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• Business units dominate IT spending: study

  Business units are now the major drivers behind technology spend in Australia and New Zealand, causing business-wide integration challenges at unprecedented levels, an IBRS study has found.

• In pictures | CIO roundtable on how to meet the demands of today’s tech savvy staff - the Cloud Worker

  One in four workers in today’s enterprises are already cloud workers, reports Forrester. They want flexibility and mobility; to get work done on any device, anytime, from any place. So how do we prepare for this environment? A group of business technology leaders gathered in Perth to discuss how to meet the demands of this tech savvy group.

• Soft skills now an essential focus of IT recruitment

  Soft skills are becoming an essential focus of IT recruitment, with customer service and communication skills now weighted quite heavily for low level infrastructure support roles, according to the latest Hays Quarterly Report.

• In pictures: The best ways to achieve operational intelligence roundtable

  CIO brought together business and IT leaders from an array of Australian organisations on March 31 to discuss ways to harness big data for growth and innovation during the shift to digital.

  Here are pictorial highlights from the lunch, held at Aria Restaurant in Sydney. The roundtable was sponsored by Splunk.

• Big Data shows potential for human resources: IBM

  Can analytics be applied to human resources? According to IBM A/NZ human resources director, Robert Orth, the technology giant is already experimenting within the possibilities.

• How to work with millennials

  Millennials – they’re disobedient, they ask too many questions and I can’t relate to them. Does this sound like you? If so, it’s high time you made working with this fearless, tech-savvy age group a top priority, because if they’re not working with you, they’re with your competitors, and you're going to lose valuable competitive advantage.
  

• Tips for Leaving Your Job the Right Way

  Who hasn't wanted to throw up their hands and just walk out of the office? Don't do it. Learn the proper etiquette for leaving your job and ensure that your career and reputation remain intact after you leave your current position.

• Working with HR - Part 3

  What department heads and line managers think of HR, what employees think, and what HR managers think.

• Working with HR - Part 2

  Stephanie Christopher, national director of SHL Australia New Zealand, a company which assists companies — including recruitment firms — in their recruitment activities, says that for the more technical positions HR has to fill, “it would lean toward the line manager for advice; it would be the line manager who would have final say”.
  

• Working with HR - Part 1

  Tell me if you’ve heard this one before: “Managers aspire to be strategic, but they are required to fulfil their duties as a functional expert.”

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