Super users, business project leads, members of the "shadow" IT department: They may all be great additions to your IT organization Super users, business project leads, members of the “shadow” IT department: they may all be great additions to your IT organization. But there’s no way you’ll get them to sign on unless the business has a good vibe about IT. Forrester’s IT Staffing and Careers analyst Samuel Bright shares four tips to make sure a stop in IT is viewed as a step up instead of a career dead end. More on Recruiting Four Tips for Attracting the Shadow Market of IT Recruits in the Business SUBSCRIBE TO OUR NEWSLETTER From our editors straight to your inbox Get started by entering your email address below. Please enter a valid email address Subscribe Four Tips for Recruiting More Top IT Professionals Four Tips for Attracting Millennials (and Beyond) How To Recruit in a Hot Market • Market, market, market. When you think you’ve just about overdone it marketing opportunities in IT at company presentations, in department newsletters and at technology fairs or road shows, do it again. Some large IT organizations employ full-time marketers.• Create IT ambassadors in the business. The best ones are IT employees who used to work in business functions.• Start business-IT rotations. Yes, they should go both ways. If that seems like a leap, start by meeting with counterparts in the business to discuss the business users you’d like to bring to IT. This may lead to further discussions of rotation programs to benefit the business and IT.• Keep on top of the business candidate pool. Layoff in another department? That may mean there are IT-savvy business professionals looking for a new opportunity. ERP project winding down? That project lead in the business may be receptive to a job offer in IT. Related content brandpost Fireside Chat between Tata Communications and Tata Realty: 5 ways how Technology bridges the CX perception gap By Tata Communications Sep 24, 2023 9 mins Emerging Technology feature Mastercard preps for the post-quantum cybersecurity threat A cryptographically relevant quantum computer will put everyday online transactions at risk. Mastercard is preparing for such an eventuality — today. By Poornima Apte Sep 22, 2023 6 mins CIO 100 Quantum Computing Data and Information Security feature 9 famous analytics and AI disasters Insights from data and machine learning algorithms can be invaluable, but mistakes can cost you reputation, revenue, or even lives. These high-profile analytics and AI blunders illustrate what can go wrong. By Thor Olavsrud Sep 22, 2023 13 mins Technology Industry Generative AI Machine Learning feature Top 15 data management platforms available today Data management platforms (DMPs) help organizations collect and manage data from a wide array of sources — and are becoming increasingly important for customer-centric sales and marketing campaigns. By Peter Wayner Sep 22, 2023 10 mins Marketing Software Data Management Podcasts Videos Resources Events SUBSCRIBE TO OUR NEWSLETTER From our editors straight to your inbox Get started by entering your email address below. Please enter a valid email address Subscribe