Identifying, attracting and hiring software developers is tough enough in a booming IT job market, but finding the unique set of soft skills that classify developers as agile talent – above and beyond their technical expertise - adds another layer of difficulty.
The news that Microsoft will lay off approximately 18,000 workers -- most from the Nokia mobile phone business acquired by Microsoft earlier this year -- will unleash a flood of new talent into the IT hiring market, and could mean "open season" for recruiters, says Jason Berkowitz, vice president of client services for Seven Step RPO
Women make up just 11 percent of information security professionals. Just increasing that number to 22 percent would solve the industry's staffing shortage problem.
Project activity is on the rise, but so are failure rates, and more organisations are disestablishing project management offices, reports KPMG.
IT leaders who have been through disasters have rethought what to include in <a href="%20http://www.cio.com/article/682933/Explaining_IT_Value_to_Skeptics">business-continuity plans</a>. Their plans include alternative uses for technology and practical emergency-preparedness measures designed to keep employees cared-for during a crisis. (For more on leadership during a crisis, see " <a href="http://www.cio.com/article/685307">How to Be a Better Leader in a Disaster</a>.")