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Joe Wynne is a versatile Project Manager experienced in delivering medium-scope projects in large organizations that improve workforce performance and business processes. He has a proven track record of delivering effective, technology-savvy solutions in a variety of industries and a unique combination of strengths in both process management and workforce management.

  Career Development  

At this writing (and in the coming years), tens of thousands of IT positions will remain unfilled for weeks and months, perhaps a year or more. Why? The hiring individual or team will not be able to find the right match.

Some of these positions are just the type you would like to move up to, but you are part of the problem. You do not have what they want. You can’t even bluff your way in. So how can you determine what training and skills you need to capture one of these great positions? Start with your network and use it in a special way.

Identify Opportunities in Your Landscape
Your jobs landscape is that set of open positions that your experience has prepared you for. This landscape will have its own resource needs and skill preferences. The financial industry is different from manufacturing, which is different from technology consulting firms. Openings for project managers with three years of experience are different than those requiring 15 years of experience. You need a method to help you pinpoint what real future opportunities are available to you.

Discover Fertile Ground. You have probably heard plenty about using your network to find a job, but that is using your network too late. There is plenty more that a network can offer earlier. For example, you can question contacts to learn:

• What industries have growing openings appropriate for you…

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