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In this Hiring Manager Interview, Wyeth CIO Jeffrey Keisling explains how working with the business on IT staffing helps promote IT-business alignment.

One of the greatest measures of our success is that the employees in IT are indistinguishable from their business colleagues," says the drug-maker's vice president of corporate information systems and chief information officer.

In this article, Jeffrey Keisling answers a number of questions such as:

• Have you brought people into IT who have been with the company or in the industry, but who may not have had a strong technical background?

• What types of positions are you currently recruiting for? Answer: "...we are very focused on two areas: One is business analysis, and the second, which is complimentary, is business process skills."

• What is the process for interviewing a candidate for a job in your IT department?

• What do you consider a successful hire?

• What should candidates wear to an interview?

• What advice can you offer candidates about their résumés, thank-you notes and cover letters?

• What three interview questions do you always ask and why?

Author: John Mann