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Document Management Specialist

💰 Earn $81K-$169K

📚 Bachelor Degree

⏱️ 24–48 Month Training

📈 8.2% Job Growth

Ideal for those passionate about organizing and securing digital information.
Enhance organizational efficiency by managing and streamlining document workflows.
Play a key role in shaping how companies handle and access digital content.

What Document Management Specialists DoImplement and administer enterprise-wide document management systems and related procedures that allow organizations to capture, store, retrieve, share, and destroy electronic records and documents.

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.

Document Management Specialists Education, Salary, and Growth

Minimum EducationBachelor Degree

Career ProspectsExcellent (Increasing by 5% or more)

Training Time2 to 4 years

Job Openings31,300 Annually

Median Earnings

$128,750 in California

$108,970 Nationally

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Using data or completing tasks

you value

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