From the monthly archives:

December 2008

Merry Christmas!

December 21, 2008

and best wishes for 2009.
A Girl’s Guide to Project Management returns in January.

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The state of project management recruitment

December 18, 2008

Vince Hines, Managing Director at Wellingtone has recently written a white paper on the state of the project management recruitment market.  This is timely, given that all you read about in the papers is doom and gloom and unemployment.  Hines concludes that:

Project management vacancies are down – to about 61% of demand from this time [...]

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Snap decisions

December 16, 2008

On Saturday I made Monica Enand, CEO and Founder of Zapproved, get up extra early to demo her new software for me.  It was 8am on the Pacific Coast, and she didn’t sound like she was sitting in her pyjamas in front of her PC.  Given that it was the weekend before launch, she was [...]

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How to buy a cocktail dress in 20 minutes

December 15, 2008

You will need:

One department store
One friend wearing flat shoes (ideally someone with better dress sense than you)
The underwear you will be wearing under the dress

Optional:

The shoes you will be wearing.  Cocktail dresses are short, so any height of heel will be OK.  If you are adapting this method for a full-length dress, the shoes are [...]

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Housekeeping

December 14, 2008

I have removed the ‘Register’ link from the sidebar.  I was getting far too many spam registrations and it was becoming difficult to deal with.  Registering doesn’t give you any benefits – you can still post comments without being a user.  You can also still sign up for email notifications of new posts, using the [...]

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Giveaway – last few days!

December 12, 2008

Have you entered the giveaway for a copy of Women in Science, Engineering and Technology yet?  If not, you have three days left: the draw closes on Sunday.
If you’d like a copy, email me your name at giveaway [at] pm4girls.co.uk and if you are the lucky winner pulled from the imaginary hat, I’ll contact you [...]

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Yoghurt

December 10, 2008

It’s amazing that I can hold the latest status of a dozen projects in my head but I can’t remember if the yoghurt in the office fridge is mine.
I brought a yoghurt in each day last week and I thought I ate them.  But two days ago I found one, hidden at the back where [...]

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Keeping up: Steps in the right direction

December 8, 2008

This is the last in a four-part series on how project management is facing up to the challenges of the 21st century business environment.
I am noticing a shift towards working in a more 21st century way.  The focus for many recruiters is now on people who can demonstrate emotional intelligence (read more about that here) [...]

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BCS IT Industry Awards

December 6, 2008

The BCS held its annual IT Industry Awards on Thursday, at the Grosvenor House Hotel on Park Lane in London.  Everyone in the hotel was in black tie: there were are number of events taking place that evening but we were in the largest and grandest room, aptly titled The Great Room.
After the obligatory welcomes [...]

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APM Conference notes

December 3, 2008

If you weren’t able to attend the APM winter conference, you can get all the presentations and session notes online.
APM have set up an impressive one-off blog to make everything available.  They have also put all the official conference photos on Flickr here.  There are two photos of me waving my arms around to make [...]

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