Wess:

I worked for an international corporation, with facilities spread throughout
the US, Canada & Europe.  It was VITAL for the success of the RIM program to
have (at minimum) some basic language like "will coordinate facility &
departmental records management activities in conjunction with the corporate
RIM department." Inserted into the admin. descriptions.

I found it to be VERY useful having this language in the admin. positions.
It allowed me to have a specific point of contact in the remote facilities,
and streamlined the flow of materials into the RMS.

Now we did not have control (yet) over the electronic side,(Long Story);
this was a paper based system only.

Brad Furlow
(formerly of Rio Tinto Minerals / Luzenac)
(currently unemployed due to a nasty merger)



-----Original Message-----
From: Records Management Program [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf
Of Wess Jolley
Sent: Friday, February 23, 2007 9:24 AM
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Subject: Job Descriptions

Hey Folks...

I'm working with our Human Resources departments on a couple of projects,
one of which is an attempt to get standardized records management
responsibility language included in key administrative position
descriptions.

My question to the group:  Have any of you had experience with such a
process?  Do you have examples of the kind of language you've settled on for
particular job categories?  What kind of complications and roadblocks came
up in the process?  Have you found it useful to have RM responsibilities
included in job descriptions?

I'd love to hear experiences, both good and bad, about the idea of having RM
responsibilities appear in administrative position job descriptions across
an institution...

Thanks!

--Wess Jolley, CRM
  Records Manager 
  Dartmouth College
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