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Project Management Competencies and Age
Posted on April 19, 2012 | 1 CommentTweet In this month’s project management newsletter from Arras People we are delving deeper into the results from the annual Project Management Benchmark Report (PMBR). Specifically we’re looking at the... -
Standing Out in a Project Management Meerkat
Posted on March 8, 2012 | No CommentsTweet One of the most common questions I still get asked a lot is how can I make my CV stand out when I’m applying for positions? I get asked... -
National “Be Nice to your Suppliers” Week
Posted on March 7, 2012 | No CommentsTweet EDITOR’S NOTE: Written on behalf of Global Knowledge, this post’s author is Barry Corless, the Business Development Director for Best Practice at Global Knowledge and Chairman of itSMF UK.... -
Q&A Project Management Careers – Presentations at Interviews
Posted on March 6, 2012 | No CommentsTweet I’m at the second stage for an interview for a project management post and I’ve been asked to give a presentation, what hints and tips could you give me?... -
Q&A Project Management Careers – Competency Based Interview
Posted on February 27, 2012 | 1 CommentTweet I have an interview coming up for a project manager position and I’ve been informed that it will be competency based, how can I prepare for this? Competency based... -
Book Review: “Your Brain at Work”
Posted on January 26, 2012 | 2 CommentsTweet Overall Impressions I had a difficult time getting into and through this book. Unfortunately, I really can’t tell you why. I think the main problem is that the writing... -
Q&A Project Management Careers – Project Management Interview
Posted on November 15, 2011 | No CommentsTweet I’ve been shortlisted for my first ever interview for a project management post (I got my current job through the company graduate scheme). What can I expect? Job interviews... -
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... -
Q&A Project Management Careers – First Position for a Student
Posted on November 8, 2011 | 1 CommentTweet I’ve recently completed full time higher education studying project management. I’m struggling to find my first position (I don’t have any works experience) so I can start putting into... -
Arras People at APM in the Midlands
Posted on September 5, 2011 | No CommentsTweet John Thorpe and Lindsay Scott from Arras People will be presenting at two APM branch meetings in September and October 2011. An opportunity to find out more about the... -
Q&A Project Management Careers – LinkedIn
Posted on August 9, 2011 | No CommentsTweet This week’s Q&A is taken from my PMI PM Network careers column which was published last week. I’ve recently signed up to LinkedIn to reconnect to people I’ve previously... -
Q&A Project Management Careers – Business Think
Posted on August 2, 2011 | No CommentsTweet This week’s Q&A is taken from my PMI PM Network careers column which was published this week. I’ve been PMP certified for a number of years however I want... -
LinkedIn – How Project People Should be Using It
Posted on June 30, 2011 | 1 CommentTweet A few weeks ago at the Best Practice Showcase in London, Arras People hosted five sessions on “How to Differentiate Yourself in the Project Management Marketplace“. A key statistic... -
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... -
Q&A Project Management Careers – Performance Review
Posted on June 13, 2011 | No CommentsTweet This week’s Q&A is taken from my PMI PM Network careers column which was published last week. My performance review is coming up next month and I think I’ve... -
Q&A Project Management Careers – Company Mergers
Posted on June 7, 2011 | No CommentsTweet This week’s Q&A is taken from my PMI PM Network careers column which was published last week. I’ve been working for a number of years in the same organisation... -
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... -
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... -
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... -
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... -
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... -
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...
