Information Management and Career Development
Module 1
Career Success in the Information Age
16 Courses
Career Decisions: From Insight to Impact Platform: Coursera Institution: Wesleyan University Started: 23/02/2019 Finished: 27/02/2019 Building Your Career in Tomorrow's Workplace Platform: FutureLearn Institution: University of Exeter Started: 27/02/2019 Finished: 01/03/2019 Job Success: Get Hired or Promoted in 3 Steps Platform: Coursera Institution: The State University of New York Started: 18/07/2017 Finished: 18/07/2017 Survive & Thrive as a Creative Freelancer: A Beginner's Guide Platform: Coursera Institution: Kingston University Started: 09/01/2023 Finished: 23/01/2023 Communication Foundations Platform: LinkedIn Institution: LinkedIn Learning Started: 01/12/2017 Finished: 22/03/2018 Time Management Fundamentals Platform: LinkedIn Institution: LinkedIn Learning Started: 11/11/2017 Finished: 25/11/2017 Consulting Foundations Platform: LinkedIn Institution: LinkedIn Learning Started: 02/03/2018 Finished: 03/03/2018
Business Etiquette: Phone, Email, and Text Platform: LinkedIn Institution: LinkedIn Learning Started: 02/11/2017 Finished: 04/11/2017 Note-Taking for Business Professionals Platform: LinkedIn Institution: LinkedIn Learning Started: 03/11/2017 Finished: 04/11/2017 Learning Excel 2016 Platform: LinkedIn Institution: LinkedIn Learning Started: 01/12/2017 Finished: 01/12/2017 Learning Word 2016 Platform: LinkedIn Institution: LinkedIn Learning Started: 01/12/2017 Finished: 01/12/2017 Learning Outlook 2016 Platform: LinkedIn Institution: LinkedIn Learning Started: 01/12/2017 Finished: 01/12/2017 Learning PowerPoint 2016 Platform: LinkedIn Institution: LinkedIn Learning Started: 01/12/2017 Finished: 01/12/2017 Learning Access 2016 Platform: LinkedIn Institution: LinkedIn Learning Started: 01/12/2017 Finished: 02/12/2017 Learning Typing Platform: LinkedIn Institution: LinkedIn Learning Started: 06/01/2018 Finished: 01/09/2020 Career Success Capstone Platform: Coursera Institution: University of California, Irvine Started: 18/07/2017 Finished: 01/09/2020
9 Books
Bullshit Jobs: The Rise of Pointless Work and What We Can Do About It Author: David Graeber Publisher: Penguin Books Published: 2018 Started: 29/12/2018 Finished: 08/01/2019 Choose Yourself: Be Happy, Make Millions, Live the Dream Author: James Altucher Publisher: Self-published Published: 2013 Started: 13/09/2014 Finished: 18/09/2014 The 4-Hour Work Week: Escape the 9-5, Live Anywhere and Join the New Rich Author: Timothy Ferriss Publisher: Vermilion Published: 2011 Started: 13/03/2014 Finished: 04/05/2014 Stop Thinking Like a Freelancer: The Evolution of a $1M Web Designer Author: Liam Veitch Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform Published: 2014 Started: 07/09/2016 Finished: 27/03/2017 LinkedWorking: Generating Success On The World's Largest Professional Networking Website Author: Frank Agin & Lewis Howes Publisher: Four Eighteen Enterprises Published: 2009 Started: 18/10/2014 Finished: 23/10/2014 Start a Freedom Business Author: Colin Wright Publisher: Self-published Published: 2011 Started: 28/01/2016 Finished: 16/02/2018 Ignite the Fire: The Secrets to Building a Successful Personal Training Career Author: Jonathan Goodman Publisher: eBookIt.com Published: 2015 (first published April 3rd 2012) Started: 02/01/2018 Finished: 19/01/2018 Marketing: A Career Guide Author: Christopher Wright Publisher: Pack & Post Plus Published: 2019 Started: 20/01/2019 Finished: 01/02/2019 Give and Take: A Revolutionary Approach to Success Author: Adam M. Grant Publisher: Penguin Audio Published: 2013 Started: 19/11/2018 Finished: 12/12/2018
“The world of work is changing so rapidly, as emerging technologies like artificial intelligence, machine learning, and automation change job requirements. As technologies continue to evolve and business conditions shift, employees must stay in learning mode so their skills don’t lose currency.
It’s one thing to keep up with skills as they’re changing in the here and now. It’s a whole different challenge to prepare yourself for tools and technologies that may exist only in the minds of engineers, if at all. Meanwhile, too many of us neglect to develop important soft skills when the need for hard skills feels so urgent, even though our ongoing career success depends on a healthy blend of the two.
There’s so much uncertainty and ambiguity around the future of work, it doesn’t matter your industry or job function. That’s why, when anyone asks what the next “hot” skill will be, I say it’s the same skill that will serve people today, tomorrow, and far into the future—the ability to learn.“
Kevin H. Johnson, The Most Important Skill For 21st-Century Success, forbes.com, 13/07/2018
The information age – also known as the digital age – began in the mid-20th-century and refers to the development of transistor technology and digital electronics that gave rise to a rapid transition away from traditional industrial age methods to an economy primarily based on information communication technologies. Upon broader usage within society, the information age has led to modernized information and communication processes becoming the driving force of social evolution and cultural change.
Career development has been hugely impacted by transitions of the information age and career success depends on your mastery of the skills and mindsets required in the fast-changing digital economy.
This module laid the groundwork for acquiring digital skills and traditional skills that are still applicable today. It also focused my thinking on what nature of work is still relevant and useful in the information age.