The disconnect: Thousands of IT-savvy professionals laid off, but CIOs can't find any to hire?

EDS recently announced an early-retirement program in the U.S., and Keane Inc. recently announced U.S. layoffs -- two moves that could put as many as 10,000 IT-related people out on the streets, estimates Gartner Inc. analyst Diane Morello in a research brief. Yet, at the same time, CIOs say they're unable to find qualified IT talent.
 
Say what? These are exactly the sort of IT/business hybrids that CIOs say they're looking for. Morello suggests the problem is that CIOs' ability to lure these folks with exciting jobs has "atrophied." She hints that jobs in corporate IT shops just aren't that appealing anymore -- and CIOs better fix the situation fast.
 
Morello poses three questions:

Are you prepared to attract and develop over-50 professionals, the age group of the EDS people who may accept early retirement? Is the work of your IT organization interesting when compared with the work of hundreds of other companies vying for the same people? If 10,000 qualified IT professionals became available in the U.S., do you know how to go about finding them, attracting them and engaging them?

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The disconnect: Thousands of IT-savvy professionals laid off, but CIOs can't find any to hire?

EDS recently announced an early-retirement program in the U.S., and Keane Inc. recently announced U.S. layoffs -- two moves that could put as many as 10,000 IT-related people out on the streets, estimates Gartner Inc. analyst Diane Morello in a research brief. Yet, at the same time, CIOs say they're unable to find qualified IT talent. Say what? These are exactly the sort of IT/business hybrids that CIOs say they're looking for. Morello suggests the problem is that CIOs' ability to lure these folks with exciting jobs has "atrophied." She hints that jobs in corporate IT shops just aren't that appealing anymore -- and CIOs better fix the situation fast.

The disconnect: Thousands of IT-savvy professionals laid off, but CIOs can't find any to hire?

EDS recently announced an early-retirement program in the U.S., and Keane Inc. recently announced U.S. layoffs -- two moves that could put as many as 10,000 IT-related people out on the streets, estimates Gartner Inc. analyst Diane Morello in a research brief. Yet, at the same time, CIOs say they're unable to find qualified IT talent. Say what? These are exactly the sort of IT/business hybrids that CIOs say they're looking for. Morello suggests the problem is that CIOs' ability to lure these folks with exciting jobs has "atrophied." She hints that jobs in corporate IT shops just aren't that appealing anymore -- and CIOs better fix the situation fast.

Email privacy SNAFU @ House Judiciary Committee (and IPv6 please)

It's IT Blogwatch: in which the House Judiciary Committee makes a basic email error, violating whistleblowers' privacy. Not to mention a stark warning of the dangers of sticking with IPv4...Paul Kiel calls it, "a whoops with a capital W":This summer the House Judiciary Committee launched an effort to collect tips from would-be whistleblowers in the Justice Department ... it would not accept anonymous tips, [but] it assured those who came forward that their identity would be held in the "strictest confidence" ... But in an email sent out today, the committee inadvertently sent the email addresses of all the would-be whistleblowers to everyone who had written in to the tipline ... included in the "to:" field -- instead of concealing those addresses with a so-called blind carbon copy or "bcc:" ... [including] vice_president@whitehouse.gov ... [so] the email addresses of all the whistleblowers who had written in to the committee tipline was sent to [Dick] Cheney.

Email privacy SNAFU @ House Judiciary Committee (and IPv6 please)

It's IT Blogwatch: in which the House Judiciary Committee makes a basic email error, violating whistleblowers' privacy. Not to mention a stark warning of the dangers of sticking with IPv4...Paul Kiel calls it, "a whoops with a capital W":This summer the House Judiciary Committee launched an effort to collect tips from would-be whistleblowers in the Justice Department ... it would not accept anonymous tips, [but] it assured those who came forward that their identity would be held in the "strictest confidence" ... But in an email sent out today, the committee inadvertently sent the email addresses of all the would-be whistleblowers to everyone who had written in to the tipline ... included in the "to:" field -- instead of concealing those addresses with a so-called blind carbon copy or "bcc:" ... [including] vice_president@whitehouse.gov ... [so] the email addresses of all the whistleblowers who had written in to the committee tipline was sent to [Dick] Cheney.

Email privacy SNAFU @ House Judiciary Committee (and IPv6 please)

It's IT Blogwatch: in which the House Judiciary Committee makes a basic email error, violating whistleblowers' privacy. Not to mention a stark warning of the dangers of sticking with IPv4...Paul Kiel calls it, "a whoops with a capital W":This summer the House Judiciary Committee launched an effort to collect tips from would-be whistleblowers in the Justice Department ... it would not accept anonymous tips, [but] it assured those who came forward that their identity would be held in the "strictest confidence" ... But in an email sent out today, the committee inadvertently sent the email addresses of all the would-be whistleblowers to everyone who had written in to the tipline ... included in the "to:" field -- instead of concealing those addresses with a so-called blind carbon copy or "bcc:" ... [including] vice_president@whitehouse.gov ... [so] the email addresses of all the whistleblowers who had written in to the committee tipline was sent to [Dick] Cheney.