IT Staffing and Staff Recruitment
Hiring and Retaining IT Talent: A Critical Challenge for Higher Ed
| Title: | Hiring and Retaining IT Talent: A Critical Challenge for Higher Ed (ID: EDU9972) | | Author(s): | Michael R. Zastrocky (Gartner, Inc.) | | Origin: | Presented at EDUCAUSE Annual Conferences (1999) | | Type: | Presentations/Speeches | | Abstract: | Higher education institutions are struggling to hire and retain critical IT talent. As technologies change and evolve, the need for personnel to keep up is important to colleges and universities around the world. However, the situation has worsened as the global demand for IT skills explodes. The presenter will provide an analysis of the personnel problems facing higher education IT and will suggest strategies involving partnerships with vendors, changes in hiring practices, bonuses to key IT personnel, outsourcing, and lowering the demand for talent through improved business practices and standardizing technology applications. | | View this resource: | |
Recruit, Retain, Retrain and Pray, Pray, Pray
| Title: | Recruit, Retain, Retrain and Pray, Pray, Pray (ID: SER0102) | | Author(s): | Ann F. Harbor (The University of Memphis) | | Origin: | Presented at Southeast Regional Conferences (2001) | | Type: | Presentations/Speeches | | Abstract: | Hear how an urban university responds to the recruitment, retention, and professional development of IT professionals during tough economic times. The discussion will describe various recruitment tactics and will detail retention of key IT personnel through professional development, self-directed work teams, 360? evaluations, and aligning individual work with corporate strategy. Pitfalls, prayers, and predictions included. | | View this resource: | |
Recruiting and Retaining Information Technology Staff in Higher Education
| Title: | Recruiting and Retaining Information Technology Staff in Higher Education (ID: EQM0036) | | Origin: | EDUCAUSE Quarterly Articles (2000) | | Type: | Articles, Papers, and Reports | | Abstract: | This is a full reprint of the EDUCAUSE Executive Briefing by the same name, which was developed in cooperation with CUPA-HR and NACUBO. The briefing covers IT staff retention, recruitment, retraining, and restructuring/reorganizing, offering ideas that work as well as some general principles and a set of guidelines to help campuses meet the challenges of the IT worker shortage. | | View this resource: | |
Panel - Workforce Issues: Higher Education's Role (Presented at Networking 2000)
| Title: | Panel - Workforce Issues: Higher Education's Role (Presented at Networking 2000) (ID: NET0007) | | Source: | Networking 2000 | | Origin: | Contributed by the EDUCAUSE Policy Office (2000) | | Type: | Presentations/Speeches | | Abstract: | American workers have to be information technology-savvy in today's competitive job market. Businesses are in desperate need of information technology expertise, and are willing to recruit foreign workers and ship lucrative contracts abroad if necessary. While voting to increase the number of foreign work visas to help make up for the shortage of IT workers, Congress has mandated that businesses devote resources to educating America's workforce. This Webcast features a panel discussion regarding the role community and four-year colleges and universities can play in correcting this shortage, potential partnerships with the business community and how their efforts may tie into the recommendations of the President's Information Technology Advisory Committee and related federal programs. Panelists include: William Aspray, Executive Director, Computing Research Association; Joseph N. Douglas, Jr., CIO, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee; and Stephanie Heier, Education Market Analyst, Cisco Systems, Inc. | | View this resource: | |
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