Hi all:

I was wondering if I could get some objective advice from the CRM-ers out
there about the 'work history' qualifications that the CRM folks want a
test applicant to have, in order to decide if I should try applying to take
the exam or if I should wait until I have a few more years of records
management experience under my belt.

My years of records management work history (as the main definition of my
job responsibilities) has been only 3 years, starting with my first job
here at Los Alamos National Laboratory in 2002 ("Can you do records
management?" they asked me; "Ah..sure!!", I replied).  I started my working
life in 1984, with an Associates Degree in Liberal Arts and after
graduating from the Executive Secretarial program at Katherine Gibbs School
in Boston.  Started as an executive secretary in the commercial lending
industry and had been working as a fiscal specialist at the University of
Washington before coming to Los Alamos.

Since I've been at LANL, I've received a Technical Certificate in Records
and Information Management (15 credits, 4.0 GPA) from Chippewa Valley
College in Wisconsin, and will complete (in January 2006) the NARA Federal
Records management training program (LANL is a federal contractor to Dep.
of Energy).  My current position is as the records manager for the LANL
Enterprise Project with responsibility for maintaining the project records,
including close-out and disposition at the project's end.  I researched,
developed, and wrote the record series definitions and retention schedule
for the Enterprise Project records.  Additionally, I'm responsible for
developing, updating and implementing the Enterprise Project document
control and records management plan and the document control and records
management procedure.  I'm sure I could get very favorable letters of
recommendation from my supervisors here at LANL.

Does this sound like enough records management experience to sway the CRM
board into letting me sit for the exam?  Any advice would be greatly
appreciated.

Thanks!!

Karin M. Hendrickson
Project Records Management Specialist
IM-EP
Los Alamos National Laboratory
P.O. Box 1663, MS M875
TA-00-0767 Rm 201-A Cubicle 65
Phone   505-606-0271
Fax     505-605-2502
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