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Articles & White Papers

To learn more about thought leadership topics on which MDI is publishing or industry trends, please feel free to view or download any of the articles or white papers below:

IT Articles

Maximum Exposure—Choosing Consulting as a Career. After working with consultants for almost 20 years, MDI has pinpointed five specific areas that contribute most to a person's level of satisfaction with career choice and stability. While these factors — compensation, business exposure, technology, convenience and, most importantly, personal marketability — are not new terms, their importance is heightened in the context of today's employment landscape, where true career stability and job satisfaction come from the individual rather than the employer. View entire article

Leveraging Diversity in the Sales Process. Supplier diversity programs, ultimately created to better connect businesses with their end users, present minority owned businesses with a distinct opportunity to break into world-class procurement systems. Although these programs are often heavily promoted, many small businesses find themselves uneasy about participating and therefore are losing out on this low-hanging fruit. This article is designed to educate minority-owned businesses about supplier diversity programs and how best to leverage this considerable opportunity. View entire article

Securing the Right Talent. With skilled IT unemployment rates expected to hover around two percent, and with IT demands more complex than ever, many companies are compelled to seek outside staffing assistance. Engaging IT staffing vendors usually entails choosing from two standard staffing models, one focused on quick placement of readily available talent and the other concentrated on seeking out best-in-class IT professionals for specific or critical assignments. Each model serves a unique purpose and should be applied in specific scenarios that optimize its strategic value. Companies preparing to launch business-driven IT projects are well served to carefully consider each model’s merits and apply the strategy most likely to propel project success. View entire article

IT White Papers

The New Contingent Workforce Management Model. The goal is simple: Implement a program that locates and acquires outstanding people who meet very exacting standards and complex requirements – within market rates. Without an in-depth understanding of the IT labor category and open communication, even the most well-intentioned programs will fall short in fully-supporting most IT departmental needs. Several characteristics of successful programs are beginning to surface, but what MDI Group has learned is that our clients are best served by a hybrid approach. Programs must be able to deliver the operational efficiency of a traditional MSP or VMS program, with the high-touch service capability of an IT consultancy. View entire white paper

Moving Up the QA Maturity Ladder: A Three-Phase Approach to Improve the Effectiveness and Efficiency of the QA Department. Inefficient QA practices lead to increased defects, lower customer satisfaction, inefficient schedules, lower employee morale and many other ills that affect bottom line numbers by increasing costs. In the white paper titled “Moving Up the QA Maturity Ladder,” MDI Group outlines ways organizations can use the three-phase QA Maturity Assessment approach to improve the effectiveness and efficiency of the QA department. View entire white paper

For more information on any of the articles or white pages featured here, or to contact the authors, please contact Lauren Parker, Marketing Director, at pr@mdigroup.com.

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