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Issue 29 is now available when you subscribe or register with us. Content includes:

• How to use your holiday effectively
• A List of Ways to Create an Effective Holiday
• Using Your Skills to Turn a Working Holiday into a Holiday Home
• Handing Over Responsibility
• The Busman's Holiday
• Books, links and Arras People updates

Previous newsletters now available on the site:

Issue/ Date	Contents	HTML
Issue 28 / May 2008	Defining Programme Management effectively An atypical look at Programmes Paradise by the Programme Function Light - A Pyramid Look at Programmes Building the right Programme Manager profile Books, links and Arras People updates	> Issue 28
Issue 27 / April 2008	Work / Life Balance: Heaven or Hell? Working to live vs. Living to Work In sickness or in wealth: The sacrifices you could be making Achieving happiness through attitude and balance Books and links for background on work / life balance	> Issue 27
Issue 26 / February 2008	Work / Life Balance in the UK Project Management Industry Construction Sector - Skills Shortages One Candidate's Experience of Gaining Employment in the Construction Industry The chance to win £25 voucher by taking part in our construction song quiz	> Issue 26
Issue 25 / January 2008	Predictions for 2008 in project management from contributors in the field The Third Sector and Project Management - one sector to keep an eye on for 2008	> Issue 25
Issue 23 / November 2007	Project Management Professional Bodies - When was the last time you contributed to the professional body you're a member of? Tradeshow, Conference, Seminar, Workshop............. With “lack of time” being cited as one of the biggest reasons professionals don’t attend external organisation events, once you find time you want to spend it productively. Professional Body Conference Vs Trade Show? You Are Not Alone - The Value of Interest Groups, Conferences and Seminars Specialist Focus Needed - Gaining Value from Specialist Interest Groups (SIGs)	> Issue 23
Issue 22 / October 2007	Making the Change - Making the Switch from Permanent Employment to Contractor - and vice versa. Is the grass always greener on the other side? Whatever your work status - an interim contractor or full time employee - each may envy the other’s position! Which is Best - Contract or Employee? How Do I Become a Contractor? - The vast majority of project managers we meet have been at one time a full time employee. As an employee, they have taken the contractor route usually after working along side contactors and being impressed by the earning power and perhaps the romantic idea of working when they want. CV Writing Services - God Send or Rip Off?	> Issue 22
Issue 21 / Sept 2007	Attitude tops the poll! Communication, communication, commucation Your thoughts - what do the UK's Project Managers think about the softer skills they possess? PRINCE2 meets the grumpy old man	> Issue 21
Issue 20 / June 2007	Project Management Soft Skills - An article looking at the most important aspects of a project manager's softer skills Project Management - Science or Art Form?	> Issue 20
Issue 19 / May 2007	PRINCE2 is it good enough? Competency Based Interviewing Graduating into Project Management Tackling Managed Services Companies CV Spring Clean	> Issue 19
Issue 18 / January 2007	Project Management Interview Questions - Special Edition	> Issue 18
Issue 17 / September 2006	Project Management Benchmark Age Discrimination Top Ten - Meetings Age of the Pen Project Risk Management	> Issue 17
Issue 16 / May 2006	Getting Started Late to Finish on Time Projects Get Late One Day at a Time - Or Do They? Last Minute Interview Preparations Benefits Realisation Jobmarket Resources	> Issue 16
Issue 15 / December 2005	Our Christmas Edition featuring contributors from 2005; The Demand for Project Managers The Project Sponsor A Year in Hells Kitchen People Power Effective Scope Management	> Issue 15
Issue 14 / September 2005	PRINCE2 - Back to Basics Common Mistakes Standing Out From the Crowd Why do PRINCE2 training? Working Time Directive	> Issue 14
Issue 13 / July 2005	The Programme and Project Support Office Survey 2005 To Boldly Go Where No PPSO Has Gone Before The key to... project planning Did you negotiate the contract yourself?	> Issue 13
Issue 12 / April 2005	It lasts all night - can you? Mistakes - Clean Contract Skills shortage fever! Project Management Training Freshen up your skills	> Issue 12
Issue 11/ February 05	The End is Nigh Back to the Future Objectives and the CV Roles and Responsibilities Six of the best	> Issue 11
Issue 10/ December 04	I'm creative get me outta here! Project Management Mistakes #2 What's in a Name - Reader Author ABC: D is for Drunkenness Practical Tip-Off - Intro to VBA	> Issue 10
Issue 9 / November 04	I don't like Mondays! Amber is the real green The PPSO Outcome Project Manager Interviews - PRINCE2 Practical Tip-Off - Intro to VBA C is for CV	> Issue 9
Issue 8 / October 04	Revisiting the summer blues Project Manager Interview Questions B is for Bad Behaviour Creating the RAG Report Readers Query	> Issue 8
Issue 7 / August 04	Summer Blues Resignation Help Project Management Clinic Sum of the parts Readers Query	> Issue 7
Issue 6 / July 04	Transferable skills and the PM New position options Success factors in interviews Professional mentors ABC - A for Agency Regulations Are you a leader? Readers Query	> Issue 6
Issue 5 / May 04	The results are in - project management qualifications Chartered professionals Black and white planning Qualifications Overview Skills frameworks	> Issue 5
Issue 4 / April 04	When is a project not a project? The real project office toolbag Real business change The mensch test The PPSO SIG review Job hunting becomes a full-time job	> Issue 4
Issue 3 / Feb 04	Further Project Manager Soft Skill Questions The Agency View of the World The employer view of qualifications Ageism in project management - are you too young? The dinner date scandal - communication & objectives PLUS - more great tip-offs	> Issue 3
Issue 2 / Dec 03	Being Commercially Aware II Competency Based Interviews Get Ready for your project support interview Project Manager Soft Skills Interview Questions Getting the agency to come to you	> Issue 2
Issue 1 / Sept 03	Being Commercially Aware Project Manager Interview - Get Prepared Writing that job specification The PSO Forum The Project Board	> Issue 1

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