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Turnover is high among young programmers

Recruiters are expecting a big demand this year for mid-level IT pros, such as Java programmers and other developers, and the Harry Fox Agency already knows what that means for CIOs. As soon as HFA's

How Guardian Life's CIO promoted trust and creativity

When Frank Wander took the job of CIO at The Guardian Life Insurance Company of America in 2006, the employee turnover rate was 13.6 percent. After Wander began implementing technologies and an

Retaining knowledge when employees go

The job market may still be tight, but that does not mean you aren't at risk of losing key talent in the near future. Baby boomers are approaching retirement age, and other workers are always looking

How to keep IT talent

Robert G. Fong of Nosal Partners says that if technology companies want to prosper and not lose their best and their brighest, they meed to consider introducing talent acceleration programs to retain

Offshore outsourcing may be on the decline

Has the wind been taken out of the sails for overseas outsourcing? Probably not. But there are plenty of cautionary tales about the changing terrain of getting things done cheaply abroad. The first

Using your IT staff to its fullest potential

With fewer IT experts available to hire and CIOs being asked to produce more with less staff, it's important to get as much value from each IT staff member as possible. Step back and honestly

Keeping employees happy

It's almost always better to keep talented IT on staff by whatever means possible--money and perks, for example--than going through the recruiting, hiring and training process from scratch. But

Preventing employee turnover

Increased demand is leading to a real shortage in IT personnel. That means CIOs have to work harder than ever to retain good employees. The first step is instituting a program aimed at preventing