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- Dan Strayer: @Ken: Thanks for commenting! Dare I suggest that you put major (though not necessarily exclusive) stock in those persons who...
- Ken Burkhalter: Inquisitiveness and energy are always at the top of my shopping list. I prefer to get the smartest people I can and will morph the...
- Andreas Splett: @Joel, yes, you’re right. You can teach leadership skill but you’ll barely find it in basic PM training sessions....
- Joel Bancroft-Connors: @Andreas- You make some very good points. Yes, a project manager should take responsibility. In one of my older blogs I...
- Andreas Splett: Ok, let’s face that all of us try to be good project managers. But leadership and passion can’t be taught within a...
- Joel Bancroft-Connors: Interesting insight in this article. I absolutely agree with the skills listed (At least in the high tech US PMs rarely have...
- Deanne Earle: Hi Lindsay That is one area where it gets muddy but I was actually referring to IT Projects where application knowledge is mixed with...
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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... -
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... -
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... -
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... -
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... -
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... -
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... -
Q&A Project Management Careers – Large Project Experience?
Posted on January 4, 2011 | 1 CommentTweet A phrase often seen in job adverts for project professionals is “must have experience of large programmes/ projects” and this always begs the question – what is meant by... -
Q&A Project Management Careers – Becoming a Project Manager
Posted on December 20, 2010 | No CommentsTweet This is the final Q&A from my PM Network column published quarterly by PMI; I work in a project support role as a Project Co-ordinator and I would like... -
Q&A Project Management Careers – Success on CV
Posted on December 13, 2010 | 1 CommentTweet This is a second Q&A from my column from the PMI PM Network magazine; I’ve managed a lot of successful projects over the years; what’s the best way to... -
Q&A Project Management Careers – Training Courses
Posted on December 6, 2010 | No CommentsTweet This week’s Q&A is taken from my PMI PM Network careers column which was published last week. I’m currently looking for a new position and have noticed that there... -
Q&A Project Management Careers – Getting No Feedback
Posted on December 1, 2010 | 1 CommentTweet This week’s question comes from Mr R-C I have applied for 15 project specific jobs in last month with no response whatever. I’m primarily looking for contract and I’m... -
Q&A Project Management Careers – From the public to private sector
Posted on November 2, 2010 | 1 CommentTweet This weeks question comes from Ms A.L; I currently work for a NDGB (Non-Departmental Government Body) which is due to face some substantial cuts. I’m looking to move into... -
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... -
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...
