Opportunities in the field of Information and Data Management

The current economy has its base in information and data. Thus, managing these crucial resources is immensely important. Information is a vital resource for almost all working people. Managers, scientists or anybody engaged in the job of planning, controlling or strategy making at any level in the organisation knows how important information & data management is for the efficient working of a company.

Management of information and data is also crucial for the sake of safety of decisions within the company. While with the advent of new technologies, the work of information and data managers has become easy and systematic, responsibility to protect it from competitors has grown manifolds. If used as per requirement and managed properly, the stored information can lead to innovations, increase productivity, improve standards and ensure a smooth working within the company. This is the reason more and more job opportunities are being created in the field of information and data management. And a trained person in this field is equipped to take up jobs in a wide range of employment sectors and in positions that suit his career aspirations.

With time this field too has scene a major transformation. From managing the information manually in the form of books, it has moved to the online medium. Now all major information and data are stored online and from there they are further assimilated as and how required, depending on the organisations’ needs.


Education and Skill-set required

The foremost skill required to for this field the technical know-how. Various government institutes like DOEAAC and private ones like NIIT, offer certificate to degree level courses in information and data management.
To be successful in this field of information and data management, a person needs to have a lot of patience and a will to spend lot of time in planning and arranging information. The only people who fair well in this career are those who have perseverance to wait for results. Scope is also abundant in the field of research for data and information managers.


Opportunities 

As newer industries such as BPOs, KPOs, high level medical service providers, insurance providers, banks, etc, increase, the demand for professionals in data entry too is gaining importance. The data entry operators help in the smooth handling of information by keeping the data up-to-date and in a structural manner so that it can be used as and when required. Depending on the skill set, jobs are available at various levels. Starting from handling highly technical material to combining and rearranging material as per the needs of various departments, the field has jobs at many levels.
There are various types of data entry services including online data entry, image data entry, catalogue data entry, database data entry, data entry of surveys, data entry of books, data entry of company reports, data entry from yellow pages and data entry of insurance claims, etc.

The managers in this field also work for private companies that engage in regular research. Professionals need to assimilate information to understand the requirements of the customers, which differs with different products, thus, making strong market intelligence an essential trait. These business dealings require a high level of clerical and administrative work. The information provided is used for decision making and planning purposes within the company.