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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... -
My First Management of Value Webinar
Posted on January 24, 2012 | No CommentsTweet Did you tune into the MoV (Management of Value) webinar I presented last Wednesday? Like all first times, it was a fascinating experience, so I thought I would share... -
KPMG & REC on the UK Labour Market
Posted on August 18, 2011 | No CommentsTweet The 3rd August Report on Jobs from KPMG LLP & the Recruitment & Employment Confederation (REC) (compiled by Markit) provides an interesting study in comparison to our own studies... -
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... -
Project Management Recruitment Ideas – The Security Clearance
Posted on September 10, 2010 | 1 CommentTweet In this Project Management Recruitment Ideas, we take the next step in security checks and look at security clearance. Security checking is an area we have touched on previously... -
A sorry tale of recruitment – or is it true?
Posted on August 9, 2010 | 2 CommentsTweet This has been around for a while and it’s by no means an original by me but a great recruitment tale; One day while walking down the street a... -
You Have a Job, So Why So Unhappy?
Posted on August 3, 2010 | No CommentsTweet Time to put your imagine hats on! Imagine going to a top-of-the-line concert or sporting event at an ancient, outdated stadium. You know the ones: seats littered with paint... -
Subscribe to the podcast now!
Posted on June 14, 2010 | No CommentsTweet Apologies to Chris Moyles. We just wanted you to know that with a great newsletter comes a great podcast, and Project Management Tipoffs, the project management & recruitment issues... -
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... -
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... -
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... -
Changes Around the Corner for Agency Workers
Posted on March 18, 2010 | No CommentsTweet The Recruitment and Employment Confederation (REC) issued a recent Q&A session with regard to the implementation of Agency Workers Regulations, due to come into force in October 2011. The... -
Project Management Recruitment Ideas – The Application Process
Posted on March 8, 2010 | 2 CommentsTweet Each week I’m going to share some short tips and ideas that may help you in your job hunting and help you navigate the project management recruitment path. It’s... -
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... -
Graduate Project Management Careers Advice
Posted on February 22, 2010 | 4 CommentsTweet I’m due to graduate in 2010 and I’m worried about the lack of opportunity for recently graduated students in project management. What can I do? As a final year... -
Are you guilty of these Project Management CV errors?
Posted on October 23, 2009 | 4 CommentsTweet Following on from our recent newsletter on project management interview and assessments I wanted to take a step back for a minute and answer some of the questions from... -
Arras People – Surging through the NHS Maze
Posted on October 21, 2009 | No CommentsTweet Did you know the NHS is one of the biggest recruiter in the world? Only the Chinese People’s Liberation Army, the Wal-Mart supermarket chain and the Indian Railways directly... -
Showing Up: The Job Interview in Context
Posted on September 7, 2009 | 3 CommentsTweet Imagination time… Picture the graduate: fresh and excited to interview for a job opportunity, one that simply did not come along very often in these times of economic woe... -
Addressing a Key Project Management & Recruitment Issue of the NHS
Posted on June 12, 2009 | No CommentsTweet For a public entity like the National Health Service, commercial functions have become a tricky and altogether untenable matter in the present setting. It’s a downward slope the NHS is not particularly keen... -
DWP Executive Support – 2 months in
Posted on June 11, 2009 | 3 CommentsTweet When Arras People started our collaboration with the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) and Jobcentre Plus on April 6th to provide free Jobsearch Support to unemployed project professionals,... -
APM SIGs join forces for Knowledgeshare 2009
Posted on May 29, 2009 | No CommentsTweet I attended the first of the two APM knowledgeshare special interest groups (SIGs) yesterday (Thursday 28th) covering key areas of the APM Body of Knowledge at University College London... -
ProjectOffices.com – new website for PMOs
Posted on May 18, 2009 | 1 CommentTweet Ever since I was fortunate enough to begin working within the field of PMOs some 10 years ago I wanted to create a website that brought together all the... -
A Word About Graded Registration
Posted on April 29, 2009 | No CommentsTweet Anyone visiting the registration pages of Arras People in the last few months would have noticed a distinct change in our approach. The industry standard model for anyone wishing... -
Tipoffs Out For the Month of April
Posted on April 22, 2009 | No CommentsTweet The April 2009 edition of Project Management Tipoffs is now out and ready for your reading pleasure. Entitled ‘Controlling April Showers’, our theme revolves around control and task-oriented management... -
Happy Birthday to Us – And a Gift to You
Posted on April 7, 2009 | No CommentsTweet Completing seven years as the leader in Project Management Recruitment is worth one heck of a celebration. But at Arras People, we celebrate in a style all our own... -
Facing Redundancy – How Arras’ Careers Clinics Can Help
Posted on March 3, 2009 | No CommentsTweet It’s getting to the point where one can safely say ‘We’ve all been there before’ when it comes to redundacy, and having it be not just a general statement,... -
Doom, Gloom and Rays of Sunshine – Is project management a key element of economic revival?
Posted on February 16, 2009 | No CommentsTweet With the focus of the last twelve months seeming to have been on the negative aspects of the credit crunch, recession (impending and real) and the general downturn in... -
Project Management Salary Report 2009
Posted on January 28, 2009 | No CommentsTweet The Project Management Report 2009 from Arras People will be released early February 2009. This report is the only comprehensive report on project management salaries and rates in the... -
Role of Project Office – APM Conference 21st January 2009
Posted on January 22, 2009 | No CommentsTweet Sue Vowler – Lead Author of the new P3O guidance, presented an overview of the methodology which is receiving a lot of attention within the PPM community since it’s...
