success
when each brand operates with a clear focus and a strategy tailored
to their respective markets,” said Art Zeile, CEO of DHI Group,
Inc. “With the support of our board of directors, we have decided
to separate the Dice and ClearanceJobs organizations. This move is
designed to better deliver results for our shareholders, maximize
profitability, and provide stronger long-term strategic
options.”
Under the new corporate structure, the key leadership changes
include:
- Paul Farnsworth, currently serving as Chief Technology Officer,
will assume an expanded role as President of Dice, with
responsibility for overseeing sales, marketing, and product
development.
- Alex Schildt, currently Vice President of Sales for
ClearanceJobs, will take on an expanded role as President of
ClearanceJobs, overseeing sales, marketing, and product
development.
The Company estimates that it will incur approximately $2.2
million in cash charges related to employee severance and benefits
and expects all of the $2.2 million to be future cash expenditures.
All charges are expected to be recognized in the first quarter of
2025 while the related cash payments are expected to be
substantially completed by the third quarter of 2025. The
restructuring is expected to generate annual cost savings of
approximately $4.0 million to $6.0 million. The savings will begin
to be realized immediately subsequent to the restructuring.
In connection with the reorganization, the Company is realigning
its reporting structure and will reevaluate its operating
segments.
DHI Group, Inc. – About Us
DHI Group, Inc (NYSE: DHX) is a provider of AI-powered career
marketplaces that focus on technology roles. DHI’s two brands, Dice
and ClearanceJobs, enable recruiters and hiring managers to
efficiently search for and connect with highly skilled technology
professionals based on the skills requested. The Company’s patented
algorithm manages over 100,000 unique technology skills.
Additionally, our marketplaces allow tech professionals to find
their ideal next career opportunity, with relevant advice and
personalized insights. Learn more at www.dhigroupinc.com.
Forward-Looking Statements
This press release and oral statements made from time to time by
our representatives contain forward-looking statements within the
meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995,
Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section
21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. You should
not place undue reliance on those statements because they are
subject to numerous uncertainties and factors relating to our
operations and business environment, all of which are difficult to
predict and many of which are beyond our control. Forward-looking
statements include, without limitation, information concerning our
possible or assumed future financial condition, liquidity and
results of operations, including expectations (financial or
otherwise), our strategy, plans, objectives, and intentions, growth
potential, and statements regarding our 2025 financial outlook.
These statements often include words such as “may,” “will,”
“should,” “believe,” “expect,” “anticipate,” “intend,” “plan,”
“estimate,” "target" or similar expressions. These statements are
based on assumptions that we have made in light of our experience
in the industry as well as our perceptions of historical trends,
current conditions, expected future developments and other factors
we believe are appropriate under the circumstances. Although we
believe that these forward-looking statements are based on
reasonable assumptions, you should be aware that many factors could
affect our actual financial results or results of operations and
could cause actual results to differ materially from those in the
forward-looking statements. These factors include, but are not
limited to, our ability to execute our tech-focused strategy,
competition from existing and future competitors in the highly
competitive markets in which we operate, failure to adapt our
business model to keep pace with rapid changes in the recruiting
and career services business, failure to maintain and develop our
reputation and brand recognition, failure to increase or maintain
the number of customers who purchase recruitment packages,
cyclicality or downturns in the economy or industries we serve,
uncertainty in respect to the regulation of data protection and
data privacy, failure to attract qualified professionals to our
websites or grow the number of qualified professionals who use our
websites, failure to successfully identify or integrate
acquisitions, U.S. and foreign government regulation of the
Internet and taxation, our ability to borrow funds under our
revolving credit facility or refinance our indebtedness and
restrictions on our current and future operations under such
indebtedness. These factors and others are discussed in more detail
in the Company’s filings with the Securities and Exchange
Commission, all of which are available on the Investors page of our
website at www.dhigroupinc.com, including the Company’s most
recently filed reports on Form 10-K and Form 10-Q and subsequent
filings under the headings “Risk Factors,” “Forward-Looking
Statements” and “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial
Condition and Results of Operations.” You should keep in mind that
any forward-looking statement made by the Company or its
representatives herein, or elsewhere, speaks only as of the date on
which it is made. New risks and uncertainties come up from time to
time, and it is impossible to predict these events or how they may
affect us. We have no obligation to update any forward-looking
statements after the date hereof, except as required by applicable
federal securities laws.
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Investor Contact Todd Kehrli
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ir@dhigroupinc.com
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