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Favorite 5 years ago, in late 2014, I made an estimate of the number of knowledge managers in the world. Here is an update – the number has increased to over 47,500, of which 28% are in the USA. Number of knowledge managers per country Of course there is no
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Shared by Nick Milton January 10, 2020
Favorite Lists of KM thought leaders historically tend to be USA-dominated. Who have we missed from the rest of the world? I published a blog post 5 years ago entitled “KM thought leaders – are they REALLY all from the USA“? In this post I looked at Stan Garfield’s list
Read More Shared by Nick Milton September 17, 2019
Favorite I posted on this blog 5 years ago on the topic of KM career paths, and suggested the following model for career progression within KM, at least within a larger organisation. Image from wikimedia commons Knowledge facilitator or Knowledge engineer. Doing the basic jobs of KM, facilitating meetings, conducting
Read More Shared by Nick Milton February 28, 2019
Favorite Here is another review of Knowledge Management salaries from various salary-comparison sites See similar posts from 2018, 2016, 2014, 2012 From Glassdoor we see an average salary of £46k (US$60k) and a range from £30k to £69k (US$39k to 90k) From IT jobs watch we get a bunch of useful stuff, though
Read More Shared by Nick Milton February 8, 2019
Favorite Again yesterday I was corresponding with someone who used Google Trends as an argument that KM was dying. Taken at face value this view is understandable. The google trends plot for KM decreases over time as shown below, showing a steady reduction in relative searches for the term “knowledge
Read More Shared by Nick Milton March 15, 2018
Favorite Courtesy of IT Jobswatch, UK, here is a summary of the state of UK IT-related KM job market Basically, the job market is much the same or slightly better than last year, and a bit worse than it was 2 years ago. Median UK salaries seem pretty constant. These
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Favorite Knowledge Management is such a fuzzy term that looking for a KM job is a minefield. One way to see what these jobs actually entail is to use a word cloud as a simple text analysis tool, and see which words leap out. Here are 8 recent jobs posted
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