Just had another thought...

When I left the archives world to enter records management, I began by 
working for an outsourcing company like ASRC, Oce or Pitney Bowes. What I 
found was that there are few formally educated RIM experts employed as 
records managers through such outsourcing operations. In fact, when I 
joined up, I was the first records manager with a master's degree in 
information science. Most of the "records managers" were good at moving 
(managing?) records from point A to point B, and that was it. They had 
little or no knowledge of appraisal, retention, policy development, 
budgeting, etc. Consequently, and to my benefit, I was placed into a 
number of client sites to fine tune and streamline records departments at 
law firms and financial institutions. These were great learning 
opportunities to see how organizations function and to make them run 
better. I found my experience a great way to get started in RIM, but not 
necessarily a place to be for the long haul.

Hope this helps,
Stephen

Stephen Cohen, Records Manager
MetLife \ Legal Affairs
1095 Avenue of the Americas
New York, NY  10036-6796
212-578-2373
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