• Future-proof your IT team

  By CIO Staff | 09 September, 2011 09:47

  Creating new roles, redefining existing ones and identifying skills gaps. CIOs explain how they keep ahead of the curve.

• Former CIO fights skills shortage with 'grey army'

  By Rodney Gedda | 11 August, 2010 12:38

  To combat a "chronic" skills shortage, CIOs should look to engage more independent, middle-aged contractors who, while wanting to work on their own terms, are good value and don't come with the artificial demands of Gen-Y workers, says a former CIO turned consultant.

• IT job seekers get personal: survey

  By Rodney Gedda | 14 July, 2010 11:37

  IT professionals are more likely to rely on personal and word of mouth-based referrals when searching for a new role rather than turning to social networking sites, according to new research.

• Job-hopping the key to a 'razor sharp global career'

  By Lisa Banks | 23 June, 2010 12:18

  Businesses must be flexible and provide alternative career paths for their employees in order to survive the current skills drought.

• IT skills must include business nous: BMC CIO

  By Georgina Swan | 09 June, 2010 14:13

  With the constant commoditisation of skills in IT, value is generated at the interface of IT and the business and people who want to make IT their profession need work more closely to that boundary. That is the advice from Mark Settle, CIO of BMC Software, who has first-hand experience across global markets.

• Take On Leadership Challenges For a CIO Role

  By Stephanie Overby | 07 May, 2010 06:06

  Ask Paul J. Capizzi about his career plans and he'll tell you, "I'm taking the stairs, not the elevator." It's an unlikely admission from the fast-talking New Yorker, who, at 36, has already risen to the number-two spot in IT at insurer SBLI USA.

• IT Jobs: Data Center Hiring Turns a Corner

  By Robert Lemos | 05 May, 2010 05:48

  Driven to austerity in an economy that only recently appears ready to expand again, companies will likely hire slightly more data center workers this year, according to experts.

• LinkedIn Tip: Premium Account Elevates Job Seekers

  By Kristin Burnham | 21 April, 2010 05:02

  LinkedIn announced this week a new paid account exclusively for job seekers called the Job Seeker Premium Account. The upgrade, LinkedIn says, is intended to help LinkedIn members stand out from the crowd, reach out to hiring decision makers and manage their job search more effectively.

• Career Turning Points: Take Calculated Risks to Advance

  By Diane Frank | 21 April, 2010 06:35

  The old adage "no risk, no reward" speaks closely to Larry Pickett's career path to becoming CIO at Purdue Pharma. Moving out of Glaxo (GSK) , and leaving behind years at a top company in his field, was the chance he had to take to become the leader he wanted to be.

• Developing the Competencies of a Future-State CIO

  By Steve Kelner and Chris Patrick | 19 April, 2010 06:41

  Outstanding CIOs most resemble outstanding CEOs. That was the eye-opening benchmark established when the CIO Executive Council, as part of its Future-State CIO initiative, teamed up with Egon Zehnder International (EZI) two years ago to build a leadership competency assessment for CIOs and senior IT leaders.

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