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Situation: You can't find it on Google and want someone to join the search party

There are some interesting spins on search out there.  ChaCha is particularly interesting if you run into a roadblock and can't find what you're searching for.  Somehow (I'm guessing through the magic of overseas labor) they can afford to assign each searcher a "guide" who does the searching for you while communicating with you via IM.

I asked her, the question I"ve asked a thousand people over the years - "How many project managers are there in the world?"  I know that's a tough one.  Gantthead's over 285,000 members now, www.projectsatwork.com is nearly 70K strong and the two audiences barely overlap.  I also know there are 20 million MS Project licenses out there.  What my guide came up with is # of PMI members, which is typical - but at least she got that far.  In any case, its just one more thing worth trying if you "still haven't found what you're looking for".

Status: Connected to guide: MonicaC
MonicaC: Welcome to ChaCha!
MonicaC: Hi
You: hi
You: I'm trying to find out how many project managers there are inthe world.
MonicaC: let me see what I can find
You: thank you
MonicaC: I don't know know If will be able find the precise infomation...
MonicaC: but I can give you Project management association site and you might be able to enrollment stats at those sites
MonicaC: the first site I sent has a link to a pdf file
MonicaC: the last fact sheet is for november 2006
MonicaC: that site states 222,734 were enrolled worldwide at the time
MonicaC: checking for other sitesa
MonicaC: those are the only association I have been able to find
MonicaC: Are these results sufficient?
You: thank you
MonicaC: You're have a great day
MonicaC: you're welcome *
MonicaC: Please RATE ME. Thanks for using ChaCha.