IT Staffing and Staff Retention
5 ways to drive your best workers out the door
| Title: | 5 ways to drive your best workers out the door (ID: CSD5493) | | Author(s): | Mary K. Pratt (ComputerWorld, Inc.) | | Origin: | Contributed by Organizations or Campuses (08/22/2008) | | Type: | Articles, Papers, and Reports | | Abstract: | Your top workers can almost always get another job, even in a shaky economy. "The best employees are being recruited at any given time. Managers need to make that assumption and create an environment that's going to make them want to stay," says Paul De Young, a talent management practice leader at Watson Wyatt Worldwide Inc., a global consulting firm. Are you really doing that? Or do your management tactics have people running for the door? Before you answer, consider these cautionary tales that can help you avoid pushing your own top talent out the door. | | View this resource: | |
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: | |
IT's Morale Dilemma
| Title: | IT's Morale Dilemma (ID: CSD3220) | | Origin: | Contributed by Organizations or Campuses (2004) | | Type: | Articles, Papers, and Reports | | Abstract: | A new report from the Meta Group indicates low morale among workers in the IT field, and analysts warn of a range of consequences from unhappy workers. According to their survey, the Meta Group reported that 72 percent of companies identified low morale as a serious problem. A recent poll by IT employment Web site Dice.com estimated that 80 percent of IT workers suffer from low morale, which analysts attribute to continued softness in the IT market and new concerns over the possibility of jobs being outsourced overseas. As a result, many IT companies are perceived as being unconcerned with employee retention.
The slowdown of investments in IT, as well as layoffs and uncertainty about when the troubles will end, has left many IT professionals disillusioned with the profession. According to analysts, negative effects of low morale including lower productivity and higher turnover exacerbate the difficulties IT departments are already having. | | View this resource: | |
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