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How CIOs Can Increase Employee Productivity
Increasing productivity in the office is something that CIOs are always concerned about. The business side is pushing for more revenue and more results from employees, and often times the technology in the office is what the leaders look to in order to achieve their goals. The result is more pressure on IT decision-makers and more strife between the business side and IT side when employees,... Read More »
Ten Bizarre Boss Requests of Their Employees
Perhaps you've suspected at times that you've asked too much from your IT employees. If so, than this chuckle-worthy list of bizarre requests from bosses should put your mind at ease. After all, it's highly doubtful (we hope) that any of our CIO readers have asked their staffers to go out and buy them weapons, or lend them money.
Job Hunting: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
CIOs and other senior tech managers confess that too many IT workers' resumes contain both exaggerations and flat-out fibs, according to a recent survey from TEKsystems. And tech workers are inclined to agree with that assessment. The overall findings cover a wide range of industry hiring topics, including how increasingly complex the entire hiring process is getting. Employees, for example,... Read More »
Nine Ways to Correct an Employee Performance Issue
It's a tough—but necessary—conversation: Too often, CIOs resign themselves to personnel shortcomings while never directly confronting the under-performing employees. Yes, they realize it's a major problem when a systems administrator constantly shows up late, looking as if he never showered or changed clothes from the previous day. Of course, they know that the stakeholders are... Read More »
Millennials and Boomers: Living in Harmony?
Hey, maybe we can all get along, after all. The most recent engagement study from Randstad reveals that Millennials and Baby Boomers are actually united on a number of key workplace issues, such as personal motivation and... Read More »
The Power of IT Peer Groups
IT peer groups provide CIOs at medium-size firms with advice and support, help them achieve goals, and can lead to new personal relationships.
Read More »Exploring Key Challenges of the IT Skills Gap
When it comes to the IT job market, viewpoints regarding demand for different IT skills and what some consider a serious skills shortage vary. Tech companies, analysts and recruiters have cited shortages of Java, .Net and C++ developers, as well as a tight supply of workers with expertise in cloud computing, mobile computing, social networking and security. At a recent event, Bob Miano,... Read More »
How Companies are Addressing the Generation Gap
Boomers resent those "young 'uns" because they arrive at odd hours and seem over-entitled and underworked. Gen Xers get irritated with "know it all" Boomers who refuse to retire, keeping the Gen Xers’ mid-level careers "stuck in neutral." And Gen Yers feel "dumped on" by both, taking on lots of grunt work without much tangible reward. Regardless of whether any of these three... Read More »
CIOs Harbor Mixed Sentiments About Q2 2013
There's much for CIOs to feel optimistic about, and far more of them are planning to expand IT staff, compared to those who anticipate a reduction in their tech department headcount, according to the latest Robert Half Technology IT Hiring Forecast and Local Trend Report. Still, the vast... Read More »
Office Bullying Taking Toll on Workforce
In the past, CIOs and other top managers may have given a collective shrug to the concept of office "bullying." After all, IT teams work in high-pressure environments and, in some cases, tempers flare. In other instances, senior tech execs could have dismissed occasional teases, practical jokes and perhaps even taunts with a casual "This is how we roll here." But it appears as if mindsets... Read More »
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