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Q&A Project Management Careers – Working for Free
Posted on June 2, 2011 | No CommentsTweet This week’s question from Mr N.S: I would consider working for no renumeration for a trial period if that is what it would take to get my foot in... -
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... -
Gearing up for the black stuff and project management
Posted on May 6, 2011 | No CommentsTweet Next week I’ll be at the PMI EMEA Congress in Dublin (9-11th May) and apart from working (Arras People will be there in the Careers Central exhibition hall talking... -
Project Academics for individuals and smaller organisations
Posted on May 3, 2011 | 8 CommentsTweet The launch by the Association for Project Management of a new professional standard for project managers of the most complex projects plugs a significant gap in the development road... -
Book Review: “Early Project Appraisal”
Posted on April 26, 2011 | No CommentsTweet Professor Samset’s book is about doing the right project, (as opposed to doing the project right) and about not starting impossible projects that deliver no value however well they... -
News Round Up – Some of My Favourites
Posted on April 20, 2011 | No CommentsTweet Last few days before we head into the lovely Bank Holiday season and I thought I would share with you some of the recent blog postings I’ve been reading... -
The Online Habits of a Jobseeker – Being 13%
Posted on April 8, 2011 | 1 CommentTweet Online job board and recruitment company GuruCareers published some interesting information at the end of March 2011 about the habits of a jobseeker and the online activity they take... -
Q&A Project Management Careers – From a Software Engineer
Posted on April 6, 2011 | 1 CommentTweet This week’s question comes from Mr JJ: I have been a software engineer for the past 4 years and bored of the role now because the company I work... -
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... -
A Government Cut Worth Some Perspective: Unemployed Project Professionals
Posted on March 25, 2011 | No CommentsTweet The Coalition Government have backed plans to scrap certain job seeking training programmes for unemployed professionals, including project managers. Arras People were a certified provisional provider of this programme,... -
NLP, Apollo 13 and Project Managers
Posted on March 16, 2011 | 2 CommentsTweet For my money, a presentation that highlights how we think, what it means in the business of project management, clips from Apollo 13 and Clint Howard’s overwhelming forehead is... -
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... -
Having no idea of what I have no idea of
Posted on March 2, 2011 | No CommentsTweet The refrain in our title was made infamous (though its ironic that he had no idea he was making it infamous, for he was just telling it as he... -
Do you REALLY need a Project Manager?
Posted on February 28, 2011 | 3 CommentsTweet So many requirements that come into Arras People start off with “I’m looking for a Project Manager”. After learning more about the real reason for the call i.e., what... -
Will APM Registered Project Professional Set the Standard for Project Managers?
Posted on February 25, 2011 | 1 CommentTweet In it’s review of the Arras People’s sixth annual survey of the UK project management market Dayner Proudfoot from the APM said; Positive view of the impact of qualifications... -
Project Management Careers in Management Consultancy
Posted on February 23, 2011 | No CommentsTweet Many candidates who approach Arras People express a desire to progress their project management careers within the management consultancy arena (aka. Professional Services); for some reason it is seen... -
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... -
Experience versus Classroom
Posted on February 16, 2011 | No CommentsTweet This is the second in our line of archived Question & Answer columns ripped from Project Management Tipoffs. The entirety of the article is available here. Though this Thursday’s... -
Project Challenge: A One-Stop Free Spot For CPD
Posted on February 15, 2011 | No CommentsTweet “Project Challenge”. The words are synonymous with “opportunities galore”. Seriously: consider all the tools this pocket knife of a two-day event provides you with… For the purposes of continuing... -
Tipoffs Shows Love for Training Directory Sponsors
Posted on February 14, 2011 | No CommentsTweet Happy Valentine’s Day to all, and to all a good weariness of love hearts in all visible decoration! Tipoffs for the month of February is out in three days,... -
Five Ways to Use Us: Part II
Posted on February 11, 2011 | No CommentsTweet I’m keeping with last week’s attempt to blend resources at your disposal from the Arras website with an underrated soul/funk legend who has a celebrity playlist debuting on iTunes... -
Project Management Recruitment Ideas – Interview Tests
Posted on February 7, 2011 | No CommentsTweet Things are hotting up in the project management marketplace and with an increase in more project management jobs being available – we also see the advice requests swing from... -
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... -
Agency Workers Regulations – How Will It Affect You?
Posted on February 3, 2011 | No CommentsTweet The Agency Workers Regulations (AWR) comes into effect in the UK on the 11th October 2011. The aim of the regulation: “is to ensure that the principle of equal... -
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,... -
BOOK REVIEW: Training for Project Management, Volume 1: Skills and Principles
Posted on January 27, 2011 | No CommentsTweet Author: Ian Stokes Publisher: Gower Publishing Size: 325 pages ‘Skills and Principles’ is volume one of a three-part series published by Gower, and is designed to offer a complete... -
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 – Showing PRINCE2 on your CV
Posted on January 12, 2011 | 1 CommentTweet And another Project Management Recruitment Ideas for this week, I’ve been looking at what some of our readers have been searching for on The Camel and what might seem... -
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...
