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« on: October 24, 2010, 08:40:22 am » |
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After giving it some thought, I realized how far we have come in office technology since my first job as a file clerk in Personnel. We don't even call the department "Personnel" any longer. Now referred to as Human Resources. Back then we had tons of paper files, thus the main purpose for my role, making files to put the papers in:) Computer were on the forefront and those that did exist took up entire rooms. We dreamed of not having to get up and "pull a file" to research an employee issue. Now that information is maintained, on the most part, by the employee in "Employee Self-Serve" and the File Clerk scans documents. Back then we had no PC's and laptops at our desks. Manual calculators were used to work out formulas and maintaining headcount reports were a 5 day process by which all were typed on an electric typewriter correcting errors with erasers, white out or the old white paper correction tape. Oh yes, and do not forget the carbon copies:) Amazing how things have changed over the course of 29 years. What will it be 29 yrs from now?
One thing I have learned over the course of my career is Change is a constant. Don't fight it, just go with it. You will get knocked down, but rather than stay down, get up and do what you can to make a difference. Don't let negativity set into your mindset. It is like weeds that will smother your potential. Instead, keep your mind open to the possibilities and always think out of the box striving for improvements. Just think where we would be if we had fought technology and instead of taking those computer classes, stayed behind to maintain the paper files...
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