Abstract:[Purpose/significance] In view of the current situation of job market and occupational directions,this paper puts forward the concrete suggestions and strategies for the information science training institutions and postgraduates[Method/process] First,the paper uses crawler technology to obtain recruitment information relevant to information field from Chinese recruitment websitesThen,a comparative analysis on the demand of professional information and information science in the current job market is conducted from the business dimension and position information dimension by text mining and statistical analysis method[Result/conclusion] Results show that the great needs of information in many businesses are different from the major demand of information science,which leads to the limitation of hunting jobs for postgraduates[Limitations] The data obtained in the paper just cover 3 comprehensive websites of recruitment in 2 months,and future research should enlarge the data sample