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If you feel like your IT staffers aren't giving 100 percent on the job these days, it could be because they're struggling financially. Budgeting at home is taking its toll on workers, and it's having a significant impact on performance, a survey from the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) finds. More employees than in prior years are dipping into their employer-sponsored retirement plans, the survey finds. And the fallout for CIOs and other managers is decreased productivity, morale and focus -- even from formerly dedicated employees. “The source of money woes is unsurprising,” says Mark J. Schmit, vice president of research at SHRM. “But the toll it's taking on both workers and their employers -- in addition to the persistence of the weak economy -- are all troubling issues.” And things may not improve soon as fewer organizations are offering financial education programs these days. Nearly 460 HR professionals took part in the research. For more about the survey, clickhere. Here, we take a look at some of the survey's key findings.
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Do you believe that IT leadership is only applicable to those with formal responsibility to manage others? If so, then you've fallen prey to the three false and highly limiting beliefs about IT leadership. These three beliefs are held by IT pros on all rungs of the organizational ladder.
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In this week's installment of CIOs on the Move, we cover executive changes at seven organizations, including new IT leaders for Aviva North America, Bank of America and United Continental Holdings. Information is provided exclusively to CIO Insight by the researchers at DiscoverOrg.
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The Americas region will see the number of mobile workers grow from 182.5 million in 2010 to 212.1 million in 2015.
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Just because you've been downsized doesn't mean you have to stay down and out. Many employees who've been laid off due to downsizing are finding their way back to the workforce, even if they have to make some sacrifices along the way. In fact, a majority of the workers laid off in the last year have found jobs, according to a survey from Career Builder. Many were willing to relocate or even undergo a complete career makeover in order to get back in the game, the survey finds. Meanwhile, job seekers who are unfamiliar with new technologies can struggle, as not being up-to-snuff skill-wise can have a far-reaching economic impact, says Brent Rasmussen, president of CareerBuilder North America. "We have a growing skills gap and the need to get millions of Americans back to work," he says. "As the economy recovers, we must focus on retraining workers to help them move to new fields with a greater number of opportunities." More than 800 professionals who were laid off from full-time jobs in the past year took part in the research. Here are selected highlights:
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Boards of directors are asking their chief security officers to talk about security. This is an opportunity for these executives to address network visibility without overwhelming them with technical jargon.
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Small businesses, which account for the majority of job creation in the United States, are expected to show some improvement over 2011.
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Wishing you a 2012 filled with much professional dissatisfaction. Here’s why.
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A CIO turned CEO shares lessons learned as he climbed the C-Suite ladder.
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Enterprises can't store cryptographic hashes of user passwords and think they are protected, as cyber-attackers spend the time and resources to run them against rainbow tables and code dictionaries.
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Cisco researchers uncovered a startling lack of concern about security and privacy along with a willingness to break IT policy in a survey of college students and young professionals.
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Salesforce.com agreed to buy human resources software maker Rypple for an undisclosed sum, part of the company's continued attack on legacy enterprise application providers SAP and Oracle. The deal was announced on Dec. 15.
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Rarely have IT and HR been led by the same individual. But similarities between these departments, combined with the need to think creatively about each, have caused some progressive companies to consider this combined role. Sheleen Quish is, perhaps, the most prominent example of this. After leading IT departments at Unitrin and U.S. Can, among other companies, she joined Ameristar Casinos as CIO in early 2007 and soon took added responsibility for the HR department. Here’s what she learned about managing this dual role.
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How Frank Wander, CIO of The Guardian Life Insurance Company of America, fosters an environment of trust, creativity, and productivity for his IT organization.
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Four of the 29 organizations in this week’s CIOs on the Move roundup are actively seeking IT leaders. Information is provided exclusively to CIO Insight by the researchers at DiscoverOrg.
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