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ICT information and knowledge manager to information manager

An ICT information and knowledge manager already meets 25% of what the information manager role asks for. The move turns on 12 required skills not yet in the profile.

Fig. 1 · Skill transfer ESCO v1.2.1 · directional

From ICT information and knowledge manager

Distant match

To information manager

6 You already bring

12 Still to learn

30 Skills in the target role2

Learning distance Substantial retraining

73.6/ 100

adjacentmoderatesubstantialcareer change

1 How much of what an information manager is expected to do is already part of an ICT information and knowledge manager’s work. Directional: the figure for the reverse move differs, because moving into a speciality is not the same problem as moving out of one. 2 Every skill the information manager role is recorded as needing, required and optional together. What these numbers mean.

Why

Why this move works

An information manager role treats 5 of its required skills as things an ICT information and knowledge manager already does. You would walk in with these on day one.

assess informational needs
data quality assessment
design information system
manage information access aids
perform data mining

What stands in the way is 12 required skills the profile does not yet cover. Table 3 groups them; Table 4 says which to take first.

Table 2

Table 2 · What you already bring

Of the 6 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. An information manager role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of an ICT information and knowledge manager background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area

already held manage information access aids information skills
already held assess informational needs communication, collaboration and creativity
already held design information system communication, collaboration and creativity
already held data quality assessment business, administration and law
already held use databases working with computers
already held perform data mining working with computers

All 6 carried skills, including the 5 the information manager role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you may need to learn

The 24 missing skills fall into 8 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, numbered in the order worth working in. Areas carrying the most required skills come first, and inside each one the required skills sit above the optional ones. Nothing here is a verdict on you: it is a list of what this particular job asks for that your current one does not.

Skill to pick up Tier

01 management skills 3 required, 3 supplementary

still to learn develop organisational information goals required
still to learn develop information standards required
still to learn recruit employees required

optional, not held manage budgets optional
optional, not held manage schedule of tasks optional
optional, not held supervise daily information operations optional

02 information skills 3 required, 2 supplementary

still to learn analyse information systems required
still to learn evaluate project plans required
still to learn manage data required

optional, not held create semantic trees optional
optional, not held analyse big data optional

03 business, administration and law 2 required, 1 supplementary

still to learn corporate sustainability required
still to learn copyright legislation required

optional, not held organisational learning optional

04 communication, collaboration and creativity 2 required

still to learn cooperate to resolve information issues required
still to learn develop solutions to information issues required

05 working with computers 1 required, 4 supplementary

still to learn manage digital libraries required

optional, not held digitise documents optional
optional, not held maintain information network hardware optional
optional, not held manage digital documents optional
optional, not held use software for data preservation optional

06 assisting and caring 1 required

still to learn perform customer management required

2 further areas in the appendix

Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries an information manager role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.

Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.

Appendix

Appendix · The rest of the record

All 6 skills that carry over

Skill Type

already held assess informational needs skill
already held data quality assessment knowledge
already held design information system skill
already held manage information access aids skill
already held perform data mining skill
already held use databases skill

The 2 learning areas not shown above

Skill to pick up Tier

07 core skills and competences 1 supplementary

optional, not held manage digital identity optional

08 information and communication technologies (icts) 1 supplementary

optional, not held knowledge base optional

12 supplementary skills, helpful but not required

Skill to pick up Tier

optional, not held organisational learning optional
optional, not held create semantic trees optional
optional, not held analyse big data optional
optional, not held digitise documents optional
optional, not held knowledge base optional
optional, not held maintain information network hardware optional
optional, not held manage budgets optional
optional, not held manage digital documents optional
optional, not held manage digital identity optional
optional, not held manage schedule of tasks optional
optional, not held supervise daily information operations optional
optional, not held use software for data preservation optional

36 held skills the information manager role does not ask for

Skill Type

not needed by the target role analyse the context of an organisation skill
not needed by the target role assess ICT knowledge skill
not needed by the target role attack vectors knowledge
not needed by the target role business intelligence knowledge
not needed by the target role business processes knowledge
not needed by the target role coordinate technological activities skill
not needed by the target role create data models skill
not needed by the target role data mining knowledge
not needed by the target role data models knowledge
not needed by the target role data protection knowledge
not needed by the target role data storage knowledge
not needed by the target role decision support systems knowledge
not needed by the target role define technology strategy skill
not needed by the target role deliver visual presentation of data skill
not needed by the target role ensure information privacy skill
not needed by the target role implement ICT security policies skill
not needed by the target role implement data warehousing techniques skill
not needed by the target role information architecture knowledge
not needed by the target role information categorisation knowledge
not needed by the target role information confidentiality knowledge
not needed by the target role information extraction knowledge
not needed by the target role information security strategy knowledge
not needed by the target role information structure knowledge
not needed by the target role interact with users to gather requirements skill
not needed by the target role interpret current data skill
not needed by the target role keep up with the latest information systems solutions skill
not needed by the target role manage ICT data architecture skill
not needed by the target role manage business knowledge skill
not needed by the target role manage cloud data and storage skill
not needed by the target role manage data collection systems skill
not needed by the target role manage information sources skill
not needed by the target role migrate existing data skill
not needed by the target role online analytical processing knowledge
not needed by the target role structure information skill
not needed by the target role unstructured data knowledge
not needed by the target role utilise decision support system skill

4 gaps that are knowledge rather than practice

Knowledge gaps usually close through study. Practical skill gaps usually need something you can point at.

Skill to pick up Tier

still to learn corporate sustainability required
still to learn copyright legislation required
optional, not held organisational learning optional
optional, not held knowledge base optional

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FAQ

Common questions about this move

Can an ICT information and knowledge manager become an information manager?

Yes, and it is a substantial move. An ICT information and knowledge manager already covers 25% of what an information manager is expected to do: 6 skills carry over, 5 of which the information manager role treats as required.

What skills does an ICT information and knowledge manager need to become an information manager?

12 required skills are missing, plus 12 optional ones. They fall into 8 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, led by management skills. The single most important is analyse information systems.

How hard is the move from ICT information and knowledge manager to information manager?

Its learning distance is 73.6 out of 100, which is the substantial band. That accounts for both how much is missing and how specialised those skills are.

Note

How this record was compiled

Both occupations are taken from ESCO, which lists the skills and knowledge each occupation is expected to have and marks every one required or optional. Nothing here is a prediction about hiring, and nothing here knows that a particular employer wants a particular certificate. Treat Table 3 as a starting point for your own research rather than a syllabus. The full method states what these figures can and cannot tell you.