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Where an information manager can go next

4 destinations recorded, ranked by how much of the target role an information manager already meets. The closer to the top of Table 1, the less there is to learn.

Information managers are responsible for systems that provide information to people. They assure access to the information in different work environments (public or private) based on theoretical principles and hands-on capabilities in storing, retrieving and communicating information.

Also known as academic information coordinator, information scientist, information officer, documentalist, knowledge manager.

Professionals 30 skills on file 4 career moves 0 above 60% overlap Closest: library assistant, 23%

Fig. 2 · Career map 4 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
library assistant 23% covered librarian 23% covered archivist 20% covered library manager 17% covered information manager You are here
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 4 nearest destinations from information manager, each one a link to that move’s record. Distance from the centre is how much retraining the move takes; the figure on each is how much of that role an information manager already covers. All 4 are listed in the tables below.
Table 1

Table 1 · A bigger jump

Possible, but expect real retraining rather than a sideways step. Only 4 moves are listed. Few other occupations share enough of this job's skills for a fair comparison, and jobs that share almost all of them are left out as the same work under another name.

Table 2

Table 2 · What the job itself asks for

An information manager needs 17 required skills and areas of knowledge. These 10 are the ones fewest other jobs share, so they say the most about the work.

Required skill Area
  • analyse information systems information skills
  • cooperate to resolve information issues communication, collaboration and creativity
  • develop organisational information goals management skills
  • develop solutions to information issues communication, collaboration and creativity
  • evaluate project plans information skills
  • manage digital libraries working with computers
  • manage information access aids information skills
  • assess informational needs communication, collaboration and creativity
  • develop information standards management skills
  • design information system communication, collaboration and creativity
Table 3

Table 3 · Jobs that lead here

The reverse view: occupations whose skills already cover much of what an information manager does. The figure is how much of this job each one brings.

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Information manager is filed under Professionals, ISCO major group 2. The full index lists all ten groups.

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How these figures were compiled

Overlap is how much of the target role is already part of an information manager’s work. It is directional: the figure for the reverse move differs. Every entry above opens the full comparison for that move: what carries over, what is missing, and where to start. The full method.