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Guesting at the #PMChat Pre-Game Show
Posted on November 11, 2011 | No CommentsTweet We related to our readers three weeks ago a nifty Twitter-inspired chat session introduced for the project management community by Robert Kelly and Rob Prinzo. It’s called #PMchat, a... -
Resources for Modern Project Career Development
Posted on June 16, 2011 | 1 CommentTweet Career development goes beyond the simple booking of a training course or starting a commitment to any one number of the project management certifications and accreditations available. These five... -
Tipoffs for June Out in 1 Week
Posted on June 9, 2011 | No CommentsTweet Project Management Tipoffs is back for June next Thursday, tackling matters related to career development. For this issue, we’ve tapped the expertise of some members of our Training Directory,... -
Q&A Project Management Careers – Doing it Without Qualifications
Posted on May 9, 2011 | 2 CommentsTweet This week’s question comes from Mr N.M: I am currently working in Sales but have actively project managed a number of solutions within the Voice & Data sector. I... -
Q&A on Breaking into Project Management
Posted on March 31, 2011 | No CommentsTweet If you’re looking for some careers advice on breaking into the field of project management you should head over to the Guardian Careers website and take a look at... -
Construction Engineering May Hold Key to Future PMs
Posted on March 29, 2011 | 2 CommentsTweet The Engineering Construction Industry Training Board‘s (ECITB’s) study on the need for qualified personnel by the end of the decade in the ECI is an interesting one for project... -
Book Review: The Lifelong Project
Posted on March 15, 2011 | No CommentsTweet What could happen if you treated the next year of your life like a Project? That question is where The Lifelong Project starts. However, this is not a book... -
Transferable Skills – Making a Comeback?
Posted on February 18, 2011 | No CommentsTweet The last couple of years within the project managment marketplace has seen a real state of flux due to the recession; a reduction of jobs being available in some... -
Military to Civilian Job Hunting Struggles
Posted on February 4, 2011 | 1 CommentTweet EDITOR’S NOTE: Each month in our newsletter Project Management Tipoffs, Arras People project management consultants try to answer questions from candidates about the job market as it pertains to... -
Five Ways To Use Us: Part I
Posted on February 1, 2011 | No CommentsTweet When times are tough and the phone calls pile up at the office, I take solace in the words and wisdom of Bill Withers. And I know, I know,... -
Q&A Project Management Careers – Social Media
Posted on January 17, 2011 | No CommentsTweet There has been a lot of talk about using social media to help find a new job; I’m not currently looking for a new position but should I be... -
Project Management Recruitment Ideas – Using a SWOT for Interviews
Posted on January 11, 2011 | No CommentsTweet In this second part of the SWOT Project Management Recruitment Ideas, we’re going to look at the project management interview and how you can prepare for the interview using... -
Project Management Recruitment Ideas – Using SWOT for Job Specs
Posted on January 10, 2011 | No CommentsTweet In this first part of the SWOT Project Management Recruitment Ideas, we’re going to look at the project management job specification first of all and how you can prepare... -
Classic Chicken or Egg: Portfolio Office!
Posted on November 29, 2010 | 3 CommentsTweet Here’s the classic conundrum; after the launch of P3O in 2008 where Portfolio Offices are described for pretty much the first time in a UK based textbook, we’ve started... -
Q&A Project Management Careers – Moving from Support to PM
Posted on October 18, 2010 | No CommentsTweet This weeks question comes from Mr F.A; I’m a project co-ordinator with 4 years experience and looking to take the giant step to becoming a project manager. Any tips/advice... -
Book Review – Re-imagining the Office
Posted on October 15, 2010 | No CommentsTweet Author: Adryan Bell Publisher: Gower Size: 126 pages Reviewed by Nicola Thorp This book starts out talking about the changes in technology within the office workspace – a few... -
Q&A Project Management Careers – How to Switch to Freelancing
Posted on October 6, 2010 | 1 CommentTweet This week’s question is from Anon; Can you please advice on how an experienced project manager can switch from permanent employment to contractor? Thanks for your question; there are... -
Q&A Project Management Careers – A PMO Career
Posted on October 1, 2010 | No CommentsTweet New for October 2010 on the Camel is the Q&A Project Management Careers, an opportunity for you to pose a question directly to me. First up, this week’s question... -
Q&A Project Management Careers
Posted on September 20, 2010 | 1 CommentTweet Each month we feature a Question and Answer section in the monthly newsletter Tipoffs and I’m also the careers columist for PMI’s subscription magazine PM Network (the last one... -
Hides to speak at local BCS ASSIST SIG event
Posted on September 7, 2010 | No CommentsTweet Arras People project management consultant Michael Hides is scheduled to speak at the London and South East branch of the British Computer Society’s The Association for Informatics Professionals in... -
Clinically sound: Arras People’s careers clinic evolves
Posted on August 20, 2010 | No CommentsTweet Over recent months there has been an upsurge in the Arras People Career Clinic bookings – the fresh trend for my clinics is tending to be based around making... -
Project Management Recruitment Ideas – All the Gear and No Idea
Posted on July 30, 2010 | No CommentsTweet In this Project Management Recruitment Ideas, All the Gear and No Idea refers to project management training and accreditations that some individuals have but lack the practical application experience. ... -
Webtronic – the Salford winning team!
Posted on July 19, 2010 | No CommentsTweet Budding project managers from Salford Business School created history by being the first undergraduate team to win the Association for Project Management (APM) student competition and this was the... -
Tipoffs Out Thursday
Posted on July 13, 2010 | No CommentsTweet Project Management Tipoffs is out Thursday free to all subscribers. We encourage those not subscribed to Tipoffs yet to sign up by Thursday morning to receive the July 2010... -
Summer Holiday Blues
Posted on July 12, 2010 | 1 CommentTweet The summer holiday season is notoriously a time when many people seriously consider handing in their notice. The combination of winding down and settling into a slower pace of... -
One Week to Go: July Tipoffs Preview
Posted on July 8, 2010 | No CommentsTweet The July edition of Project Management Tipoffs will be out in exactly 7 days, or, as Bookman from “Seinfeld” aptly put it: “That is one week!” As you know,... -
Hidden Vacancies – Where Else Can You Be Looking?
Posted on June 21, 2010 | 2 CommentsTweet In today’s marketplace most candidates we engage with are working two well trodden paths when looking for a new position – the online job boards such as Monster and... -
Undervalued?
Posted on June 2, 2010 | 3 CommentsTweet It has come to my attention recently that a number of project professionals currently working out in the field are feeling the bite of the recession in ways other... -
Convincing The Recruiter: Looking Professional in Your Job Search
Posted on June 1, 2010 | 1 CommentTweet In the May issue of Project Management Tipoffs, we introduced our Tipoffs audience to how a candidate can look like a professional project manager in their job search. The... -
Project Management Recruitment Ideas – Scenario Questions at Interviews
Posted on May 21, 2010 | No CommentsTweet Last week, the Project Management Recruitment Ideas looked at Questions at the Interview, this week we focus on a particular type of interview question, the scenario. Scenario questions are...
