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Project Management Recruitment Ideas Archive
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How to Move On After 25 Years
Posted on May 30, 2013 | No CommentsTweet Everyone’s career is different and project management is no exception. Some choose to stay in the same organisation for years; others have no choice but to move on. Some... -
A New Addition to the Vodcast – Arras People Hits YouTube!
Posted on August 16, 2012 | No CommentsTweet We’re very proud to be able to offer you a new social media tool for interacting with Arras People. That’s right, folks: we’re finally tapping the YouTube barrel! Over... -
Q&A Project Management Careers – Portfolio Office
Posted on June 21, 2012 | No CommentsTweet “I am currently working for an established financial services provider within the project team and am looking for a fresh challenge. The problem I am facing is that of... -
Project Management Careers Advice – Moving Sectors
Posted on May 23, 2012 | No CommentsTweet I’m looking to make a move in 2012 and ideally I’d like to move from my current sector which is IT services. I’m a Project Manager with a number... -
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... -
Project Management Recruitment Ideas – Recruiting PMO Staff
Posted on March 2, 2012 | No CommentsTweet As PMO lead my PMO is at a point where it is at a good level of maturity and we feel it is time to expand it, can you... -
Project Management Recruitment Ideas – Recruiting a PM for the First Time
Posted on February 20, 2012 | No CommentsTweet The nature of what we do has changed significantly and we find ourselves needing to recruit a project manager for the first time. What should we be looking for... -
Project Management Recruitment Ideas – Hiring Right First Time
Posted on February 13, 2012 | 2 CommentsTweet As the hiring manager how do I “ensure” that more often than not I get the right person for the role first time of asking? What a great question... -
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... -
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... -
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... -
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... -
Project Management Recruitment Ideas – The Telephone Interview
Posted on October 26, 2010 | 3 CommentsTweet In this Project Management Recruitment Ideas, I’m going to respond quickly to a friend on Twitter who posted a tweet “Plenty of websites on the subject but does anyone... -
Project Management Recruitment Idea – Word Cloud Wow!
Posted on October 11, 2010 | 1 CommentTweet In this Project Management Recruitment Ideas, I’m going to cover this keyword issue that always pops up in a CV. We know that people read CVs in a certain... -
Project Management Recruitment Ideas – Will Using LinkedIn Help Me Find a Job?
Posted on September 14, 2010 | No CommentsTweet In this Project Management Recruitment Ideas, we take a look at the social / business networking tool, LinkedIn and ask the question – can it really help you find... -
Project Management Recruitment Ideas – Strength Based Interviews
Posted on September 1, 2010 | No CommentsTweet In this Project Management Recruitment Ideas, I’m going to cover a new kind of interview technique – the strength-based approach. In an article in this month’s Recruiter, the strength... -
Project Management Recruitment Ideas – How long should a Project Manager CV be?
Posted on August 5, 2010 | No CommentsTweet In this Project Management Recruitment Ideas, the question How Long Should a Project Manager CV be?* might seem a boringly easy question and one that should require no thought... -
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. ... -
CV Writing Services & The Professional Job Hunter: An Oxymoron?
Posted on July 27, 2010 | No CommentsTweet In an ongoing tough recruitment market your CV is still the one document that recruiters and employers will use to make those all important decisions about whether your capabilities... -
Project Management Recruitment Ideas – References
Posted on July 5, 2010 | No CommentsTweet We’ve looked at a number of different areas of the recruitment process so far in this series of Project Management Recruitment Ideas, see the links below. This week I’m... -
Project Management Recruitment Ideas – Embrace (not fear) Application Forms
Posted on June 17, 2010 | No CommentsTweet The last Project Management Recruitment Idea we looked at the interview stage and presentations. This week we focus on the application stage again, specifically the “dreaded” application form. Why... -
Project Management Recruitment Ideas – Presentations
Posted on May 27, 2010 | No CommentsTweet Last week, the Project Management Recruitment Ideas looked at Scenario Questions at the Project Management Interview, this week we focus on those interviews where you are asked to provide... -
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... -
Project Management Recruitment Ideas – Questions at Interviews
Posted on May 10, 2010 | 1 CommentTweet A few weeks ago, I kicked off a series of Project Management Recruitment Idea – Job Interview posts, in this post I want to cover questions at project management... -
Project Management Recruitment Ideas – How Do I Look?
Posted on April 20, 2010 | No CommentsTweet We’ve looked at the application process, the cover note, competency based interviews, brushing up on your project management knowledge, looking after your information and the job interview so far... -
Project Management Recruitment Ideas – The Job Interview
Posted on April 15, 2010 | No CommentsTweet We’ve looked at the application process, the cover note, competency based interviews, brushing up on your project management knowledge and looking after your information so far in this series... -
Project Management Recruitment Ideas – Personal Info to a Minimum
Posted on April 7, 2010 | 2 CommentsTweet We’ve looked at the application process, the cover note, competency based interviews and brushing up on your project management knowledge so far in this series of Project Management Recruitment... -
Project Management Recruitment Ideas – Brushing Up on Your PM Knowledge
Posted on April 2, 2010 | 1 CommentTweet We’ve looked at the application process, the cover note and competency based interviews so far in this series of Project Management Recruitment Ideas; this week I’m going tap into... -
Project Management Recruitment Ideas – Competency Interviews
Posted on March 23, 2010 | No CommentsTweet We’ve looked at the application process and the cover note so far in this series of Project Management Recruitment Idea, this week I’m going to jump to the interview...
