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Project Management Recruitment Ideas – Embrace (not fear) Application Forms

The last Project Management Recruitment Idea we looked at the interview stage and presentations. This week we focus on the application stage again, specifically the “dreaded” application form. Why...

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What You Need to Know About the Recruitment Process

Over the last few weeks Arras People has been dissecting and writing about the project management recruitment process on the Camel Blog, providing advice, hints and tips on how any project management...

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Project Management Recruitment Ideas – How long should a Project Manager CV be?

In this  Project Management Recruitment Ideas, the question How Long Should a Project Manager CV be?* might seem a boringly easy question and one that should require no thought at all. However it is a...

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Things to Know About the Values Based Interview

Time for some values based interview advice, from straight out of our collection of careers-based advice on the Arras People website… Sit down for but a moment and take a look at the outward traits...

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Can You Really Delegate Your Job Search?

This weekend I noticed that the job board Jobsite started up its ad campaign again featuring that cheeky Mancunian scamp Max Beesley. It features him walking down the street urging you to log onto the...

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Project Management Recruitment Ideas – Showing PRINCE2 on your CV

And another Project Management Recruitment Ideas for this week, I’ve been looking at what some of our readers have been searching for on The Camel and what might seem like a obvious question is...

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The Online Habits of a Jobseeker – Being 13%

Online job board and recruitment company GuruCareers published some interesting information at the end of March 2011 about the habits of a jobseeker and the online activity they take part in. The...

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Project Management Recruitment Ideas – Hiring Right First Time

As the hiring manager how do I “ensure” that more often than not I get the right person for the role first time of asking? What a great question and I’m sure if we could crack this one all our lives...

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Standing Out in a Project Management Meerkat

One of the most common questions I still get asked a lot is how can I make my CV stand out when I’m applying for positions? I get asked it so often that we made a presentation and podcast about it –...

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Less Fishing More Communication

As we draw ever closer to the new fiscal year it’s a good time for reflection – we’ve certainly experienced a rollercoaster of demand with the year starting out very strong. Lots of opportunities and...

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What Employers are Asking for in Job Postings for PMs

One of us (Jeff) immersed himself in research for this article by searching open job postings on major sites in order to obtain a picture of the current job market for project management. We took this...

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Get ‘em Onboard: The First 30 Days on the Job

We were alerted recently to an insightful article over on Software Advice by HR analyst Jennifer King, who mentioned to readers the importance of getting a new job hire acquainted with their...

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Live Q&A – Project Management Careers (December)

Welcome to our fourth Live Q&A Session here today on the Camel  Tuesday December 11th. We’re here live between 12 noon and 2pm today to answer any questions you might have about careers in project...

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Graduates in Project Management

Last week I was invited along to the Manchester Metropolitan University‘s Business School to talk to soon-to-be graduating project management students. We’ve done a number of presentations at...

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The Biggest Barrier to Hiring the Right Project Managers?

Budget? Authorisation? Decent requirements? The biggest barrier to hiring the right project managers for the job is that thing we all hate – the old dated, old-fashioned CV- curriculum vitae – résumé,...

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Tailoring for Specific Roles

It’s something we’ve always talked about and now in a survey by the National Careers Service it’s been highlighted as the most common mistake people make with their CVs. In a report out yesterday it...

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Increase Your PM Interview Ratio

Earlier this week I gave a talk at APM’s Yorkshire branch on “Getting Ahead in Project Management”. It’s a presentation I’ve done a few times last year at various other branches and it’s interesting...

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Line Managers Want to Recruit Project Managers?

A recent report from Talent Party, and featured in the Evening Standard (20th May 2014) highlighted yet again that organisations are not hiring the right people for their open vacancies. The figures...

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Q&A Project Management Careers: Age Old Problems

Is age a potential barrier to getting into project management? If we think about younger workers – no, age is not a barrier however what doesn’t help when trying to get into the profession is often...

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Q&A Project Management Careers: Another Take on Project Management Interview

Another Take on Project Management Interview “Tell me about a time when…”, the classic interview question that hopes to uncover aspects of your project management career in an interview situation....

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