build a career in the brave new world of work

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

connie@crosbygroup.ca416-919-6719

@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