My typical day involves a heavy amount of auditing departments on their compliance status as well as looking into which record inventories can and should be destroyed. In these processes there is a lot of pre-meeting research into what retention schedules a group may have and what changes have come up. This is info is brought into a number of meetings throughout the day and is specific to each group that I meet with. On the tail end, we track everything for auditing needs.
CAREER
Document Management Specialists
Overview
Salary Median (2020)
$95,270
Projected Job Growth (2019-2029)
+10.1% (faster than the average)
Career
Roadtrip Nation Leaders in This Career
What Document Management Specialists Do
Implement and administer enterprise-wide document management systems and related procedures that allow organizations to capture, store, retrieve, share, and destroy electronic records and documents.
Other Job Titles Document Management Specialists May Have
Document Control Manager, ECM Consultant (Enterprise Content Management Consultant), Electronic Content Manager, Records Manager
How Leaders Describe a Typical Day at Work
I review requirements that the company has to comply with, think about what we can do to implement those directions in the process, monitor the teams that are working to fulfill those processes and work to improve the quality and speed of how we get that done.
Tasks & Responsibilities May Include
- Assist in determining document management policies to facilitate efficient, legal, and secure access to electronic content.
- Assist in the development of document or content classification taxonomies to facilitate information capture, search, and retrieval.
- Implement electronic document processing, retrieval, and distribution systems in collaboration with other information technology specialists.
- Identify and classify documents or other electronic content according to characteristics such as security level, function, and metadata.
- Develop, document, or maintain standards, best practices, or system usage procedures.
Education
Level of Education Attained by Document Management Specialists
Most common level of education among people in
this career: Bachelor's degree (60%)
Associate's degree
Bachelor's degree
Master's degree
Majors Related to Career
Educational Paths Suggested by Leaders
Suggested Path
Bachelor
Psychology
Suggested Path
Bachelor
Business/Managerial Economics
Additional Skills & Experiences That Can Help You Excel
Without question the most integral ability is adverse learning. There is so much going on from so many different directions at any given time that you need to be open-minded and ambitious about learning while connecting the dots. The role works with the entire company so you must have an understanding and general knowledge about each line of business. There's a skill to balancing empathy for others' feelings while standing ground about legal requirements.
"People skills" are the most valuable, unlearned characteristic in almost any setting. Being able to work with diverse teams, finding your way through big (or small) organizations, being able to influence people in how you present ideas / projects, all can help keep your journey moving forward.
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