You might think that in an industry that is all about information, networking and various forms of communication, IT employees would excel in departmental and inter-departmental communication. However, this is often not the case. According to technology consulting experts, communication is often one of the weakest skills within IT departments.
Archive for 2011
How to Improve Your IT Department’s Communication
What Makes High-Performing IT Departments Different?
In this day and age, when almost all large companies need some form of IT, how do we evaluate what counts as a high-performing IT department? You could ask your IT consultant or local technology consulting company. But for the hard data, it’s best to turn to the research and statistics.
Developing an IT Disaster Recovery Plan
We truly are living in the Information Age. Few businesses would survive without access to information technology. Indeed, experts at Faulkner Information Services have found that about half of all businesses go out of business within two years of losing their company data to a disaster. For this reason, setting up a strong IT disaster recovery plan should be a top priority for every IT consultant and CIO. Read more…
IT Staffing Levels Continue to Rise for 2011
According to a recent survey of the IT job market – which includes interviews with more than 1400 CIOs – the last quarter of 2011 will see a gradual increase in IT staffing. CIOs were asked a number of questions about their current IT staffing as well as their future IT goals as a company. Ultimately, the survey results project an approximate 6 percent growth in IT jobs. But what are some of the industry-wide influences for this increase in IT jobs?
5 Ways to Achieve IT Job Security
If you are part of the IT workforce, then you know how up and down the job market has been the last decade. First we had the Dot.com boom that fizzled out; now we have the Web 2.0 & cloud computing revolution that has led to a steady increase in IT jobs in almost all industries. Indeed, IT staffing is at an all-time high, and so is the utilization of technology staffing agencies. This is good news for anyone looking for IT jobs. However, to get all the long term benefits of an IT position, experts recommend you remain with one company for at least 5 years. Turnover rates are still high because of market vulnerability. Yet there are some things you can do to increase your job security. So, let’s review some of the ways you can keep that dream job for more than a year or two: Read more…
