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IT Workers Are Happy, But Will Still Leave for Something Better

May 14, 2012/0 Comments/in Dallas IT Staffing, Information Technology, IT, Uncategorized/by admin

IT Workers Are Happy, But Will Still Leave for Something Better Despite overall satisfaction with their current job situation, IT workers still show a readiness to jump ship when the next best thing comes along. CIO — The majority of IT employees are engaged at work, loyal to their employers and inspired to do their […]

Modernization of IT: Solving a Legacy of Business Problems & Applications

May 14, 2012/0 Comments/in Information Technology, information technology budgets, Information Technology Field, IT Department, Uncategorized/by admin

Modernization of IT: Solving a Legacy of Business Problems & Applications Are we building applications or supporting the business? I talk to a lot of CIOs. I met with one in early May who oversees the IT operation of a $6 billion yearly entertainment-related company with about 7,000 employees. This top-notch exec was all about […]

IT Workers Are Happy, But Will Still Leave for Something Better

May 14, 2012/0 Comments/in Dallas IT Staffing, Information Technology, IT, Uncategorized/by admin

Modernization of IT: Solving a Legacy of Business Problems & Applications

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IT Workers Are Happy, But Will Still Leave for Something Better

May 14, 2012/0 Comments/in Dallas IT Staffing, Information Technology, IT, Uncategorized/by admin

IT Workers Are Happy, But Will Still Leave for Something Better

Despite overall satisfaction with their current job situation, IT workers still show a readiness to jump ship when the next best thing comes along.

CIO — The majority of IT employees are engaged at work, loyal to their employers and inspired to do their best everyday, according to new survey findings from Randstad Technologies and Technisource. However, despite that, more than half (53 percent) are open to new employment opportunities, Think of it as the IT sector’s version of The Five Year Engagement, a new film about a couple that is happy to be engaged but put marriage plans on an indefinite hold.

"The takeaway for employers is that they use whatever means to create a strong bond with their employees by engaging, recognizing and empowering them in order to minimize attrition," said Bob Dickey, executive vice president of technologies at Randstad U.S.

The latest Randstad Engagement Index findings, conducted in February, surveyed 3,000 IT workers, nationwide. The Randstad Engagement Index measures the attitudes and perceptions impacting employee engagement within companies.

Looking at IT sector’s response to Randstad’s six components of engagement, the survey found the following:

76 percent of IT employees are proud to work for their company
63 percent of IT employees enjoy going to work every day
75 percent of employees feel inspired to do their best each day
68 percent of IT employees feel their efforts at work are recognized and valued
67 percent indicate they trust their company leadership to make good decisions for the workforce
67 percent of employees believe their company shares their values

Not only did the survey indicate that IT employees are clearly satisfied with their jobs and employers but 80 percent feel secure in their jobs, and they’re optimistic about the future:

More than three-fourths, or 77 percent, believe their company has a great future
64 percent believe their company is making the right investments in their workforce for the future
60 percent report being only a little or not at all concerned about having to take a pay cut

IT Workers Looking for the Next Best Thing

Despite the rosy relationship with their current job situation, IT respondents still showed a readiness to jump ship when the next best thing comes along. And, survey results indicate that 59 percent of respondents believe that those opportunities are on the horizon as more than half believe that the job market will pick up in 2012.

According to Dickey, opportunities in the IT sector are opening up with increasing pressure to find top talent. In fact, recent job demand in IT is for higher-level positions, such as project mangers, business architects and data analysts.

"What this tells us is that the economy is picking up as more companies start new project initiatives and make investments in infrastructure and development," he said. Dickey noted that improvements in IT job hiring is often a bell weather for overall employment growth.

Modernization of IT: Solving a Legacy of Business Problems & Applications

May 14, 2012/0 Comments/in Information Technology, information technology budgets, Information Technology Field, IT Department, Uncategorized/by admin

Modernization of IT: Solving a Legacy of Business Problems & Applications

Are we building applications or supporting the business?

I talk to a lot of CIOs. I met with one in early May who oversees the IT operation of a $6 billion yearly entertainment-related company with about 7,000 employees. This top-notch exec was all about transforming a huge investment in existing IT infrastructure into a new dynamic, extensible and agile platform that would propel the business forward – not hold it back. This guy is busy figuring out how to keep a Boeing 777 up in the air while simultaneously re-fitting aircraft to make it best-in-class.

That’s what IT should be all about.

But in some organizations, it’s not. Either the message from the top gets lost as it percolates down through the IT organization, or the message from the top isn’t the right one to begin with. Either way, for those unfortunate IT organizations, IT is a ball-and-chain that holds the enterprise back, rather than gives it the capability to move forward.