CIOs and centennials: Working with ‘natural digital connectors’
“CIOs who know how to retain, inspire and lead Gen Zers will reap the rewards from their hard work, passion and disruptive ideas,” says Gartner.
“CIOs who know how to retain, inspire and lead Gen Zers will reap the rewards from their hard work, passion and disruptive ideas,” says Gartner.
The role is being disrupted and CSOs should be focusing on gaining skills outside the certification syllabus, says Francis Kaitano of Fusion Networks.
ICT leaders discuss key findings of the inaugural RWA Auckland IT Salaries report.
Pay rates add up but women still a minority and paid less for the same role, according to the inaugural salary survey by RWA.
We all need to dispel the assumption that change is transitory, writes 'change junkie' Vaughan Robertson.
Futurist Simon Raik-Allen on a basic, but incredibly powerful step to take in the digital era.
Waiting for four hours for a three-minute Harry Potter theme park ride gave me prime insights on working with Gen Y.
You've heard the Gen Y stereotypes before: They're lazy workers, exude entitlement and have been reared on social technologies that they bring into the workplace, whether IT departments like it or not.
If their first experience of joblessness wasn't enough, generation Y's assumed technological lead over earlier generations is being challenged by researchers.
A University College London research project has found that young and old alike only skim the surface of what they read online. But the project's leader, David Nicholas, considers this more of a problem for younger, "digital natives" who lack the information assessment skills of those trained to use conventional libraries. "I think a lot of people ... are not able to benefit from the fruits of an information society," Nicholas says, "because they don't know how to handle that vast amount of information which they have to make sense of."
Most people have an image in their minds of the ideal work environment, tailored to meet their financial, intellectual and social needs, but a majority of people probably don't leave their homes every day expecting to work in that fantasy realm. Yet recent survey results suggest that young IT workers might not be able to distinguish reality from fantasy when they enter the workplace.
Recently a staffing firm revealed that a majority of IT managers cited employees between the ages of 18 and 31 as the biggest challenge in terms of retention. The topic raised the question: Is IT behind the times in its expectations of young talent? Or as the survey suggests: Are workers just entering the workforce disillusioned about the reality of today's IT-related employment options?