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Where would you go if you thought your interview was discriminatory?
Posted on April 13, 2010 | No CommentsTweet I actually picked up this question when reviewing the stats counter for The Camel. It’s always good to see how people came across The Camel and which posts are... -
PMO Competency Levels – The Market View
Posted on March 25, 2010 | No CommentsTweet Last week I presented at the PPSOSIG conference, which was focused on Competence and Competencies, I focused on PMO Competencies in the Marketplace, trying to bring a marketplace view... -
Casting Pods with Lindsay Scott
Posted on March 2, 2010 | No CommentsTweet In my worst Chris Moyles impression, download the podcast tomorrow afternoon! Arras People‘s own Lindsay Scott will take questions from Parallel Project Training’s Paul Naybour in his highly-regarded Project Management Jobs Podcast... -
Free Live Webinar: A Guide to Managing Projects: Ensuring Project Success
Posted on February 23, 2010 | No CommentsTweet Wednesday March 10, 2010, 12:30PM – 1.30 GMT To register visit: http://www.esi-intl.co.uk/managing_projects_mar10 Free live webinar “A Guide to Managing Projects: Ensuring Project Success!” delivered by project management expert and... -
Graduate Project Management Careers Advice
Posted on February 22, 2010 | 4 CommentsTweet I’m due to graduate in 2010 and I’m worried about the lack of opportunity for recently graduated students in project management. What can I do? As a final year... -
OGC Project Products Round Up
Posted on February 19, 2010 | No CommentsTweet Following on from the BPUG Congress last week, the event which focuses on the OGC suite of programme and project management products, I wanted to share with you some... -
Tipoffs Preview – Fair Warning For Chronological Holes in Your CV
Posted on February 17, 2010 | No CommentsTweet This article gives a preview of what to expect in Thursday’s Project Management Tipoffs, the Project Management Jobs & Issues Newsletter from Arras People. This edition will focus on... -
BPUG Congress Round Up
Posted on February 16, 2010 | No CommentsTweet Last week, the Third Annual Best Practice User Group Congress (BPUG Congress) took place in London. The BPUG is acually a membership group that are focused on the OGC... -
Book Review: The Program Management Office Advantage
Posted on January 21, 2010 | 1 CommentTweet PMO (Programme Management Office) is still relatively new in the field of programme and project management, a browse through the business books tell us that it’s an area which... -
Book Review – Public-Sector Project Management #pmot
Posted on December 11, 2009 | No CommentsTweet Author: David Wirick Length: 288 pages Publisher: John Wiley & Sons When I first picked up this book for the review and started reading my first thoughts were not... -
Last Tipoffs Release for 2009 is T-minus 7 Days
Posted on December 10, 2009 | No CommentsTweet Project Management Tipoffs, the renowned project management newsletter from Arras People, will publish its December 2009 edition next Thursday, the final edition for the calendar year. You can look... -
Still think green project management is a fad? #pmot
Posted on November 18, 2009 | No CommentsTweet That’s because you might not be looking at it with your “opportunity eyes” wide open! Last week I went along to present at a North West eGovernment Group (NWeGG)... -
Q&A – Assessment Testing Format To Your Benefit
Posted on November 13, 2009 | No CommentsTweet “I can’t make sense of a company e-mailing me an assessment test to do on my own time. Why wouldn’t they want me to do this in an office... -
The Lowdown on Job Assessment Centres
Posted on November 6, 2009 | No CommentsTweet If you’ve watched ‘The Apprentice’ or entertainment-oriented shows featuring judging panels, you might think you have a passing idea of what an assessment centre is all about. Really, you... -
Happy Project Management Day!
Posted on November 5, 2009 | 3 CommentsTweet Today is the International Project Management Day (IPM Day), the 6th year its been celebrated. Today is the day that all Project Managers should be getting a pat on... -
P3O Manual – First Chapter
Posted on October 27, 2009 | No CommentsTweet If you’ve not had chance yet to buy or read the new P3O manual (Portfolio, Programmes and Project Offices) there are a few resources you might be interested in:... -
Are you guilty of these Project Management CV errors?
Posted on October 23, 2009 | 4 CommentsTweet Following on from our recent newsletter on project management interview and assessments I wanted to take a step back for a minute and answer some of the questions from... -
Monday Morning Links – 19th October
Posted on October 19, 2009 | No CommentsTweet I think we tried very hard not to be overconfident, because when you get overconfident, that’s when something snaps up and bites you. -Neil Armstrong Our heads are swelling... -
The many types of programme and project office professionals
Posted on August 5, 2009 | 1 CommentTweet Programme Management Offices (and the many variations on a theme) have become much more popular in recent years, in fact I would say it is one of the fasting... -
Current Recruitment Activity in Project Management
Posted on July 27, 2009 | No CommentsTweet NOTE: This article is reprinted from the July 2009 edition of Project Management Tipoffs. Subscribe to PM Tipoffs today by clicking here. Mixed news and fortunes surround recruitment activity in... -
So why do many government IT projects fail?
Posted on June 10, 2009 | 4 CommentsTweet Ian Watmore, Head of the Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills, was before the Public Accounts Committee last month and in a recent article from ComputerWeekly he talked openly...













