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Social Responsibility's Strategic Benefits
December 15, 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM US/Eastern (GMT-5)
Join Ed Granger-Happ, CIO of Save the Children, for a discussion of how creating an organization that is socially responsible improves staffing, retention, leadership development and overall corporate health.
Working With and Communicating to Your Board of Directors
January 13, 2009, 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM US/Eastern (GMT-5)
CIO panelists who will share tips and experiences working with their boards: Twila Day of SYSCO; Jeff O'Hare, West Corp.; Marc West, formerly with H&R Block.
IT's Role in Growing Mid-Market Companies
January 14, 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM ET (GMT-5)
Mid-market Council members will share their companies' stories and challenges in driving or coping with growth. Panelists represent Veterinary Pet Insurance, Medicis Pharmaceutical, and Intrax Cultural Exchange.
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Blogs Help Win the IT Talent Search
Finding the best IT talent continues to challenge CIOs. But some are tapping into a trick that external HR recruiters ...
November 01, 2006 — CIO — Finding the best IT talent continues to challenge CIOs. But some are tapping into a trick that external HR recruiters have used for a while now: joblogging. By scanning blogs and social-networking tools, CIOs and their internal recruiters sometimes strike gold.
“This allows us to start a conversation about what opportunities we have here,” says John Leech, manager of recruitment for services at FedEx.
Leech says FedEx IT launched the search-via-blogs strategy about a year ago. While he won’t specify how many new hires have resulted, he calls the effort “very successful.” One of the benefits of using blogs and social-networking sites such as LinkedIn.com to recruit is being able to see candidates’ current work and interests.
Google recently unveiled another innovative hiring tactic. It posted a billboard in Cambridge, Mass., and Silicon Valley, reading: {first 10-digit prime found in consecutive digits of e}.com. Google’s name did not appear on the board. If a person solved the problem and plugged the answer into a browser, he was taken to a Google site where he could submit a r¿m¿
Leech says FedEx plans to use a contest too, asking applicants to solve problems in logistics, programming and systems. Meanwhile, FedEx will be watching the blogs.
“Recruiting is a timing game,” says Leech. “When the boss is yelling at them, when they should have been promoted, that’s when we want to make contact with them.”
His advice for other CIOs: “Create a strong recruiting brand that is easy to communicate. Join popular online communities and start connecting with people that have the talent. Remember, you are only six people away from phenomenal IT talent. The trick is how you connect the dots.” © 2008 CXO Media Inc.
IT Service Management: Metrics That Matter
Configuration Assessment: Choosing the Right Solution
Riverbed Raises the Ante Again in WDS with RiOS 5.0
5 Steps to Successful IT Consolidation
Bringing Web 2.0 to the Enterprise: Leveraging Social Computing Technologies for ERP Applications
A CISO's Guide to Application Security
17 Ways to Reduce Cost in IT
Remote Infrastructure Management - What Your Peers are Thinking
Raising the Bar on Business Service Delivery: Best Practices in Application Performance
Paving the Way for Trusted Collaboration
Enabling the Global Enterprise
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