Features

• 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.

• IT Careers: Can You Survive Unemployment?

  By Meridith Levinson | 14 April, 2010 04:02

  George Moraetes, an information security executive, hasn't been able to find a steady job in two years. As a result, he's had to consider moving into a smaller home. His wife is losing her patience with him and with their financial situation, and his children tell him he's a loser.

• Social Networking Profiles Sinking Your Job Search?

  By Meridith Levinson | 14 April, 2010 06:44

  Social networking is a key component of today's job searches because job seekers want to be where hiring managers can find them, and increasingly, hiring managers are cruising social networking websites such as Facebook, LinkedIn, MySpace and Twitter to source and vet candidates.

• The Pathway to CIO

  By Darren Horrigan | 08 April, 2010 12:35

  It’s high time that Australia’s IT industry started taking greater interest in developing its future leaders. Enter the Pathways ICT Leadership Development Program, created by the CIO Executive Council...

• Unemployed? 10 Ways to Fight Depression in Your Job Search

  By Meridith Levinson | 07 April, 2010 04:56

  Job loss and unemployment hit their victims hard. When people lose their jobs, they also lose a significant component of their identity, along with their daily routines and financial security. Job loss and unemployment upend people's feelings of self-worth, comfort, security and personal control.

• How to Discuss Your Job Search with Your Family

  By Meridith Levinson | 31 March, 2010 05:17

  No one likes to talk about their job search, especially when they're not making much headway, which is unfortunately the case for most unemployed professionals these days. But talking about your job search with your immediate family can be particularly frustrating. After all, they're the ones who have the most to gain or lose from it.

• How Best To Use Executive Search Firms

  By Phil Schneidermeyer | 24 March, 2010 04:48

  As CIO and senior vice president of innovation, technology and service operations for Aetna, Meg McCarthy's responsibilities extend beyond IT. Her employer is a leader in the U.S. health insurance and benefits industry, with more than 34,000 employees and $35 billion in revenue. In addition to her tech duties, McCarthy oversees real estate, procurement and service; leads the informatics group; and runs ActiveHealth, an Aetna subsidiary in New York.

• Experience Base: Starting a New Team

  By Stephanie Overby | 19 March, 2010 06:26

  The thrill of booting up a team never gets old for Steve Finnerty, Applied Materials' vice president of IT and vendor services and a mentor in the CIO Executive Council's Pathways leadership development program. Good thing. The 40-year IT veteran and former CIO for Kraft Foods, Johnson Controls and JM Huber has headed up no fewer than three big new teams in as many years since joining Applied Materials, the world's largest supplier of manufacturing equipment to the semiconductor, display and solar photovoltaic industries.

• Career Turning Points: Zero in on Business Impact

  By Diane Frank | 17 March, 2010 06:18

  Within five years of moving into IT management, Jay Kerley found his purpose: working with the business to affect business outcomes and results. And he set his sights on the CIO role when it became clear that the best way to create change and effect a business impact on as wide a scale as possible is to have that executive-level, strategic role. "With a CIO's cross-division view of processes, you are in the position to shift and turn the company," says Kerley, who was promoted to the position of deputy CIO at Applied Materials in 2009.

• How to Turn IT Staff Into Business Participants

  By CIO Executive Council | 03 March, 2010 07:22

  Mazda CIO Jim DiMarzio says just getting into the business meetings isn't enough.

• For IT Jobs, an Untapped Vein of Talent

  By Kim S. Nash | 03 March, 2010 10:16

  If we keep going the way we are now, this year we will outsource one in four IT jobs to India, Russia and other countries that supply low-cost labor, according to the Hackett Group, a trend that sends a message to young people contemplating technology careers: IT work is unstable. You can't count on climbing any career ladder.