A Content Analysis of Online Job Advertisements for Private Sector Employment of Graduates of Information and Records Management Departments in Turkey

Abstract

The graduates of Information and Records Management Departments (IRMD) have employment in both the public and private sectors. This study attempts to determine what professional and non-professional skills IRMD graduates should have for employment in the private sector, which ones have more possibilities for employment and which titles to employ. For this purpose, qualitative content analysis of job advertisements published online during the period of 2015-2017 was carried out. As a result of content analysis, the graduates are employed with various titles such as "librarian, library manager, library teacher, archivist" in various institutions such as “special universities, special schools, hospitals, banks.” In addition, it is determined that the highest employment is in Istanbul; followed by big cities such as Ankara, İzmir and Kocaeli. Professional skills in job advertisements seem to concentrate on "being a graduate of LIS, having knowledge and/or experience about archiving and documentation, having knowledge and/or experience about cataloging and classication, having the necessary knowledge and/or experience to carry out circulation services, having the necessary knowledge and/or experience about digitalization, etc." conditions. In addition to these, the non-professional skills/conditions required in the advertisements are similar in most of it and that "completing military service, knowing good command of a foreign language (English, Arabic etc.), using MS Ofce programs at a good level, having effective communication skills, having teamwork skills and to adapt to flexible working hours, etc.".

Keywords

• Kütüphanecilik ve Bilgi Bilimi
• Bilgi ve Belge Yönetimi
• İş İlanları
• Özel Sektör
• Arşivcilik Bilimi
• Dokümantasyon