Welcome to the 30th of May e-Bulletin!
Business Development Forums
The May 2008 Cluster Business Development Forum series "Recruiting and Retaining IT Skills" has now completed.
We would like to thank all the presenters who made the forums such interesting events. We would also like to thank the members that hosted the events, Vodafone, Microsoft and TelstraClear and to Simpl for hosting the luncheon in Auckland. Without your generosity the forums would not be such a success.
We will shortly be sending the forum attendees a feedback feedback questionnaire. We would also like Cluster members to suggest topics that they would like to see covered at the business development forums. If you have any topics that you think would make good topics for upcoming business development forums please send them in to Renu at r.borst@healthit.org.nz.
Presentations from the forums are available on the Cluster website from our library. Scroll down to the bottom of the page http://www.healthit.org.nz/index.cfm/fuseaction/download/fusesubaction/docs/documentID/17
Hudson Recruitment report on what motivates job seekers?
Hudson IT&T recently participated in the latest Health IT Cluster business development forum across the country. Campbell Hepburn, General Manager presented insights and market perspective on recruiting and retaining IT skills, whilst challenging our thoughts on the future of the sector and the need for collective ownership of the skills issues if we are to ensure sector sustainability.
Campbell further touched on Hudson's recently released 20:20 Series report, titled Candidate Buying Behaviour: An Exploration into the Key Motivators of Today's Job Seeker which reveals major gaps between what job seekers want from prospective employers and what employers are actually delivering. The report explores what triggers someone to change or even consider changing jobs, preferred job search channels, job ad likes and dislikes, how job seekers compare prospective employers, and the different motivators that drive candidates through the different stages of the job search process. The report provides the most current insight into the question of "what motivates employees and job seekers?" The detailed report can be accessed through the following web page http://nz.hudson.com/node.asp?kwd=hudson-2020-series
Whilst the report overviews the complete research findings, Hudson have further drilled into skill specialisation and can present specific findings on IT&T. They have been running workshops presenting IT&T findings whilst looking at the topic through the lens of your organisation. These have been successfully delivered one on one or to groups of managers responsible for IT recruitment.
Campbell welcomes your enquiries and can be contacted at campbell.hepburn@hudson.com
Victoria University of Wellington Projects.
Would you like to host a team of third year students to work on an Information Systems or e-Commerce project for you?
It's free and it can provide
your business with
significant benefits.
Victoria University run courses where students complete real projects in a real business environment. The projects can include systems development, feasibility studies or literatures searches. For full details about the course please follow the link below.
http://www.sim.vuw.ac.nz/courses/INFO-320/index.aspx
The next course runs from mid July until October and so Peter is looking for a few more projects right now. If you have a project in mind or would like further information, please contact:
Peter Metham
Senior Teaching Fellow
School of Information Management
Telephone: (04) 463 5421
Email: peter.metham@vuw.ac.nz
Business Development Forum feedback
We have included a feedback form so you can have your say about what you thought about the forum. We would also like to hear from Cluster members with ideas about what would make good topics for upcoming forums. Please download the feedback questionnaire, complete it and either email or fax it back to j.taiby@healthit.org.nz or fax 04 472 4736.
Some ideas for upcoming topics could include.
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Software as a Service. A mix of expectations and experiences from customers and providers.
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Partnering collaboration and alliances. A similar theme to last year's popular series on identifying and selecting partner organisations. This year's theme could be around integrating devices and software solutions.
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Access to Venture Capital.
Collaborative Project Update - Consumer Health Portal
Development of the first development iteration is now complete and work on the second iteration is underway and is on schedule.
Cluster membership
The Cluster membership is now 67 financial members. We are pleased to welcome David Chrastecky to the Cluster as our latest member.
All members can maintain their profiles on our website. If you have not done so recently, please review your profile and ensure it is current. If you have lost your password please email Renu and we will send you password to the authorised email address.
New Zealand Health IT event
20 - 22 October 2008, The 13th International Symposium for Health Information Management & Research (ISHIMR), Hilton Hotel, Auckland
A health informatics conference, ISHIMR is being held in the southern hemisphere, here in Auckland, for the first time. Organised jointly by Massey University and the University of Sheffield, ISHIMR 2008 brings together people who are carrying out, or are interested in, research and progress in health information management and health informatics. This year's theme is "The Changing Face of Health Informatics and Health Information Management."
If you are planning on attending both HINZ 2008 and ISHIMR 2008, please register for both conferences via the ISHIMR website to qualify for the joint registration discount.
For more information please follow the link to our website which is at http://iims.massey.ac.nz/research/iSHMIR%202008/Home.html
