One Page Project Management CV?
I love it when job seekers try something different with their data. CVs or resumes certainly have their place and as much as people hating having to write them I can’t see them ever being replaced (I’d...
View ArticleUsing a Mind Map to Create a PM CV
I was intrigued. I downloaded a free 30 trail of MindGenius’ mind mapping tool just to get a better feel for how mind maps can work on projects. Taking a look through the preset templates I came...
View ArticleReading Between the Lines – Project Management CV
My initial thought on becoming a Recruitment Consultant specialising in recruiting project professionals was “Surely it can’t be that difficult?” I will be dealing with people who know what their...
View ArticleSame Old Story – It’s Time For Change!
If we’ve said it once – we’ve said it a dozen times: At Arras, we have been mad busy with lots of new diverse roles within the project management arena this past month or two, which is great news! Not...
View ArticleStop Using PDF for Project Management CVs
Hopefully this short article will make you think twice when it comes to your project management CV. As you can imagine we see a lot of project management CVs of different shapes and sizes and as a...
View ArticleThe Project Management CV – Keyword Bingo
I think most of us have probably played the game ‘buzzword bingo’ or its more well-known potty mouthed named version (thanks wiki for giving me a polite option). You know the one, make a list of all...
View ArticleFive Project Management CV Myths
The CV is still the most important career tool you have. If you’re currently looking for a new job, you want to make sure it’s working for you in the best way it can. Here are the five biggest myths...
View ArticleProject Management CV 2.0
A while back I decided to have a play about with the format of a project management CV. Infographics were all the rage so I thought how can we create a project management CV which is much more visual,...
View ArticleThe Impact of Your Project Management CV
As another year draws to a close, with many thousands of Project Management practitioners CV’s reviewed; I felt the need to use the Arras People PM Census to check out a nagging feeling of grumpiness....
View ArticleCreating a Killer Project Management CV
If you caught one of our last emails about the impact your project management CV has on the people who read it and hire, you might have been left wondering what you could do to be in the 1% of people...
View ArticleShould I Just Copy and Paste My Project Management CV into Linkedin?
No! Your Linkedin profile should be used as a supplement to your CV and be written in a way that suits the medium which is primarily a social media site. You can still link to your full CV from...
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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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Clinically sound: Arras People’s careers clinic evolves
Over recent months there has been an upsurge in the Arras People Career Clinic bookings – the fresh trend for my clinics is tending to be based around making an application for a specific role rather...
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Project Management Recruitment Idea – Word Cloud Wow!
In this Project Management Recruitment Ideas, I’m going to cover this keyword issue that always pops up in a CV. We know that people read CVs in a certain way – there’s even a phrase coined “the sixty...
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Same Old Story – It’s Time For Change!
Are your credentials "ticking the boxes" on the recruiter's consideration list? If we’ve said it once – we’ve said it a dozen times: At Arras, we have been mad busy with lots of new diverse roles...
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Reading Between the Lines – Project Management CV
My initial thought on becoming a Recruitment Consultant specialising in recruiting project professionals was “Surely it can’t be that difficult?” I will be dealing with people who know what their...
View ArticleStanding 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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The truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth?
I think we are all aware of just how difficult the job market is at the moment with all the uncertainties around the financial status of the EU single currency and the associated knock-on in terms of...
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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 different...
View ArticleIt’s harsh but so much is true.. graduate project managers take note
A new slideshare just out this month… Congratulations Graduate! Eleven Reasons Why I Will Never Hire You. Congratulations Graduate! Eleven Reasons Why I Will Never Hire You. from Mark O’Toole photo...
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