Talent Management: A Top Priority for CIOs

After more than a decade of mass layoffs and offshoring that left hundreds of thousands of information technology (IT) workers unemployed and tarnished the attractiveness of the IT profession, the demand for IT professionals is on the rebound.

Today, CIOs face a complex web of talent acquisition, engagement, development and retention challenges, primarily due to fallout from the downturn, shifting workforce demographics, increasing global competition and the changing role of IT in organisations.

Savvy CIOs need to take proactive steps to attract, develop and retain top IT talent. They can start by examining the source of their challenges — the IT profession itself, constraints due to their organisation’s size or industry-specific requirements — and develop clearly defined talent management strategies that improve essential capabilities needed to address them.

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