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Webcast: In the Google Apps Cloud: How to Achieve Your Business Objectives
Dec 3rd, '09, 1 - 2 pm US/Eastern (GMT-5)
Join Council member Brent Hoag, Director, Global IT, at JohnsonDiversey, as he discusses the adoption of Google Apps which has helped meet four corporate goals; sustainability, simplification, increased employee productivity and global collaboration.
Webcast: Collaboration Initiatives: Benchmarks & Best Practices
Dec 15th, '09, 4 - 5 pm US/Eastern (GMT-5)
Join Council members Ruth Thorpe, VP & CIO at the U.S. Pharmaceutical Operations of Sanofi-Aventis, and Gary Kuyper, CIO at Bethany Christian Services, as they speak about their collaboration initiatives and experiences in how and why they chose the social networking and collaboration tools they are using and their business goals for collaboration, and facing culture change challenges.
Data Overview: Collaboration Initiatives Field Guide: Benchmarks & Best Practices
This appendix to the Council Field Guide provides an analysis which discusses benchmarks for collaboration IT implementation costs, adoption rates and payoffs. The overview identifies top IT and business goals and satisfaction rates for collaboration initiatives as well as best practices and lessons learned for implementing collaboration IT.
Learn more about the CIO Executive Council »December 02, 2005 — CIO —
With the current competitive job market conditions, constructing a great resume is mission critical. Essential to giving job candidates an all-important head start, the resume is more than just a mere calling card. It’s a strategic weapon that, in just seconds, forcefully communicates an executive’s strengths and unique value-add, positioning the individual as a key job contender.
It’s an approach some CIO candidates have not yet adopted, believing—incorrectly—that status, background and title speak for themselves. Their resumes are brief listings of accountabilities and responsibilities that neither showcase —let alone leverage—their accomplishments and talents. Instead of standing out from the pack, they meld further into it. It’s a costly mistake that hurts big time in terms of missed opportunities, lost revenues and—perhaps most damaging—an undesirable career slowdown.
The Bullet-Proof CIO Resume
Today resumes can’t just shine: They need to beam. The bullet-proof CIO resume is high-impact, results-based and provides depth and context while minimizing potential liabilities. Its creation needs to be driven by two factors: recognition that the CIO role has evolved from technical expert to strategic business partner; and appreciation that today resumes need to be as sharp a promotional tool as any advertisement in a hotly fought battle for market share.
Here are six keys to creating a winning CIO resume: