Danielle Thiago Ferreira

Profissional da informação: perfil de habilidades demandadas pelo mercado de trabalho

Research carried through with the objective to contribute with the knowledge about the job market for the Information Professionals, by the analysis of their roles in knowledge organizations. Twelve consulting companies of human resources recruitment and selection were assessed to obtain information about the current job market demand. Additionally, job market literature, professional qualifications required by the market and employers´ statements were collected and analyzed. Four main conclusions were achieved: (1) professionals should continuously develop their technical abilities of typical Information Science as well as their behavioral attitudes; (2) the potentialities of those professionals are not always recognized by the job market; (3) as a consequence, it is not common to find Information Professionals on top level positions as analysts or managers, and (4) the main causes of the above deficiencies are both the lack of development of those abilities during the formation period, as well as the lack of recognition of the Information Professionals´ profile by the market and the self-image by themselves.Doze empresas de consultoria em recrutamento e selecao de recursos humanos foram estudadas para obter informacoes acerca da demanda atual do mercado de trabalho. Foram levantadas e analisadas as literaturas sobre o mercado de trabalho, as qualificacoes profissionais requeridas pelo mercado e as informacoes obtidas em depoimentos de empregadores. O estudo trouxe quatro conclusoes principais: (1) os profissionais devem desenvolver continuamente suas habilidades tecnicas tipicas de ciencia da informacao, bem como suas atitudes comportamentais; (2) as potencialidades desses profissionais nem sempre sao reconhecidas pelo mercado de trabalho; (3) como consequencia, nao e comum encontrar profissionais da informacao ocupando posicoes superiores como analistas ou gerentes; (4) as causas principais das deficiencias sao tanto a falta de desenvolvimento dessas habilidades durante o periodo de formacao, quanto a falta de reconhecimento do perfil dos profissionais da informacao pelo mercado e da auto-imagem por eles mesmos.