Choosing a profession related to information

We live in the era of information, and therefore it is logical that professions related to the processing and protection of information are especially in demand today. This is what the applicants take on board. But the list is extensive - from accounting to journalism, from editorial work to topography.

Information can be very different: alphabetic, numeric, using other symbols (geographic, chemical, programming language). And each information needs processing - analysis, systematization, packaging and so on. Professions related to information are aimed at this.

In the top of the specialties that relate directly to information, there are professions that today imply different opportunities.... Some may allow a specialist to work remotely. Some are directed to work in a large corporation with a large number of intraprofessional connections.

A journalist is a literary worker involved in the creation, collection, editing, preparation and execution of information. Most often, information is collected for the editorial board of the media. These can be printed resources, television and radio journalism, and more recently electronic media.

The ease of entering the profession is an illusion of modern society, because every video blogger can consider himself a journalist, which, of course, is not true. Journalism requires professional training at a university. This is a base that you can use in the future at your own discretion.It is not easy to apply for a journalist: as a rule, even at the interview stage, a prospective student must provide a creative portfolio. Without this, it is difficult to become a journalist, therefore they begin to prepare for admission in high school, collecting the necessary material.

A translator is a specialist whose task is to competently and close to the original translate information from one language to another.... Translation can be both written and oral. But they usually train a universal specialist who can work with a specific person, translating him online, and in the form of a literary translator. Of course, there is such a thing as "technical translation".

Today, specialists who are engaged in translation in the field of copywriting are also in great demand - they write info articles in English and other languages. That is, a person entering the translation department can count on expanding the scope of their professional capabilities.

This specialist works with text, he often structures information, checks it, corrects errors and shortcomings, stylistic inaccuracies. The finished text must meet the requirements of the genre for which it is being prepared. An editor can also be a manager (chief editor). Editing is a responsible process, because it is the editor who is responsible for the final version of the text.

This is the name of a position that implies expertise in economic issues of industry, banking, agriculture and other areas. The production economist is responsible for coordinating the workload of the enterprise and its divisions. He can plan production, take into account balances, calculate raw volumes. Labor and payroll economists develop employee motivation programs and calculate labor productivity. Analytical economists analyze the potential profitability of projects, as well as the financial performance of the enterprise as a whole.

A person who is involved in programming is called a programmer. This specialist creates the source code for the program, which is written in a symbolic language. A programmer, by the way, does not have to work on a computer. He can write programs on anything, and on a computer he tests the code.

A programmer is not equal to an IT specialist. IT technologies are about five dozen different specialties, and the programmer is only one of them. Programmers can be systems, application and web specialists. Application programs write programs and applications, systems write operating systems, web programmers deal with websites.

The accountant is engaged in accounting in the company, maintains document circulation, prepares and sends reports (including tax reports) to the control authorities. It is also the accountant's job to keep these records safe.

In addition, the following responsibilities may be assigned to an accountant: to conduct financial transactions for the purchase and sale of a product, settle accounts with customers and suppliers, maintain property records of the organization, calculate salaries, interact with banks and keep an inventory. The extended functionality concerns the accountant, who is the only one in the organization. But if the company is large, there are several specialists, and each performs predominant functions.

This is a marketer whose task is to promote services and goods, to competently build a sales system. The profession itself literally means "studying the market", because a specialist studies the needs of a potential client... The marketer is engaged in the analysis of the sales market, competitive intelligence, the formation of a product range, the construction of a sales system, as well as the setting of tasks and the transfer of some functionality to subordinates and employees.

A specialist carrying out engineering activities, as a rule, is engaged in the creation and improvement of technical devices. This profession belongs to the type of "man-technician", and is focused on processing and receiving new technical information. Engineer is the common name for many professions. For example, a design engineer, a technical engineer, an architectural engineer, etc. To obtain this specialty, you need to enter the technical faculty.

A surveyor is a specialist with a higher technical education who is engaged in topographic and geodetic, survey, design and layout work. The subject of his activity is to observe buildings and structures, their deformation, to maintain performance documentation. The topographer measures the earth's surface and conducts ground instrumental surveys of the terrain and relief. And this information activity allows him to create topographic plans using a system of symbols.

This is an official who supervises and controls the correctness of the actions of the bodies and persons subordinate to this or that organization. You can work in the tax office, in the personnel department, or inspect, for example, civil aviation. This profession can be used in a variety of areas, the main purpose of the activity is control.

This is a modern office manager who coordinates the work of the office or his management. He is engaged in office work, maintains incoming and outgoing documentation, organizes information and is responsible for its storage and timely search. Higher education is desirable, but not always a strict requirement for the applicant (depending on which company, salary, etc.). A person working as a secretary must be executive, responsible, attentive.

Library information work today it is changing its contours, but such specialists are still needed. Work with information copywriters (authors of articles, content for the site, etc.), SMM-boxes - managers of social networks, or rather, commercial pages. The prevalence of the Internet as a new niche for the transmission of information, a new source, helps to emerge new professions that meet the needs of society.

A future specialist, while still at school, determines which area is more attractive to him. If everything is okay with mathematics, and the field of economics seems interesting, of course, you shouldn't apply for a journalist or engineer “for the company”. Economist - this is also a demanded specialty, although it may require the definition of a narrow specialization. Today there are many professional tests to determine the prevailing focus.