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Is Project Management Certification Right for You?

Eat Your Career

Project management certification can be a useful tool to advance your career, whether or not you’re a formal project manager or aspire to become one in the future. Some people find it surprising that I have my PMP, since I’m not a formal project manager and I don’t aspire to become one. Know Your Goals.

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How Three Post-Secondary Programs Are Setting Autistic Individuals on a Path to Success

Success

There are no longer any classes to go to. Crew members fulfill these needs from nonPareil Institute’s accommodating environment while gaining job and project management skills, working with others, meeting deadlines, earning a check and strengthening their resume and portfolio. That new reality can be isolating.

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Rethinking Work Perks: 5 Things Employees Want More Than ‘Fun’ At Work

Success

Penelope Cline, a project manager, HR manager and talent scout, loves the quarterly home office stipend provided by her company, which allows employees to purchase items they get to keep or to use the funds for external workspaces such as WeWork or Selina.

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3 Steps to Take When You No Longer Like Your Job

On The Job

Maybe you took a certification class and spent thousands of dollars to become a project manager. When you're devoting off hours to thinking about it, trying to hone your skills or learn new ones to enhance it, then you know you're onto something that will excite you in your career. Here are some steps to take: 1.

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Assistants Must Excel at the Fundamentals

Office Dynamics

I never take for granted the basic ‘platform’ skills I learned in the early days as a speaker. The world is moving at a much faster pace today so you have to be more organized, manage your projects better, take control of calendars, and cross every ‘t’ and dot every ‘i’ when it comes to travel planning. Time Management.

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Professional Development for Executive Assistants

Worxbee

You’ll find them engaging in project management, process management, strategic research, reporting and a range of dynamic, managerial functions. Learning new technologies. As new technologies are developed, EAs can learn them and bring that knowledge back to work. Process management. Project management.

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Are Professional Certifications Worth It?

Eat Your Career

The simple answer is this: I am a firm believer in the importance of lifelong learning. Some people like learning purely for the sake of personal growth. With the rise of online learning, professional certifications have increased in popularity and prevalence. That’s both a good thing and a bad thing for learning.