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Career advice

Two career resources

July 2, 2010

Two new career resources for you today:
Stepping into Project Management
Stepping into Project Management is a new website from Soma Bhattacharya which aims to pair novice and experienced project managers together to form mentoring relationships.
You might know Soma from her blog:  she’s an Assistant Project Manager who started out on her journey to work in project [...]

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6 More tips for getting taken seriously at work

April 12, 2010

Last month I wrote an article for The Glass Hammer on being taken seriously at work.  I was surprised at the feedback I got and at how many people worry about not being considered a serious player in the office.  Young women seem to suffer the most – at least, I’m most aware of it [...]

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Going up? Taking a sideways step in the job market

March 8, 2010

The career path for a project manager is pretty straightforward.  Start on project support and small projects, manage bigger and bigger projects, then become a programme manager.  Some people would argue that programme management and project management are different skill sets and programme management is not necessarily the natural progression.  But programme managers earn more [...]

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How to travel for work

October 28, 2009

Don’t arrive hot and bothered.  It’s OK to take off your coat and jacket on public transport. Honestly, you don’t have to sit there baking, although people on the Tube seem to think there are laws against undressing.*

Know where you are going.  That means maps!  And/or an accurate post code for GPS.  Plus [...]

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Book Review: Beyond the Boys’ Club

August 17, 2009

I’ve reviewed a lot of books this summer.  Have I become better connected to my scattered team?  Hardly.  Have I become more lazy as a project manager.  No (but I’m trying).  Have I rethought my entire approach to work?  Yes.  Step forward Dr Suzanne Doyle-Morris.
Beyond the Boys’ Club presents career strategies for women working in [...]

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Project management scholarships

July 24, 2009

It’s nice to see that someone is doing something to help out of work project managers. ESI International have announced a $500,000 scholarship programme for out-of-work technical professionals – if you are a US resident.
The scholarship funds are designed to cover the ‘majority’ of course fees (which is the cost of the course minus $250) [...]

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What are you worth?

May 5, 2009

Apparently the average salary for a programme manager is £70,196, down from £72,510 this time last year, according to G2, an IT specific recruitment agency.
The range of programme manager salaries is actually much narrower than I was expecting, with the average minimum being £65,513 (last year – £66,711) and maximum being £74,990  (last year – [...]

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W-Tech is tomorrow!

February 2, 2009

It’s W-Tech tomorrow, and it’s not too late to sign up if you want to come along to the evening event.  It will be worth it as Lis Astall is on the panel and she’s a really down-to-earth and inspiring speaker.  And there will be alcohol!
I’ll be stopping by the BCS stand, which will be [...]

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Looking for a new job?

January 30, 2009

With the economy being as it is, there are plenty of people job hunting at the moment, although project management roles are not being hit as hard as other sectors.  Still, if you are in the market for a new role, project-management-jobs.info may help.  Lonnie Pacelli has started a site to bring together resources for [...]

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New version of SFIA launched

January 26, 2009

Here’s another acronym for you: SFIA.  It’s ‘Skills Framework for the Information Age’ and is owned and maintained by The SFIA Foundation, a not-for-profit organisation.
Essentially SFIA (say: Sophia) is a list of the skills required of people in IT and related jobs.  It’s been around over 20 years in various forms although project management was [...]

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