Job opportunities for LIS professionals in India: a study based on Online Job portals

Recruitment means systematic process of searching for prospective employees and stimulating them to apply for job in an organisation. The study inquires the current trends of job opportunities for qualified LIS professionals in the area of library and information science by examining all job advertisement published in different online job portals. The data collected from different online job portals have been criticised to reflect the various aspects of LIS profession such as employer and designation wise distribution of jobs, essential and desirable qualifications and competencies for different type of job positions. The data collected have been explained through tables and figures. The finding show that the number of posts advertised is very less in number in comparison of number of fresh LIS graduates. Therefore the state and central government should provide more job opportunities for fresh LIS graduates, LIS professionals and for research scholars. Keywords: Job opportunities, Online job portals, LIS professionals, Employees, LIS graduates.
Introduction Career opportunities for LIS students are not lacking, as more than half the workforce of library professionals will retire or leave their positions within next decade (Association of College [...]