Strategies and Trends for Information Technology Leaders
They stand on a high and precarious perch that is visible to all but dangerous to just one: the CIO. To survive and prosper in this harsh new environment, a CIO must boldly make his mark and daringly place her bets. It is not a position for the fearful, the weak or the bashful techie….
Women in IT is not quite an oxymoron in Europe, but not enough is being done to encourage more women to enter the field, according to a survey just released by the The IT Job Board, a UK IT recruitment site. Only about a third (35 percent) of IT staff in Europe are women, according…
Having a loyal, motivated team can make all the difference in your company’s ability to not just survive but also succeed. IT leadership plays a key role in making this happen. As the economy improves, it will be critical that your employees are satisfied because the risk of turnover will grow exponentially. In fact, in…
It appears CIO jobs are the least satisfying―so sayeth leading surveys and the gossip around many a water cooler. As a result, and despite record unemployment, a large number of currently employed CIOs are out shopping for new opportunities. Since this is hardly a good time to go on a job hunt, what’s driving the…
As the economy gains momentum, employees will have greater job opportunities, increasing the risk of turnover. These factors make retention a growing concern for technology leaders. In fact, 43 percent of CIOs surveyed by our company said that keeping existing workers will be their No.1 staffing priority in 2010. When you think of retaining employees,…
With competition for open positions fierce, the pressure is on for job seekers to have flawless interview skills. Sometimes that pressure can cause candidates to make unusual, and sometimes unfavorable, interview mistakes. A new CareerBuilder survey of more than 2,700 hiring managers reveals the outrageous and common mistakes that some candidates have made in job…
That didn’t take long. Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) has yet to ship its much-hyped iPad tablet, but Elance has reported there’s already demand for iPad application developers ahead of next month’s launch. The iPad rode of a broader wave of demand for mobile tech skills at the online contract services site. While Web development continues to…
In an age when incredibly fast change is the only constant, it is remarkable that any given CIO stays in position longer than a single CPU refresh cycle. Yet many have successfully remained in place, but not without some serious, and repeated, repositioning. In the beginning, legacy systems offered CIOs a degree of job security;…
Often, for managers the start of the new year is a time to reassess staffing needs. For many, 2010 may mean the return to hiring. The most recent Robert Half Technology IT Hiring Index and Skills Report found that 7% of CIOs plan to add IT staff in the first quarter of 2010, and 4%…
Being the smartest one in the room is not easy position to be in. In IT you face this situation regularly; especially when you are in a roomful of non-IT people and you need to make progress on a discussion about technology. You know the answer. You get there before everyone else. It is frustrating…