Careers - MSc in Information Management
The MSc in Information Management prepares students in core areas of information management and also allows students to study more specialist information-related modules in particular areas of interest. Students are thus equipped to take up jobs in a wide range of employment sectors and in positions that suit their career aspirations.
Employment Sectors of Recent Graduates
Graduates from the MSc in Information Management go into a range of information/library and IT/Computing related jobs. In recent years, graduates have obtained employment in the following sectors:
- Higher/Further Education Libraries
- Public Libraries
- National/Government Library & Information Units
- Industrial/Commercial Library & Information Units
- Financial/Law Library & Information Units
- Hospital/Health Library & Information Units
- Other Library & Information Units (eg Schools, Prisons, Professional organisations, etc)
- IT/Computing Industry
- University IT/Admin
- Higher PhD Research Degrees
Job Titles of Recent Graduates
Graduates from the MSc in Information Management take up a variety of different types of post on starting employment. Examples of the job titles of recent graduates are given below:
- Information Officer, Information Specialist, Information Librarian, Information Advisor, Assistant Information Officer, Information Resource Coordinator, Information Development Worker
- Knowledge Management Officer, Knowledge Assistant, Knowledge Point Consultant
- Management Information Systems Officer, Systems Analyst, Analyst/Advisor, Junior Software Engineer, Web Projects Manager
- Library Executive, Information Centre Librarian, Assistant Librarian, Senior Library Assistant, Distance Learning Services Coordinator
- Researcher, Junior Researcher, Research Assistant
Organisations/Companies of Recent Graduates
Graduates from the MSc in Information Management obtain posts with a wide range of organisations and companies. For instance, recent graduates have found jobs with:
- Public sector with organizations such as: Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council, BBC Information and Archives, Chinese Overseas Christian Mission, Construction Industry Training Board, DfEE, GCHQ, Heatherwood and Wexham Park Hospitals, House of Commons Library, Laboratory of the Government Chemist, National Assembly for Wales, NSPCC Library and Information Centre, Qualifications and Curriculum Development Authority, Royal Hallamshire Hospital (Sheffield), YMCA England
- Education sector with institutions such as: Central Middlesex Hospital Trust Postgraduate Medical Centre, JFS (formerly Jews Free School), University of Wales Cardiff (Law Library), University of Leeds (Insititute for Cancer Epidemiology, Brotherton and Edward Boyle Libraries), University of London Library, University of Manchester (Dept. of Computing), Sheffield Hallam University, University of Sheffield
- Private sector with organizations such as: Catalyst Fund Management Ltd., Consumers' Association Information Centre, Deutsche Bank, Ernst and Young, Freshfields, HSBC Bank Plc, KMPG Audit Plc, Linklaters & Alliance, Lovell White Durrant, Pearson Education, Pricewaterhouse Coopers, Schroder Saloman Smith Barney, Yorkshire Water
- Overseas with organizations such as: New South Wales Bar Association Library (Australia), IBM Corporation (Taiwan), Lee & Li Attorneys at Law (Taiwan), Kai Chan (Dublin).
Job Information
A large proportion of our graduates have found employment either by the time the programme finishes on 1st September, or shortly afterwards.
A wide variety of sources can be used to locate job information, and many MSc in Information Management graduates find employment details via:
- The Appointments section of the CILIP Gazette (inc. the online version at LISJobNet)
- Jinfo (Jobs in Information) the online service provided by FreePint
- The Guardian, and regional/local newspapers
- Web-based sources, eg. Jobs.ac.uk and local government websites
- Email discussion lists (e.g. lis-link hosted by JISCmail)
- Specialist Recruitment Agencies (inc. Sue Hill Recruitment, Instant Library, TFPL and INFOMatch)
- University of Sheffield Careers Service online jobs vacancy service
- Word of mouth, speculative enquiries, and via former employers or family and friends