IT Employment Improves
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- IT Employment Improved
- Growing the IT Department - New job Manager Video and Website Content
- Matching the Right Skills to the Right Job
- Interviewing Best Practices
- Participate in IT Salary Survey
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IT employment improves slightly – up 2.14% in the last 3 months
58,300 IT jobs have been added in the last 12 months and 18,100 in the last three months
Janco reports that the latest BLS data shows a slight increase (5,300) in the number of IT-related jobs in July. The CEO of Janco, Victor Janulaitis said, “The increase as reported by the BLS is less than the 5,900 in June, but still an increase.” He added, “The fact that total employment for telecommunications, data processing, information services, and system design sectors has risen by 58,300 jobs (seasonally adjusted) in the last 12 months is a good sign.” Janco’s recently released salary survey also showed signs of this slightly improving employment picture for IT professionals (see https://e-janco.com/press/20110712Mid-Year2011SalarySurveyReleased.html).
Janulaitis noted, “However, the job picture continues to be mixed for technology professionals. The data shows that telecommunications is still a depressed market with a loss of 28,400 jobs since July 2010. At the same time there has been a compensating increase of 71,000 jobs in the computer systems design and related services sector. It is not clear as of yet that the recovery has taken hold – but the trend is in the right direction.”
Janco feels that the IT job market will be soft for at least one more quarter. Janco predicts there will be more churn in IT staff as CIOs accelerate their move to more flexible staffing models and cloud computing. CIOs are outsourcing more technical work, including managed IP services such as VoIP and VPNs. They are hiring more contractors for desktop and security services, and they are putting more applications such as remote backup in the cloud. At the same time, they are looking to hire IT people with business and analytical skills, such as risk management and project management. CIOs report that they're having trouble hiring IT people because either they can't find IT professionals with the right business skills or they can't afford them. All of this means more turn-over in IT departments.
IT Employment Trends
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Enterprises must face the fact the video is a key element of their future internal and external messaging strategies. Adopting an internal video presence is a must as companies post marketing and training videos on YouTube, making them accessible to employees -- and the rest of the world. The longer IT departments wait, the more likely that company video is going to turn up on YouTube.
The concerns that executives face when considering video content management are enterprise image, storage space, bandwidth, security and search-ability. That is why a new position is emerging.
The Manager Video and Website Content is responsible developing the voice for all aspects of the organization’s on-line presence. In addition to writing, editing, and proofreading site content, this person also works closely with the technical team to maintain site standards with regard to new development. The Manager Video and Website Content is responsible for crafting site promotions, email newsletters, and online outreach campaigns.
The Manager Video and Website Content works closely with technical, business development, and marketing members of our organization - strong communication skills are needed. The individual has experience managing on-line marketing and outreach campaigns. Tasks require a strong attention to detail and ability to work under tight deadlines.
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Matching the Right Skills to the Right Job
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Interviewing Best Practices
Hiring is the most critical aspect of a CIO's role. For a CIO it can be fatal of they hire a new employee find out there is a mismatch.
Background screening is a critical part of the hiring process for the majority of organizations today, but it is even more essential in the current economy for several reasons. eJobDescription.com has found that a shortage of key skills is the number one challenge facing CIOs and IT functions. This may seem counter-intuitive at first given the news of continued high levels of unemployment and a "jobless" economic recovery. However coupled with many interviews with CIOs and HR professionals in end-user organizations, confirms that finding the right talent - the talent with the right mix of skills, behaviors and values to fit with the organization - is still a challenge. In fact, more applicants in the pool makes filtering and screening even more critical to ensure that time isn't wasted on candidates who aren't a good fit or who might not be qualified for the position.
Hiring managers understand that an interviewee's capability does not necessarily equal that they are a good fit. Capability refers to the skills, tools and experience that a person needs to successfully perform a job. It is no secret that most candidates exaggerate their abilities on their resumes and job applications. Things to look for are:
- Skills Definition - Good Job Descriptions - Do you know what skills are needed to perform the job and whether the employee possesses those skills? If they do not possess the necessary skills, how will the CIO help them to acquire them, and how long do you expect that process to take? It is in everyone's best interest for the CIO to set appropriate expectations for the employee from the beginning. This is especially true if the job requires special technical capabilities.
- Tools Definition - Good IT Infrastructure - Even if an individual has the skills and experience to do the job, do they have the tools to deliver peak performance? For example, a highly skilled and experienced web designer cannot build a website without adequate computer hardware and software. The tools do not have to be the most up-to-date, but a system that crashes can be incredibly frustrating and unproductive, even to the best performer.
- Experience - Just because an employee has the skills to do a job does not mean that they has the experience to apply those skills in his specific position. This is especially true for recent graduates, outside hires from different industries and internal hires from different departments. While the required skills may be similar from one job to the next, differing applications and terminology may require that the new hire take time to learn the nuances of his new position.