Thank you so much!
I am a member of the Puget Sound ARMA Chapter, and ARMA International,
thanks to a scholarship I applied for to get the guidance I thought
would come from such a prestigious organization. I am so grateful for
that opportunity. I intend on furthering my education in RM, and am sure
that ARMA will help tremendously. My issue is that I'm not qualified, I
don't know where to start most days, and so the job takes longer, which
my org does not seem to mind. That is where I get frustrated. I know
what needs to be done, but lack the time and support within my
organization to accomplish it. I see job postings that ask for
professionals such as yourselves, and do feel a bit of a bite. I want to
be there, and know that with the support from ARMA, and my own tenacity,
it can happen. I think that if my organization had someone like Chris
Flynn doing the job, they would be top notch in RM.
Thanks for all of your replies to my post, the encouragement helps!
Lura Harrison
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From: Records Management Program [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On
Behalf Of cflynn
Sent: Tuesday, January 10, 2006 8:57 AM
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Subject: Re: Records Analyst
I'm responsible for creating retention
schedules, bringing them to the approving committee, doing inventories
of records, and pretty much managing a records program with no records
management background. And its only one part of my job. In fact, I think
it's technically only 10% of my job.
Well,
I think I should probably stop looking for work in RM. I don't think I
am smart enough or capable enough to accomplish the things I thought I
could do. Three years of graduate studies, fifteen years in the field
busting my hump (ok maybe not busting my hump), mastering most of it, to
find that it can really be done as 10% of job. See it took me ten hours
a day to get the work done now I find that it can be worked by the next
generation in an hour a day. See that is what comes from progress, guess
its time to pull in the old horns and go find a quiet pasture.
My oh My
Chris Flynn
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