Episode 18: Standing Out in the PPM Marketplace

The month of August for Project Management Tipoffs means the poolside on holiday, the kids playing on the deck, and meandering thoughts about your career. It happens, believe me. But how do you turn these idle thoughts into something productive that can lead to some distingushing revelations about effective job searching when you return?

For matters such as these and also tying in our new Careers Advice page, How to Differentiate Yourself in the PM Marketplace, we explore ways to turn those thoughts into a productive process that lands the role you've always wanted but may not have known existed.

Our next piece targets some data revealed in the Differentiate Yourself pages, and expands upon these revelations by advising according to the trends and facts within the current PPM marketplace. The information is fresh from a presentation given by our own Lindsay Scott in June of the same title, and our ultimate aim is to give you some tips as to the right way to self-market and pursue a good image for the branding of "you: the ultimate PPM candidate!"

Guest contributor Birgit Oberlerchner tells us how she approaches a job offer these days in the midst of a groundswell of movement against immediate acceptance of a job offer. We're also back with another edition of Question of the Month, a reference to one of our series of Frequently Asked Questions, and Scott takes a look at Denise Taylor's Now You've Been Shortlisted: Your Step-by-Step Guide to Being Successful at Interviews and Assessment Centres, with one lucky reader able to get their hands on a free copy! Nicola Caswell-Thorp also ponders a question from a candidate about serial applying and the unwanted scrutiny such practises bring.