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93 CIO / HEALTH IT workers from our internal business units and train them up. us, in both scenarios we present ourselves as an opportunity for people to get some on-the-job training and experience under their belt in the technology space. Once an individual is part of the team, we offer very flexible hours, remote work privileges and opportunities for the employee to have a say in how products and services get developed within the technology division. As an agency we have expanded our maternity leave policy, committed to an improved diversity, equity and inclusion experience, and made a huge investment in employee engagement. ese are some of the ways we have seen improvement in our retention numbers. Brian Shea, CIO of MedOne Hospital Physicians (Columbus, Ohio): We focus on recruiting the individual, not necessarily the role. It is great to find someone who marks all the technical requirement checkboxes, but it is more important to focus on finding the right individual. is includes so skills — finding someone who can not only communicate, but communicate effectively. ere is a big difference! If you can find the right person, the role aspect is the easy part. To be able to maintain talented IT is also an art. You need to learn and understand what is important to each individual specifically. On a high level, people want to feel challenged, people want their opinion to be heard and valued, they want an opportunity to grow, and they want to feel they are compensated fairly. If any one of these things is off, it could lead to an individual wondering what another organization or position might be like versus what they have today. n More than 32,000 tech workers have been laid off in 2022 By Giles Bruce M ore than 32,000 U.S. tech workers have lost their jobs in 2022, according to an analysis by the business data website Crunchbase. The tech industry has been battered this year by a tumultuous stock market, declining valuations and dwindling startup investments. As Becker's has reported, several health tech startups have laid off employees in recent weeks. Some of the biggest tech job cuts have taken place at Better (5,000 employees); Peloton (2,800); Carvana (2,500); GoPuff (1,900); and Coinbase (1,100), according to Crunchbase. The website analyzed layoffs through July 27 using media re- ports, social media posts and the crowdsourced database Layoffs.fyi. n Top 25 tech hubs by salary By Giles Bruce D espite the pandemic increasing the number of people who work remotely, traditional tech hubs still lead in average salaries for technologists, though some up-and-coming areas have seen pay growth, according to a 2022 salary report from career website Dice.com. These are the top 25 tech hubs ranked by salary: 1. Silicon Valley: $133,204 2. Seattle: $118,729 3. New York City: $115,510 4. Boston: $114,959 5. San Diego: $114,801 6. Denver: $114,096 7. Los Angeles: $113,658 8. Baltimore/Washington, D.C.: $112,697 9. Austin, Texas: $109,176* 10. Atlanta: $107,185 11. Portland, Ore.: $107,185* 12. Philadelphia: $106,725 13. Chicago: $106,537 14. Dallas/Fort Worth, Texas: $106,113 15. Raleigh, N.C.: $102,375 16. Charlotte, N.C.: $100,691* 17. Houston: $100,341 18. Detroit: $99,376 19. Pittsburgh: $98,304* 20. Tampa, Fla.: $97,098* 21. St. Louis: $95,241* 22. Cleveland: $95,120* 23. Miami: $92,004 24. Phoenix: $91,105 25. Columbus, Ohio: $86,375* *Places noted with an asterisk had less than 100 respondents so are not statistically valid but were included by Dice.com for continuity purposes. n