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