You’ve tried to land the job of your dreams. You’ve worked and struggled and clawed trying to get into a project management role. You’ve tried to get better at moving your career forward in all the standard ways. But have …
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Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered weak and weary,
Over many a project artifact until my eyes were sore,
While I nodded, nearly napping, suddenly there came a tapping…
You wouldn’t like me when I’m angry…
Satisfaction guaranteed or your money back.
Come along with me on this recap of the great interview you just had, and how your preparation made it awesome. You made them laugh, you made them cry…
You made them remember you.
Don’t act like you know it all When you’re new to a role, it’s natural to cover up your own ignorance. You want to earn respect, and everyone is looking at you. So you may not speak up when a …
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….I appreciated the education much more than before. When I was 18, I took out loans and didn’t really feel like I was paying for it. I skipped classes sometimes, etc. This time around…I applied myself to the material as much as I could.
You got the call.
They want you to come in for an interview. After the elation wears off, you start sweating.
What are they going to ask? How can I best prepare for this? What if I prepare for the wrong things?
What can you do when you feel like you’ve hit a bump on your project manager career path? Here are my thoughts, and I invite you to add your own comments with advice for this professional.
A business student recently interviewed me via email. She is interested in project management and this was part of an assignment to reach out to people via Twitter to interview about what they do and the state of their industry/role. (My kudos to the professor for encouraging students to use new media to interact with people who are already in the field!)
I asked her permission to share the interview with you, I hope you find it helpful. Leave comments on what you agree and do not agree with!
I received a great question from a subscriber to my PMP Guide newsletter about methodologies and frameworks.
He cited a bountiful list with a question of whether he needs to know all of these in and out:
I and the rest of the PMI New Media council had the opportunity to interview the editors of “Project Management Circa 2025;” David I. Cleland, PhD, PMI Fellow, and Bopaya Bidanda, PhD. This is a collaborative effort by 41 authors to predict the state of various parts of the project management discipline and how it will be implemented 15 years in the future.
I had a great time in Orlando recently for the 2009 PMI North America Global Congress. The PMI New Media Council did a presentation titled “Why Should You Care About Social Media?”. Bas De Baar (ProjectShrink), Cornelius Fitchner (PMPodcast), and …
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Trying to get your foot in the door in project management? Projectize your resume. A project manager resume is similar to other resumes, except for one key difference I can recommend. This is one key thing I changed when I …
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Is anyone up in arms yet? Good. From a Reader Anne from the US is a recent subscriber to the Project Management Career Newsletter. She hit reply to one of my messages to pose a question and get my take. …
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I love it when people contact me to ask a question. It helps me to know that real people are out there somewhere behind the screen of my laptop. I can’t believe you all fit in there. Technology is amazing. …
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I am passionate about project management in general, and helping people new to the field more specifically. But let’s be honest. We’re all nuts. Not Everyone is Crazy Enough to be a Project Manager There is a specific form of …
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The dangers of multi tasking to project teams has never been more so. Now we have additional online services and mobile devices to deal with. What I wrote about back in January 2007 about Multi-tasking, Covey, and TOC is even …
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As can be expected, much of the feedback pointed towards a cutback in new investment and thus projects. Another significant portion of the comments discussed another inevitable trend in hard times…increased scrutiny of current projects and focus on the dollars. …
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Today I would like to cover two categories in the survey that are nearly opposite. The first is Reduced Quality. The second is what I classified as an Increased Demand for Good Project Management. Fire Most of these actions appear …
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