Now it's decruiting, or trying to keep the people you've got. So stop the flood of resignations and decruit your folks from evil headhunters. You'll be amazed at people's company pride. You'll be impressed by their corporate loyalty. But just in case, I'd throw in a bigger cubicle and maybe a parking spot near the door.
Someone has to keep tabs on the executive folks in the wood-paneled offices.
It's a full-time job to schmooze with the CEO, convince him IS is important and keep outsourcers from his door. Every business needs a page on the World Wide Web. You need a webrammer, someone who works all day and goes home and surfs the 'net all night as opposed to a programmer, who works all day, doesn't go home and has to work all night. There are no more cushy IS director jobs. Now you have to be a directitect, a combination leader, architect and programmer.