Digital Leadership - Attract, Develop & Retain Your Top Tech Talent (May 3rd, Virtual) - Free Event! |
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Join CIPS and SkillsTx on Tuesday May 3rd at 12pm ET for a live webinar exploring why creating a digital skills inventory can help organizations and individuals to determine the skills they have and plan for the skills required in the future.
This webinar will also provide a brief introduction to SFIA (Skills Framework for the Information Age), which is used in nearly 200 countries around the world for digital skills measurement and for establishing a common language for skills, competencies, job roles and job descriptions.
FREE Registration!
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New CIPS Certification Application 2022 Beta Version
Apply for Free before April 30th! (Membership Required)
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CIPS is excited to announce that it has released a new CIPS Certification Application (Beta Version) and welcomes new CIPS Certification applicants to use this new application and provide feedback for the final version.
This new Certification application utilizes the CIPS IT Skills Assessment tool for the Experience section which identifies your current IT skills, skills gaps, and the skills required to progress in your career. IT skills are assessed using SFIA (Skills Framework for the Information Age), which is a technical competency and skills framework that provides a method of mapping an individual’s professional skills to a set of internationally relevant standard definitions.
The “Certification Application Review Fee” will be waved for new application submissions using this Beta application until April 30th 2022. CIPS Membership is still required prior to applying.
Please note that the review time may be longer than the existing application routes.
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SITIC AFRICA ABIDJAN 2022
Join Canadian IT Companies in Africa!
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Canadian IT companies are going beyond their borders and heading to Africa!
Since the creation of the African Digital Opportunity Association in 2018, the work to raise awareness among Canadian IT companies and the sector associations that represent them has been initiated to enable these companies to access promising markets outside borders. The efforts have been concentrated on Africa for obvious reasons, e.g., a pool of young, dynamic, competent labor, important projects financed by international financial institutions, and the potential for partnerships with many specialized African companies to share skills and resources to meet these new projects.
The Canadian company is generally shy about accessing markets outside the commercial tradition, e.g., the United States, Latin America, China, and Europe.
Since 2018, the African Digital Opportunity Association has led several missions to SITIC AFRICA and received missions from African companies in the information technology sector.
In Canada. The pandemic has slowed down the work, affecting all of us. It is now, in 2022, that Canadians are taking the road to Abidjan to meet companies from Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Egypt, Mauritania, Ivory Coast, Senegal, Benin, Niger, Burkina Faso, Mali, Cameroon, Democratic Republic of Congo, Ghana, Togo, Kenya, Gabon, Rwanda, Nigeria, Djibouti, Madagascar, from Jordan from the United Arab Emirates and of course from France, Belgium, Germany, and Italy.
This year, a Canadian pavilion will host Canadian companies seeking mutually beneficial trade, courtesy of Global Affairs Canada. CIPS Canada (Canada’s Association of Information Technology (IT) Professionals) is currently recruiting IT companies across Canada to participate in SITIC AFRICA in Abidjan, Ivory Coast, on May 30, 31 & June 1 2022.
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Saskatchewan Mentorship Program Supporting
Internationally Trained IT Professionals and Students
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Funded in part by the Government of Saskatchewan, the CIPS Saskatchewan Mentorship Program is connecting IT mentors and mentees living in Saskatchewan, with a focus on supporting internationally trained IT professionals and students.
CIPS Saskatchewan, a Provincial Society of CIPS, Canada’s Association of IT Professionals, identified the need to support their internationally trained members and students living in Saskatchewan, and established a mentorship program to assist their members with their career development. This member benefit runs from September to June, with mentors and mentees meeting regularly.
Mentors and mentees are both encouraged to utilize the CIPS IT Skills Assessment and Career Planning tool, which identifies current IT skills, skills gaps, and the skills required to progress in their career. Members can then create an action plan to take courses to develop the required targeted skills to reach their career goals. IT skills are assessed using SFIA (Skills Framework for the Information Age), which is a technical competency and skills framework that provides a method of mapping an individual’s professional skills to a set of internationally relevant standard definitions.
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Info-Tech – New CIPS Member Benefit! |
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Info-Tech is proud to partner with the CIPS to bring its members valuable resources designed to help tackle the latest challenges facing IT departments.
Sign up today to take advantage of these exclusive benefits and take your IT department to the next level!
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IT Skills Assessment and Career Planning |
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CIPS Members can then set career goals and compare their current skills to the skills required to progress in their career. Members can then create an action plan to take courses to develop the required targeted skills to reach their career goals.
1) Assess your current IT Skills
2) Set your Career Goals
Compare the skills you currently have to the skills you need to progress in your career
3) Develop Targeted Skills
Create an action plan, take courses, and develop targeted skills to reach your career goals
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Bell CIPS Member Benefit: Save up to 30% on plans! |
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As a CIPS member, switch to Bell and get preferred pricing for you and your family (on up to 5 lines) with the Bell Exclusive Partner Program!
Amazing network. Amazing offer.
Save big on phones and up to 30% on plans with unlimited data†, talk and text
To redeem this exclusive offer, follow these five easy steps:
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Visit Bell.ca/EPP or call 1 833 237 0600
- Register as new user, choose ‘Personal Email’ option
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Enter CIPS in the company/association field and select your company from the drop down
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Upload proof of CIPS membership (PDF or JPG formats)
- Check out your exclusive offers from Bell!
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Process Mining Kick-Start – Identify and address bottlenecks in your workflows (Featured Article) |
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via Appian, a CIPS Corporate Partner
Process mining helps organizations gain transparency into how processes actually work, unlocking insights and uncovering optimization opportunities.
To help you gain insights quickly, Appian offers the Process Mining KickStart program. This assessment-based approach equips your team with Appian experts to leverage process mining, helping you easily identify and address bottlenecks in your workflows.
Benefits:
• Expert implementation for fast time to value.
• Use case refinement and guidance.
• Transformation of extracted data.
• Process optimization recommendations for possible automation with Appian.
• Configurable dashboards for continued monitoring.
• Training for long-term success.
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Subscribe to the Responsible AI Institute (RAII) E-Newsletter |
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Our partner, the Responsible AI Institute (RAII), produces a newsletter with the latest in responsible AI events, announcements, news, and activities.
The latest newsletter features a course taught by RAII Executive Director on Implementing Responsible AI, as well as a link to a full library of other free responsible AI courses.
They have also highlighted key upcoming AI conferences, which CIPS members can attend to hear expert panels and speeches.
Subscribe here to receive this newsletter directly, and get key updates on the world of AI, data, and tech right to your inbox!
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Share your CIPS Certificates and Badges on
your LinkedIn Profile, Email Signature, and More!
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QUICK ACCESS: Click “Retrieve a Credential” and enter your email. All of your Certificates and Badges associated with this email will be emailed to you.
FULL ACCESS: – Click “Sign In” for Full Access to post your Credentials on your LinkedIn Profile under the “Licenses & Certifications” section.
Once you’ve accessed your Credentials you can obtain your Unique Certificate/Badge URL, share your Certificate/Badge on Social Media, Embed it in your Email Signature, and download a PDF version.
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The following organizations support CIPS' commitment to professionalism, ethics, and high standards for the I.T. profession and industry. CIPS thanks all its partners for their contribution.
Become a CIPS Partner Today! - Send an email to info@cips.ca.
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