Build a Career in the Brave New World
of WorkConnie Crosby@conniecrosby
McGill University , Faculty of InformationWeb 2.U, Montreal, February 7, 2014
First.....an apology
Photo by Iain Farrellhttp://www.flickr.com/photos/58442690@N00/3765607867/
The traditional 9 to 5 job is disappearing
Workplaces are changing
Libraries are being downsized
What’s an Information student to do?
What my colleagues had to say....
look at the skills you have, see how they fit
the jobs may not be called “library” or
“information”
they may not be full time, permanent
positions
“The future is too important to be left to
chance.”
“The future must be created day by day, person by person, rather than left
to chance or fate.”
- Bruce Rosenstein on Peter Drucker
Create Your Future the
Peter Drucker Way
by Bruce Rosenstein
Skills you have are needed....right now!
...but people don’t know it yet.
What are these areas of opportunity?
information management
information architecture
indexing, taxonomy, metadata
linked data& semantic web
website development
user experience (UX)
search engine optimization
website data analysis
content strategy
content management
knowledge management (KM)
knowledge strategy
project management(PM)
change management
intranet development
intranet maintenance
usage analytics monitoring
records management (RIM)
business analysis
data analysis
big data analysis
database management
business information (BI)
competitive intelligence (CI)
social media planning
community management
social media monitoring
audience outreach
influencer outreach
mobile usage
mobile app development
accessibility
content creation
management
policy development
privacy
freedom of information
advocacy
Phew!(what did I miss??)
How to meet the future?
Develop a portfolio of work
Competitive intelligence...for your
own future
Be flexible
Be entrepreneurial
Follow the opportunities
Keep connecting
Keep developing your skills
Howard Rheingold:5 social media literacies
• Attention
• Participation
• Digital Know How and Collective Intelligence
• Crap Detection
• The Shape of Networks and Why They Matter
5 social media literacies
Develop your communication skills
Keep learning
Thank you!Connie Crosby
Crosby Group Consultinghttp://crosbygroup.ca
@conniecrosby@crosbygroup
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Image credits
• nerd girl, svetikd, istockphotohttp://www.istockphoto.com/stock-photo-17266695-nerd.php
• I’m really sorry, Iain Farrell, Flickrhttp://www.flickr.com/photos/58442690@N00/3765607867/
• Howard Rheingold, by Joi Ito, Flickrhttp://www.flickr.com/photos/joi/2120715411
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