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Junior PM looking for 1st contract role
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Originally posted by tiggat View PostI got my first contract with 2.5 years of experienceBlog? What blog...?Comment
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Originally posted by malvolio View PostI got mine with 28 years experience. Your point is?
That said, if the OP quits their permie job to look for a contract, as they would need to do, they'd be trusting an awful lot to luck with only 3 years of post-grad experience. You'd need to be pretty desperate to hire a PM, of all things, with only a couple of years post-grad.Comment
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Thinking about it get a contract with Crap Gemini, Crapita or any of the other big consultancies.
My experience of their PM's is they have not got a clue so if you have even half a one then you should be okay....Comment
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Originally posted by original PM View PostThinking about it get a contract with Crap Gemini, Crapita or any of the other big consultancies.
My experience of their PM's is they have not got a clue so if you have even half a one then you should be okay....See You Next TuesdayComment
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Originally posted by original PM View PostThinking about it get a contract with Crap Gemini, Crapita or any of the other big consultancies.
My experience of their PM's is they have not got a clue so if you have even half a one then you should be okay....
Although HP have grades/levels of PMs - this kind of thing.
If I was OP I'd look for PMO, project planning, resource planner type of roles citing PM/PMO experience whilst getting Prince 2/ITIL/Agile etc onto the CV ASAP. Prince 2 and ITIL foundation certs can be done very quickly.
That's pretty much what I did 6 years ago when sat next to HP 'project managers' made the penny drop."Is someone you don't like allowed to say something you don't like? If that is the case then we have free speech."- Elon MuskComment
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The best project manager I ever met was actually not a project manager. No formal qualifications, but seemed to know his stuff. Everything was done on time and in budget, somehow... Maybe he just had a good team beneath him...Comment
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Originally posted by Jog On View PostWhen I made the flip from tech to BA it was on an HP gig where they had grads who's job description was 'project manager', this is what made me realize the field was wide open.
Although HP have grades/levels of PMs - this kind of thing.
If I was OP I'd look for PMO, project planning, resource planner type of roles citing PM/PMO experience whilst getting Prince 2/ITIL/Agile etc onto the CV ASAP. Prince 2 and ITIL foundation certs can be done very quickly.
That's pretty much what I did 6 years ago when sat next to HP 'project managers' made the penny drop.Comment
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Originally posted by tarbera View Postohh man you cant do project planning without putting in the years of experience required, unless you count planning as what the PM tell you and you enter in into MS Project without challenge"Is someone you don't like allowed to say something you don't like? If that is the case then we have free speech."- Elon MuskComment
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I've seen contracts for Junior PMs - but like everyone else you're going to have a hard time getting new contracts. Only a good idea if you have zero to little outgoings or large savings to allow you to be searching for contracts for monthsComment
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