Patrick

I know it's crazy, but in some cases at least it's an OHS requirement
(because of lawyers). I'm working on a draft position description for a
corporate records manager, and I'm putting in all the high level stuff I can
(degree, RM qualifications, eligible for professional membership of RMAA
etc) but I have to tick the box that says "sometimes involves more than just
sitting at a desk in head office" which automatically leads to a formal OHS
assessment, and insertion of a couple of points that must appear in any job
advertisement (because of lawyers): ability to lift a standard archive box
up to 16 kg, and needs a driver's license. This will probably mean that a
couple of other requirements will have to be omitted for space reasons (eg
experience in RM).

So some apparently crazy requirements are caused by lawyers (sorry, I meant
to type "due diligence, prudence"). But I agree completely on everything
else. I'm trying to avoid ending up with a job ad that requires postgrad
qualifications in RM, QA, IT, and project, change and financial
management, celestial navigation etc at a salary of $18k.

And apologies to all you lawyers, but the amount of stuff we have to go
through these days because of extremely over-cautious interpretations of
diligence and prudence, without any proper assessment of risk (probability
and impact) is amazing.

Terry Pratchett wrote that there must be a law against killing lawyers,
because there are still some left.

Glenn

Glenn Sanders MRMA
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Glenn". Or whatever. But I haven't, so I didn't.

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