Most of us in the Federal Government in Records Management, fall under
the classification of Management Analyst, which was listed in the top
50.
Judy K. Tyler, CRM
Records Management Officer
Information Management Division
Carl R. Darnall Army Medical Center
Fort Hood, TX 76544
(254) 288-8009
DSN 738-8009
-----Original Message-----
From: Records Management Program [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On
Behalf Of Bruce White
Sent: Wednesday, January 31, 2007 1:21 PM
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Subject: Re: Top 50 Jobs In America
On 1/31/07, Gervais, JohnA <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>It doesn't appear that we made the top 50
http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/Careers/01/31/cb.top.jobs/index.html
according to this article by >CareerBuilder.com.
I've seen lists from other employment sources; they all leave us out. I
suspect we probably wouldn't make the top 5,000 if such a list was
published. Yet, I am not surprised, even though I see high demand for
record managers in the future as companies begin to get their hands
around the 600 pound information gorilla. Add to that the continued
pace of litigation (in the U.S. anyway) there will always be a market
(albeit a niche one) for us.
Lets face it, many companies (let alone individuals), know little about
us or understand what we do. I still come across executives who still
associate us with file rooms (i.e. paper). Takes me a while to convince
them we offer way more than that. We are pretty good about selling our
expertise to ourselves, but we've done a poor job (IMHO) of marketing to
the outside.
Besides, how many of us aspired to be a records manager? My dream in
college was to oversee a large distribution facility (my undergraduate
degree was in Operations Management); records management wasn't even on
the radar. Now I'm neck deep into it. No formal education program
exists,
such as accounting, marketing, etc., for one to become a records
manager.
Most of us have "fallen" into the profession. I received my training
through the military.
Oh well, some musings on a gray day in H-town...
--
Bruce L. White, CRM, PMP
Houston, TX
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