PM1 – Week 1

My first impression of project management was how difficult can this really get? As we started discussing project management, I realized that this subject can go very deep and grabbed my interest and possibly project management will be apart of my future. I may not be a project manager in the near future but I am sure that I will be working in many projects and what I learn in the next few months will really help. Researching a project manager job on monster made me realized how much of a demand there is when the search result came up with more than 1000 postings. When browsing through the postings there are many different levels needed from where you can start straight out of high school or you need at least 7 to 10 years of experience. Also it seems that a bachelor’s degree is requested for many of the upper level jobs. Common requirements requested were strong communication and technical skills, proven knowledge of financial operations and applications, and the ability to budget and manage projects. As researched education and experience is an asset and is required for many of the jobs. At the entry level though businesses are looking for young, creative, enthusiastic people that want to learn. With browsing on monster.ca I think that if a person wants to become a project manager they will need to get academic and hands on experience before the person can take on large project management tasks. There are many career jobs offered and at the same time there are many jobs that are short term contracts which are quick and build the experience of a project manager. In the long run I understand that I cannot become a project manager without having any experience in the field and there are a lot of hard and long hours needed to become a successful project manager. This introduction to project management has given me a good insight of what I could be doing in the future along side my accounting.

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