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9 tips for recruiting high-end IT talent

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Recruiting and hiring high-end IT talent is among the most challenging tasks IT leaders face today. CIOs, and their recruiting teams, are well aware. As Seth Dobbs, CTO at Bounteous, explains, “We do creative work. But remember that your engineers are not recruiters, she says. Testlio recruits worldwide.

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Fintech startup Vise brings on Andrew Fong (formerly Dropbox) as CTO

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Vise , a fintech firm that focuses on helping financial advisors rather than automating them out of existence, has today announced that it is bringing on Andrew Fong as its chief technology officer. Meet Vise AI, the startup reimagining portfolio management. Fong hails from Dropbox, where he served as VP of Infrastructure Engineering.

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8 tips for cultivating a winning IT culture

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Hayes notes that the company’s ongoing focus on collaboration and flexibility includes the availability of hybrid work, ‘work-from-elsewhere’ weeks, ‘meeting-free’ days, and end-of-week flex time. “We He recommends following a coaching and feedback model. When you detect a problem, bring it up immediately,” Freeman advises.

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Space startup Wyvern raises $4.5M and joins YC’s latest cohort

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Since then, the startup has made some significant moves beyond just the funding, including growing to a total of 18 employees and bringing on aerospace industry veteran and former Airbus CTO Christine Tovee. “First, we hit it off right from the first meeting,” he said. “Both of our teams really meshed well together.

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What CIOs need to become better enablers of sustainability

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A question of time Thomas Kiessling, CTO with Siemens Smart Infrastructure, part of the German engineering and technology conglomerate that makes trains, electrical equipment, traffic control systems, and more, understands that time is running out. As with most business challenges, data is instrumental.

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NCMS CIO exploits ‘Great Resignation’ to slash costs, streamline IT operations

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But for Kapil Mehrotra, group CTO at National Collateral Management Services (NCMS), high turnover presented an opportunity to cut costs of the IT department, streamline its operations, and find a long-term solution to the perpetual skills scarcity problem. New recruits help slash costs, streamline operations. IT Skills

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How the ‘diversity hire’ accusation and other barriers remain for Black women in tech

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Multiple Black women told CIO.com they faced discrimination in both fledgling and advanced careers, from being mistaken for colleagues, accused of being overly aggressive or emotional in meetings, and called out for their choice of attire and hairstyle. Upon leaving the organization, the recruiter told her that she had been a token hire.

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