current and future opportunities for ... - twin cities arma...ig initiative survey –yoy results...
TRANSCRIPT
Current and Future
Opportunities for RIM
Professionals
Shari L. Perlstein, Sr. Director, Pfizer
Enterprise Records & Information Management
My Path
What Makes A Good Records Manager
Questions To Consider
Alternate Career Options
RIM –New(er) Areas
Q & A
Agenda
My Path
Business Reference Sales
1991Pizza Delivery
Benefits Administration Services Sales
Accounting Software Sales
Pfizer-Part 11 Trainer
.com, .com, .com
Compliance & Archive Lead IT Records
Management Lead
MBAPMP
Enterprise Records Management Lead
IT Policy Lead
BA
Are you comfortable holding others accountable and directing their work?
Do you enjoy devising and implementing plans?
Do you have excellent organizational and analytical skills?
Do you enjoy managing information?1
Do you have people, IT and problem solving skills?
[Do you] understand their agencies' business information needs; have experience with people and project management;
[Are you] able to talk to and understand IT specialists; and be adaptable to the changing needs of their organisation.
What Makes a Good Records Manager?
1: http://www.academicinvest.com/science-careers/computer-science-careers/how-to-become-a-records-manager
Educational Background
Job Experience +
Industry Certification
Business Admini-stration
Library Science
Computer Science
Manage-ment
Industry SME
Paralegal/
Law
Industries
Pharma/
BiotechEnergy Banking
Insurance Healthcare Automotive
Government IT And…
Most important motivators for driving IG forward:regulatory, compliance or legal obligations
https://iginitiative.com/resources/the-state-of-information-governance-report-volume-iii/
Two roads diverged in a wood and I–
I took the one less traveled by… - Robert Frost
Consulting
Vs
Corporate
Back Office
vs
Front Office
Electronic
vs
Physical
RIM
vs
Info Gov
vs
Skills Re-Purposed
Questions to Consider
Know Thyself - Socrates
Consulting Corporate
• Deep Instead of Broad• Process Oriented• Skilled at Budgeting• Non-Revenue
Generating• Steady Income• Growth Within
Company
• Self Motivated• Independent• Less Regimented• Diverse Industry
Knowledge• Growth Through
Diversity of Clients• Must Generate
Revenue• Peaks & Ebbs in
Income• Travel
Know Thyself - Socrates
Back Office Front Office
• Training/Guidance• Software: Business
Requirements• Consultancy• Project Management• People Management• Audit/Monitoring• Speaking
Engagements
• Record Retention Schedule
• Policy/Procedures• Software Testing• Software Development• Retrieval • Catalogue/Index• Publish Articles
Unique ChallengesElectronic Physical
• Physical Space• Often Viewed As Clerical• Identifying Which Copy
Is The Authoritative Source
• Retrieval Can Be Time Consuming
• Retrieval Is Limited By Time Zones
• Physical Infrastructure Needed
• Paper Isn’t Going Away• Volume, Volume,
Volume• Disparate Platforms
• Unstructured Data• Structured Data
• Long-Term Preservation• Controlling Duplication• Continually advancing
Infrastructure
Where To Go From Here
Electronic Archive
Transferable Skills
Information Governance
RIM
IG Initiative Survey – YOY results 41% leap in the number of professionals who say the IG market is clearly
identified 26% rise in the number of organizations with an IG Steering Committee 41% rise in the number of IG leaders with “Information Governance” in their
title
Increase in the number of organizations now reporting that they are extracting business value from their information. 46% of respondents agreed that their organization is extracting business value
from the information it holds.(This is a 179% rise on last year’s survey, when only 16% of respondents thought their organization was extracting value from its information.)
Information Governance
https://iginitiative.com/resources/the-state-of-information-governance-report-volume-iii/
THINK OUTSIDE THE BOX Alternate Career Options
Jobs that Require Similar Skills
Market Research
Enterprise Content Management
Human Resources
Business Process Improvement
Vendor Relations/Contract Management
• Enterprise Content Management Tools
• Software Testing
• Business Analyst\
• Electronic Archive
IT
• Compliance
• RIM
• IT
• Privacy
Information Governance
• Corporate
• Government
• Academic
Policy Development
Project Management
New(er) Areas
ARMA CT Chapter Presentation
http://www.slideshare.net/JMerrifield/career-path-for-todays-information-management-professional-armact-final-26545811/1