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CAREER GUIDANCE IN INFORMATION PROFESSIONAL by: Nur Atiqa Saleh Nurul Aida Jamil Fatin Eleena Sha’mar A In diploma, the students will learn new things and not related at all on what they have learn in school. They will not meet biology, physic, chemistry and mathematics. Even though it does not relate to those subject this ccording to Allport, course still this course has their own benefits and enjoyaG. (1961) said what ble. All students who come from different academic backis information professional? An Information professional is person who systematically uses information to do his / her task to advance the mission of the organization. Information professional accomplishes this through the development, deployment and management of information resources and services. In addition, the information professional harnesses technology as a critical tool to accomplish goals. Information Professional’s not limited to knowledge managers, chief information officers, information brokers, consultants and others. Information professional can be librarian, archivist and web system developers. Universities around the world has offered course in Library and Information Science in academic degrees. In Malaysia, there are few universities such as University of Selangor (Unisel), International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM), and Universiti Teknologi Mara (UiTM) which has offered this course and can leas students to become an information professional. It related in few subjects such as library studies, archival studies, information systems, information managemen Ё