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Spotlight report: IT careers in the AI era

AI is not only changing the world at large, it’s radically changing the professional worlds of all IT workers—from developers and SOC analysts, to helpdesk staff, I&O teams, enterprise architects, and CIOs. What new skills and knowledge will you need to thrive in the age of AI? What new roles are emerging to support your organization’s AI efforts and IT strategy? In this special report, you’ll learn how to capture the opportunities for growth and innovation that AI affords and find success as you take your own career in a new direction.

By CIO staff

1 Sep 20251 min

Artificial IntelligenceCareersGenerative AI

IT hiring sees a boost as software development jobs slowly bounce back

The tech job market has experienced a tumultuous few years, but recent data shows IT job postings are growing, especially outside the tech industry and for software developers.

By Sarah White

13 Jul 20263 mins

CareersHiringIT Jobs

Accelerating financial closes with help from AI agents: A pragmatic guide

By Eamonn O'Neill

10 Jul 20266 mins

Artificial IntelligenceCFOFinance and Accounting Systems

AI’s potential to infect the hiring process with bias

By Sarah White

10 Jul 20266 mins

HiringHuman ResourcesResumes

IT isn’t holding AI back, your business processes are

By Grant Gross

9 Jul 20266 mins

Business Process ManagementC-SuiteCIO

10 courses for IT leaders navigating AI change management

By Sarah White

9 Jul 20268 mins

CIOCertificationsChange Management

Why the US is at risk of losing the AI talent and productivity war

By Shane Shook

9 Jul 20266 mins

Artificial IntelligenceEducation IndustryIT Skills and Training

New US CIO appointments, July 2026

By Martha Heller

8 Jul 20269 mins

C-SuiteCIOCareers

Why is it so hard to measure the ROI of AI?

By Maria Korolov

8 Jul 202610 mins

BudgetingC-SuiteCIO

The tech behind patient-first transformation at USME

By Carl Friedmann

8 Jul 20266 mins

CIOCIO 100CIO Leadership Live

Articles

Build or buy? Smart CIOs know the answer for AI talent

IT talent market dynamics and emerging blueprints for success underscore the importance of transforming in-house staff into AI builders and power users through targeted training programs.

By Grant Gross

7 Jul 2026 5 mins

Build AutomationC-SuiteCIO

6 new rules of IT leadership — and what they replace

The technology landscape is rapidly evolving — so too is the way IT chiefs should lead their organizations. Here’s which old rules of IT leadership are no longer relevant and what has replaced them.

By Mary K. Pratt

6 Jul 2026 10 mins

C-SuiteCIOCareers

Playing to win at the AI casino

Nimesh Mehta of National Life Group argues that CIOs need to approach AI less like a cautious technology program and more like a disciplined portfolio of bets designed to increase the odds of beating the house.

By Michael Bertha

6 Jul 2026 7 mins

C-SuiteCIOIT Strategy

How AI automation is reshaping the IT leadership pipeline

As companies move to automate entry-level and routine work, businesses face questions about the pathway to IT leadership, and how to balance AI automation with early-talent training and upskilling to ensure a future pool of IT talent.

By Sarah White

2 Jul 2026 6 mins

Build AutomationC-SuiteDevops

Complex tech challenges demand human leadership from CIOs

By CIO

15 Jul 2025 6 mins

CIOEvents

Using AI to reinvent care delivery at Novant Health

Vijay Sankararaman, chief AI officer of the integrated healthcare network, discusses how the nonprofit applies AI to transform patient experience, clinician workflows, and operations — and how the CAIO role enables enterprise-wide change.

By Martha Heller

1 Jul 2026 6 mins

C-SuiteCIOHealthcare Industry

7 ways to ensure effective digital leadership in the age of agentic AI

CIOs are turning agentic explorations into production services. From getting past the fear to embracing rapid change, here’s how digital leaders turn agents into powerful work colleagues.

By Mark Samuels

1 Jul 2026 6 mins

C-SuiteCIOIT Strategy

How to keep your IT talent pipeline from collapsing

As organizations cut early-career roles, experts say companies should instead be looking to the future and redesigning how they hire, train, and mentor young talent for the future.

By Paul Heltzel

29 Jun 2026 11 mins

CareersHiringIT Skills and Training

The rise of the product engineer: How AI is reshaping modern tech teams

AI is shifting tech teams away from narrow specialization toward product-minded engineers, boosting development speed by up to 45% through shared ownership.

By Oleksandr Kondratiuk

29 Jun 2026 8 mins

Artificial IntelligenceEngineerStaff Management

AI vendors fund non-profit to help workers adapt to AI era

Raise Us is partnering with tech giants including Microsoft and Anthropic, state governments, employers, and training organizations to help the US workforce ‘transition to an AI economy’, but analysts are skeptical.

By Lynn Greiner

26 Jun 2026 4 mins

IT JobsIT Skills and TrainingIT Training

What CIOs must do after the board meeting

Board meetings aren’t hit-and-run events. Afterward, CIOs need to take definitive and intentional next steps to demonstrate their value and build a meaningful and ongoing narrative with members.

By Brian Watson

25 Jun 2026 6 mins

C-SuiteCIOIT Strategy

8 generative AI certifications to grow your skills

IT pros with gen AI skills are in high demand. These certs can help you establish new career opportunities in a rapidly evolving field.

By Sarah White

24 Jun 2026 8 mins

CertificationsGenerative AIIT Skills and Training

Data lakehouses are becoming foundations for enterprise AI

Data lakehouses offer a solid footing, but when agents access the data autonomously, enterprises need to consider security, access controls, audit trails, and semantic context.

By Maria Korolov

24 Jun 2026 11 mins

C-SuiteCIOData Architecture