Sharing Perspectives and Realizing Knowledge (SPARK)
SPARK is a joint program between OneIT and HCIS for professionals within the IT community to enhance experiential, or "on-the-job" learning and career mobility. Experiential learning is one mechanism to help ensure the skills of our IT workforce meet current and future institutional needs, a specific strategy under the IT Workforce of the Future goal in the OneIT Strategic Plan, and aligned with UI Health Care’s ICARE core values.
SPARK benefits our campus
- Aligning employee development with organizational needs
- Leveraging existing skilled employees to address skills shortages
- Driving recruitment, retention, productivity, and engagement, and reducing turnover
- Identifying commonalities and opportunities for collaboration, building cohesion within the campus IT community
SPARK benefits our people
- Cultivating curiosity
- Experiencing stretch opportunities
- Exploring and opening up career interests and aspirations
- Generating ideas and innovation with new people in new settings
- Gaining a broader perspective to help them operate more effectively
If you have questions about SPARK, please email: ui-spark@iowa.uiowa.edu