12Apr
11Apr
The difference between a project manager and a manager of projects
I look for opportunities with a myriad of companies and a truckload of recruiters on my search for Project Management positions. I have made a note of a few situations where there seems to be a misunderstanding of the actual purpose and responsibility of a Project Manager. Being a formally trained and experienced Project Manager, I fully know there is no need to have a certificate talking of my capabilities when I have the experience and recommendations to do the talking...
02Dec
Employee value alignment
Imagine you’re looking for work, and you’re trying to find a job as a Project Manager. The company hiring you says that you need to have a Masters’s degree, ITIL v3, PMP, CCNP Security, and a minimum of 10 years’ experience to be capable of meeting the position requirements. What should you ask for as a pay rate? Well, if you have to pay for the certification and the time required to get the certification, should you not be compensated? Here...
21Nov
What’s after certification
You now have all the great certifications for your IT industry, you got the Microsoft MCSA the Cisco CCNA and many others now what do you do? Well with my experience in certifications I started to find that there was not much challenge available to me after the Cisco CCIE lab (which I still have to do). So I started to look around and had the fortunate opportunity afforded me to work with some of the industry’s best IT managers...
11Jan