« Finance, Accounting, Marketing, or Business Management?
When working with your bank, what are your expectations and needs as a new or existing business owner? »

Taking on a management position. Help!?

small business management
EILISHA asked:


- I’m a new college graduate (and have been looking for a job since i graduated in December 2006) … :)
I’m up for a position as a record manager (because of my degree and past “small family business” management experience). Plus, I knew somebody who knew somebody.

Anyway, I was told I will be archiving documents (or maintaining it) and managing 3 others and I will also maintain documents when new policies arrise.

Anyway, Is this very hard?

I know “hard” is relative… But what will I REALLY be doing?

Please gIve me an example of “a day in the life” as a records manager.

Thanks for your help …!

I want actual answers… please real answers only!

Thanks Again…

Glen

Tags: , ,

This entry was posted on Sunday, February 3rd, 2008 at 5:42 am and is filed under Books & Authors. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.

2 Responses to “Taking on a management position. Help!?”

  1. Wanda K says:
    February 5, 2008 at 12:57 am

    You’re in the wrong space, but I’m glad you came here, I may not have read your question otherwise.

    Relax. I’m assuming that you got the job. GREAT! You will spend your first weeks getting yourself familiar with the company, company policies, and company practices for your job that are currently in place.

    I’m assuming that this job is already in place, if not you will still need to do these things. Don’t Worry rather just Work… you’ll surprise yourself by “knowing” what you need to do.

    Remember one other thing too. You will be a management position with three assistants (clerks, etc) use them, find out by experience over time, what each is best at and what they like to do, and put them in charge of those area, if possible. but regardless, delegate.

    I was a customer services supervisor, (three gals worked for me) for a service concern (we dyed material for clothing makers). I enjoyed all aspects of the job, I leaned a lot, and got a lot of satisfaction from the work.

  2. biller29 says:
    February 5, 2008 at 3:55 pm

    Congrats on the job! The records keeping part should be fairly straight forward. I assume they already have an archival system. After you become famililar with the system you may be able to improve, but don’t jump into that too quickly.

    Now on to managing people. To be a good manager takes time. First basic rule is don’t just people to do something. Ask them to do it. Depending on the person find out if they need help or just leave them alone and check up every once in a while. The first couple months will be you feeling them out and them feelings you out. Coming in as a young person may make it difficult if the employees are older than you. Show them you can do the job and gain their respect.

Leave a Reply