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    What Employers Really Want When Recruiting Recordkeeping Practitioners: Expectations in the Western Australian State Sector

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    Authors
    Pember, Margaret
    Date
    2005
    Type
    Journal Article
    
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    Pember, Margaret. 2005. What Employers Really Want When Recruiting Recordkeeping Practitioners: Expectations in the Western Australian State Sector. Archives and manuscripts 33 (2): 130-159.
    Source Title
    Archives and manuscripts
    Faculty
    Division of Humanities
    Faculty of Media, Society and Culture
    Department of Media and Information
    Faculty of Media, Society and Culture (MSC)
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    This article was originally published in:

    Archives and Manuscripts

    the official journal of the Australian Society of Archivists Inc.

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    http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/7043
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    • Curtin Research Publications
    Abstract

    This paper reports on the major findings from a survey of an employer group in Western Australia, just one phase of continuing research into the degree of professionalism of the recordkeeping industry. A number of different stakeholder groups with an interest in recordkeeping have been identified and the overall project includes a series of surveys of these different stakeholder groups, as well as a graduate survey and a content analysis of recordkeeping advertisements. This particular research exercise was conducted in the Western Australian State Public sector. Two broad trends are apparent in the responses made by the employers: one business process driven, the other a legislative imperative. The first trend identified is the move away from a narrow focus on the management of paper-based hardcopy records to electronic document management (EDM); the second trend a growing awareness of the need for recordkeeping in government agencies to be compliant with relevant legislation. Employers indicated the need for a range of skilled and experienced practitioners to staff their recordkeeping programs.The research also indicates that those employers in the Western Australian State Public Sector responding to the survey identify two distinct groups of recordkeeping practitioners: professionals and day-to-day operational or processing staff. Those regarded as 'professionals' make up less than 30% of those employed in recordkeeping positions. These professional practitioners are in great demand and employers have significant problems filling higher level positions, thus providing a dynamic career path for skilled, experienced and educated recordkeeping professionals.

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