It is good to see that e-skills are being taken seriously on both sides of the IT function boundary. However as the IT function transitions from delivery of IT projects ("over to you user") to provision of information services ("help me analyse the information the system produces") the skill-set of the technologist will need to […]
There is a chain that runs from technology and people suppliers through the Procurement and HR functions respectively. It continues into the IT department and via the users to your organisation’s market. Thus there are a number of actors involved in this IT value chain. They include: External recruiters. Business development staff of the IT […]
I think there needs to be clarity on what an IT job is. Traditionally we think technologist, increasingly we think power user. No doubt there will be a shift as jobs go off shore. More significantly the high total cost of ownership of the data centre will drive technology innovation to obviate the need for […]
Working very closely with the IT recruitment sector over the years I have noticed that there is a strong tendency to focus on competencies when sourcing IT talent. This is in the main driven by the hiring manager of the acquiring organisation. The beauty of competencies-led recruitment is that it can be distilled down into […]
The festering underbelly of politics was exposed again recently in the UK when it was revealed that the Labour party had planned to launch a smear campaign against key members of the opposition party. The allegations had absolutely no substance. However the perpetrators knew that this didn’t matter as the net effect would be to […]