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          For your eyes only?
          Why careers information teams need
          to demonstrate professionalism

                           Megan Wiley
                       Information Specialist
                Careers Service, University of Bristol


New Professionals Conference 2011
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                                             Overview
       My perspective: why this topic?
       Background: careers services
                    information roles
       Issues for careers information staff
       Professional qualifications + CILIP
       Communicating with colleagues
       Relevance beyond careers services
My perspective




University of Bristol, Public Relations Office, 2011
What do higher education (HE)
             careers services do?




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Association of Graduate Careers
    Advisory Services (AGCAS)
 132 higher education careers service members
 Over 2,250 individual members
 Careers and employability education, information, advice and
  guidance (CEIAG)
 Careers Information Specialists Group (CISG)
 AGCAS-CIO@jiscmail.ac.uk
What do information staff do?




              http://www.wordle.net/show/wrdl/3771026/Careers_information_job_titles
Frontline work

                 Library Management System

                 Physical stock

                 Cross-team working

                 Employers

                 Careers Advisers


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                Are we seen as admin?
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Online developments:
pros and cons
http://www.flickr.com/photos/cushinglibrary/4790463166/




Are careers
services all
about advice
and guidance?
How relevant is a professional
qualification?




http://www.flickr.com/photos/annarbor/4350629792
Why pay a professional?




http://www.flickr.com/photos/blatantnews/4013275725/
Keeping in touch with colleagues




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What
                                      works?



http://www.flickr.com/photos/mikee032901/2306216747/
is invisible?
                                                                information work
                                                                Lots of
                   Relevance to other
                      information
                        services



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Get in touch


                    megan.wiley@bristol.ac.uk
                          twitter.com/wiley9000




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