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5 Tips for Managing Your Project Team
Posted on December 15, 2011 | No CommentsTweet Every great team has a great manager. This is the same for sports teams as it is for project teams. Here are some tips to help you manage your... -
Reading Between the Lines – Project Management CV
Posted on September 21, 2011 | No CommentsTweet My initial thought on becoming a Recruitment Consultant specialising in recruiting project professionals was “Surely it can’t be that difficult?” I will be dealing with people who know what... -
Differentiating Yourself: Where Things Stand Today
Posted on August 31, 2011 | No CommentsTweet In recent times we have advised potential job seekers that a significant amount of job vacancies are never advertised to the wider public. In fact 80% of roles are... -
Higher Education and the PPM Influence
Posted on August 25, 2011 | No CommentsTweet When compared to the likes of the classics, sciences and history, a project management-specific curriculum in higher education throughout the United Kingdom is in its relative infancy. PPM is... -
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... -
Finding a Job Through Social Media
Posted on November 25, 2010 | No CommentsTweet This morning I was reading an article called the “The Future of Recruitment” which noted something I’ve been banging on about for years – that organisations should turn to... -
Same Old Story – It’s Time For Change!
Posted on November 10, 2010 | No CommentsTweet If we’ve said it once – we’ve said it a dozen times: At Arras, we have been mad busy with lots of new diverse roles within the project management... -
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... -
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... -
July Tipoffs Q&A with Nicola Thorp
Posted on August 13, 2010 | No CommentsTweet EDITOR’S NOTE: Each month in Project Management Tipoffs, our experts answer a careers-related question from our readers. This month, Nicola Thorp took the time to handle a PRINCE2 query…... -
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... -
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... -
Why Hiring Managers Are So Dysfunctional
Posted on June 15, 2010 | 2 CommentsTweet It’s a tough thing being in the job market. You make up a CV and send it out by the truckloads. You write it and rewrite it; you peddle... -
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... -
Get it right!
Posted on May 26, 2010 | 1 CommentTweet It is a time for change and the job market is ever evolving (some may say it has become stagnant at times) as the economy emerges from recession and... -
Online Dependency?
Posted on May 18, 2010 | No CommentsTweet A recent experience has made me realise how dependent the recruitment process has become on the electronic world. Through our DWP sponsored Jobsearch Support Service I have been helping... -
Arras + DWP + Technical Support Ensures Results!
Posted on April 27, 2010 | No CommentsTweet Arras People has been providing the Job Search Support Service in partnership with the Job Centre Plus for 12 months now. We are often approached by the job centre... -
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 – 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... -
What Can You Expect From Tipoffs Thursday?
Posted on March 15, 2010 | No CommentsTweet If you’ve not already signed up for Arras People‘s acclaimed project management recruitment issues newsletter, Project Management Tipoffs, this is what you’ll be missing out on: Competencies – What... -
Tipoffs Preview: “How a Dead Language Hurts Your CV”
Posted on March 11, 2010 | 1 CommentTweet Next Thursday we release the March edition of Project Management Tipoffs, the free newsletter from Arras People. This month’s issue focuses on Career Development. To sign up, go to... -
How to Respond to the Changing Project Management Jobs Market?
Posted on March 8, 2010 | 1 CommentTweet Last week I took part in a podcast with the delightful and delectable Paul Naybour and John Bolton of Parallel Project Training where we discussed the changes in today’s... -
Putting Your CV in a Job Application
Posted on March 3, 2010 | 2 CommentsTweet Companies these days are requiring job candidates to fill out job applications more than ever in an effort to shove past the laissez-faire, emailed CV. If you pay close... -
Wintery Aberdeen CV Workshops Well Received
Posted on March 1, 2010 | No CommentsTweet I recently returned from a wintery Aberdeen where my colleague Mick Hides and I attended APM Aberdeen’s 1 day conference entitled ‘Developing your skills for successful projects’. Arras People... -
The Working Resume™: A New Approach for Job Applications
Posted on February 26, 2010 | No CommentsTweet The Working Resume™ has been popularised in recent years thanks to Nick Corcodilos, an American head-hunter and management consultant who runs the popular job search/hiring tips blog “Ask the... -
Tipoffs Preview – Fair Warning For Chronological Holes in Your CV
Posted on February 17, 2010 | No CommentsTweet This article gives a preview of what to expect in Thursday’s Project Management Tipoffs, the Project Management Jobs & Issues Newsletter from Arras People. This edition will focus on... -
One Day in Aberdeen: Preview of the CV Workshop
Posted on February 12, 2010 | 1 CommentTweet Arras People have long been proponents of careers clinics, support services, and careers advice web pages designed to keep job candidates abreast of the things that can help them... -
Career Development: Social Media and the Five Tools for the Professional Job Hunter
Posted on January 29, 2010 | No CommentsTweet “You need to stand out from the crowd if you’re going to find your ideal job”. How many times have you heard this over the last few months? The... -
Recent Graduate/Student Project Management Visit
Posted on November 17, 2009 | 1 CommentTweet Last week, Arras People presented to the students at the University of East London. Most of the students are studying MSc Project Management and Arras People were invited along...
