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Skills-first hiring has CIOs rethinking talent strategies

CIO Business Intelligence

We thought this would broaden our talent pool, increase diversity, and reduce biases in hiring,” Snyder says. Skills-first (or skilled-based) hiring is mostly self-explanatory: It is an approach to hiring that focuses on finding candidates with the skills needed by the organization. Its use is on the upswing.

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10 best practices when partnering for strategic skills

CIO Business Intelligence

Enterprise CIOs have always been at a disadvantage competing with tech firms for skilled IT pros, but accelerated transformation efforts and an AI gold rush have significantly intensified the talent war, prompting CIOs to increasingly turn to outside firms for help. Staff augmentation and outsourcing are nothing new.

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Avoid generative AI malaise to innovate and build business value

CIO Business Intelligence

The research cited a lack of talent and skills to work with the technology (62%), unclear AI and GenAI investment priorities (47%), and the absence of a strategy for responsible AI (41%) as the top three obstacles. As an IT leader, you’re in a unique position to help your organization avoid such malaise. Cleanse your data.

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5 hot IT leadership trends — and 4 going cold

CIO Business Intelligence

Amid disruptive leaps in technology, leaders who will succeed in the near future, say experts, are the ones who stay focused on a decidedly low-fi resource: their employees. Falling away are rigid thinking around how talent is discovered, fostered, and retained. We’re doing more sessions along these lines.”

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How strategic partnerships are the key to AI-driven innovation

CIO Business Intelligence

Today, it is not enough just to innovate within one’s own vertical; to truly exploit the power of GenAI to transform workflows and drive competitive advantage, CIOs need to look outside their own organizations to get the scale, domain expertise, and speed required to develop fully integrated solutions. This is a challenge for many CIOs.

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DEI that works: 5 companies reaping the benefits of IT diversity strategies

CIO Business Intelligence

The tech industry has long been known for its lack of diversity and, as a result, there’s been a big push for companies to take DEI strategies seriously. Diversity not only helps organizations perform better but fostering equity and inclusion can also strengthen recruiting and retention rates, as well as overall employee satisfaction.

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Today’s best CIOs are strategy wranglers

CIO Business Intelligence

Twenty-plus years in, CIOs have discovered that, when it comes to IT, everything is going to need a strategy. As CIO, you need a data strategy. You need a cloud strategy. You need a security strategy. Just this past year another strategy must-have arrived to upend nearly every organization.

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