All Staffing and Training News - February 2007

NHS Trust adopts speedy staff coms system

Staff at Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust in Nottinghamshire are pioneering the use of a new communications system to improve patient care.

Glasgow City Council implements IP network

Glasgow City Council, one of the UK’s largest, is rolling out an IP network over the next six months that will provide data, video and voice services to more than 30,000 employees.

Recruit direct to beat rate hike, public sector told

Public sector organisations are paying more than twice the going rate for IT staff because they are hiring people through long supply chains, an IT recruitment specialist said this week.

Union accuses firms of permit misuse

Trade union Amicus has accused employers of using the work permit system to hire low-cost workers, rather than invest in training UK IT professionals.

How do I overcome pigeonholing?

  • Expert Panel
  • Date: 23 February 2007
Expert advice for readers' career problems

IT staff work less unpaid overtime

IT workers are now beginning to work less unpaid overtime, according to the TUC.

What's stopping CIOs from getting the top jobs?

Neil Pullen, managing director of interim management and executive search firm Freestone, talks about the ambitious new mood of today’s CIOs

Swansea City Council offers outsourcing lessons

Swansea City Council's decision to cancel the second phase of an outsourcing contract has put the spotlight on public sector partnership deals

IT job rotation rare, but critical for business alignment

Giving up good employees to other business units within an organization has likely soured more than a few managers, but experts say CIOs concerned about staffing should seriously consider formal IT job rotation programs.

DiVitas Networks unveils mobile-to-mobile convergence

Fixed-mobile convergence may be pushed out the door before it's really able to take hold by a new vision of what one vendor is calling "mobile-to-mobile convergence."
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