Steve,

Unfortunately this type of confusion about ARMA and its relationship with
the ICRM is more common than I would like.  I receive job alerts from a
number of different sources (not that I am looking; I love my current job)
and I am amazed in the disconnect between the duties, salary and required
qualifications.  I've seen this to a lesser degree as well for postings on
the ICRM Career Opportunities page (I serve as the ICRM webmaster and
review and approve these).  I try to contact the HR department when I can
but many cases I am not successful.

Some of this I attribute to laziness on the part of the HR department.  But
I also believe a major reason is that HRs departments just don't know what
resources are available in developing position descriptions and identifying
requirements. Years ago ARMA developed the RM Core Responsibilities.
Although I didn't agree with some of the competencies identified for the
levels overall the committee did an excellent job. I even added a link on
the Career Opportunities site.  Appears to the Core Responsibilities is no
longer available n ARMA's website.

We (ARMA and ICRM) do pretty good promoting the RM profession among
ourselves.  But I can't say the same for employers.  ARMA offers some
excellent training opportunities, provides very informative publications
and puts on a pretty good conference; these are all wonderful membership
benefits.  Another potential benefit could (and in my mind should) be
promoting our profession to employers increasing employment opportunities.
I believe where both ARMA and the ICRM fall short is pushing an outreach
program to the employer community, marketing records management to such
organizations as SHRM, GCC, AICPA, etc. I may be wrong in my assessment but
based on the types of postings I have seen over the years I don't think I
am far off.

Bruce White, CRM, PMP
Virginia Beach, VA
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On Wed, Mar 19, 2014 at 6:05 PM, Steve Whitaker <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> One of the 'additional' qualifications is:   "Certification as a
> Record Manager (CRM) through the American Records Management
> Association (ARMA) preferred"
>
> There has not been an American Records Management Association for
> nearly 39 years, since 1975.   Also, ARMA was never the sponsoring org
> for the CRM certification credential.
>

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