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> ...and although he had the responsibility for records management,
> he did not actually do any of the records management duties...  
> ...words such as "I had responsibility for" and "I had oversight for".  

Interesting comment, and IMNSHO, completely accurate.  Makes you wo0onder,
and I'm sure William would be able to properly respond to this, how much
background validation and verification of actual "on the ground experience"
is done when applications are submitted.

I remember one point in time when I had interest in applying for the
designation, the individuals I had worked under had moved on from the
organization I had formerly been employed at, three levels of management
above me had moved on from one EPC to another, just packed their tools in
their briefcases and gone to Brazil, China, and Australia (and this was in
the late 1970s/ early 1980s, so no easy method of hunting them down and
cyber-chasing them)

So, there was no one to validate my experience or the fact that I had done
retention research, built schedules, developed policy and procedure manuals,
trained staff, etc.  The club was much more exclusive then and there were
fewer people applying, so it seems a lot more time was spent vetting
candidates to ensure they were appropriately skilled to become certified.

Given some of the questions I've seen posted here over the past few years by
SOME (and it's a small percentage of mainly newly minted CRMs) individuals
with the designation, it makes me wonder at times how could anyone with the
necessary skills and knowledge to apply and pass the tests ask questions
like that?

But what can I say?  We see that type of thing happening in the Government
(on both sides of the aisle, thank you very much) every day... so I guess I
shouldn't be surprised.

Larry
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