Monday, October 26th, 2009 - career management, project management, qualifications

PMP certification? Steve asks: How does one go about PMP certification? Basic steps please… In answer: We have blogged before about grants for getting Prince2 training and project management certification, but simply almost anyone can become a member of the Project Management Institute, so why not find a local chapter and join? The PMI recommend [...]

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Sunday, October 25th, 2009 - CV Tips, career management, cv writing

Religion on a CV Sarah, a PMP, asks: I was asked to check over an acquaintance’s CV, and one thing stuck out and I want to get other opinions before I say anything more to her about it. She is a PMP with significant experience in the Project Management industry. She has a Doctor of [...]

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Tuesday, July 14th, 2009 - career change, career management, career transition, economics, education, professionalism, project management, qualifications

How can I get into Project Management? Andrew asks: After more than 3 years as a online journalist/copywriter, I want to make a change and retrain as a project manager, but I’m not sure how to go about it. Any ideas? I studied Politics at Uni (got a 2.1), and I have an MSc in [...]

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Monday, February 2nd, 2009 - career coaching, project management

Management Monica asks: What are the main things new leaders (juniors) need to succeed at their jobs? With layoffs of more Senior managers, many companies are left with very enthusiastic but inexperienced leaders. What do they need to learn fast to be successful? Especially since there are no mentors left within the company? In answer: [...]

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Monday, December 8th, 2008 - career management, career planning, project management

There is news from Ardman Animations that the producer of Wallace and Gromit has 35 jobs “under review,” and that in a statement the Bristol based company said: “Every economic indicator points towards a hard year next year for all industries – Aardman and the media business are no exception. Accordingly we are taking basic [...]

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