5 Emerging Trends Affecting IT Staff in the Recovery
[ Source: Hudson IT ]
August 2010-
As we move into an economic recovery phase, Hudson sought to understand how the people within our clients’ IT organizations are most affected. Aside from the obvious effects of staff reductions, a handful of trends are emerging as described in this article. Here is an excerpt…
Trend 1: FOCUS ON BUSINESS NEEDS REQUIRES MORE TALENTED PEOPLE -- Sharper IT Alignment with Business Needs Drives Focus on Building Quality Staff
One of the ...
Retaining Your IT Staff
[ Source: IntaPeople ]
November 2010-
At a time when many owners are just as happy sustaining business growth as they are increasing it, holding on to key IT talent should be a top priority. The cost of failing to hold on to these staff members can be enormous, especially considering the specialist knowledge often acquired by IT workers over the course of their employment. It is not unusual for incentives to be focused mainly around the sales team, but it ...
The Definitive Guide To Talent Mobility
[ Source: Softscape ]
March 2010-
Softscape provides a white paper to address talent mobility. This report explores the importance of a talent mobility strategy, considerations for approaching and deploying the strategy and supporting technology, and the significant business benefits that it affords.
Staffing for Intelligence
[ Source: SAS ]
April 2010-
This technology brief explains how to get the best return on your analytics investment by seeking out a new combination of skill sets in your data professionals – and creating cross-functional liaison roles that bridge the gap between IT and business.
2010 State Of Global People Management: HR’s Guide To Economic Recovery
[ Source: Softscape ]
December 2009-
The year 2009 was extremely challenging and exhausting for many human resources (HR) leaders and practitioners due to the worst recession the world has experienced in many decades. Yet, as economies across the globe continue to transition from recession to recovery, there is a unique opportunity for HR leaders to take a more active and strategic role in facilitating this transition for their organizations.
From Authorized To Engaged …Turning On Your VAR Channel
[ Source: MarketLink Services ]
November 2009-
Creating a productive reseller channel requires many steps, but the primary step is the conversion from authorized (signed) to engaged resellers. This is the most important, and most difficult, component to an effective channel campaign.
When Should You Hire A Mainframe Systems Consultant?
[ Source: Longpela Expertise ]
September 2009-
As mainframe technical skills become increasingly hard to find, many organizations are struggling with their mainframe-related problems and projects. In particular, high-caliber senior systems-related skills are exceptionally rare, and for some organizations unattainable. This white paper discusses how consultants can be a viable, cost-effective way of accessing mainframe systems skills. It examines mainframe consultants, how they can be a good or bad choice, how to find the best consultants, and how to get the most ...
TEAM’s Capabilities In Meeting The Nation’s Healthcare IT Needs
[ Source: Team International ]
October 2009-
TEAM International provides a brief overview of its healthcare IT staffing capabilities and partnership philosophy that allow its clients to successfully and cost effectively reach their aggressive EMR/EHR implementation goals.
New Study Shows Leading Edge Companies Receive Failing Grade At HR SEO Strategies
[ Source: Sharkstrike ]
June 2009-
In this first of a four-part series, Sharkstrike discusses the emergance of HR SEO, as well as findings from its research into current HR SEO practices at leading companies. Search engine optimization (SEO) has been a standard practice used by corporate marketing departments to attract qualified buyers to Web sites for years. And while many human resources leaders might know little or nothing about SEO, leading-edge companies seeking to win the talent acquisition wars are ...
A Lifecycle Practice For Attrition In The Call Center
[ Source: Knowlagent ]
October 2008-
Who cares about attrition? If it concerns the effort involved in hiring 30-50 percent of the workforce every six months, human resources does. If it concerns the length of time it takes for new hires to become adequate, supervisors do. The lifecycle approach is based on addressing different attrition factors at different stages of the agent lifecycle. Solving the challenges at each stage requires different tactics, but the underlying strategy for each relates to the ...