Why Your College Professor Is Wrong
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by Josh Nankivel
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Felicia, I respectfully disagree with your instructor.
Even now while you are working on your Bachelor degree, and immediately after, I recommend you focus on gaining experience. After you have a few years of experience, you can make a better decision about what certifications or advanced degrees, if any, to pursue.
The truth is, you are much less likely to get hired as a project manager with a masters degree and no experience. You will be much better of building your experience base.
I’ve written quite a bit on how to gain experience when you are new to this field, and produced in-depth training on the topic as well.
For posts I’ve written, and please read the comments too:
http://www.google.com/search?sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8&q=site%3Apmstudent.com+experience
And my my on-demand training:
http://learn.pmstudent.com/project-management-career-coaching
I hope that answer helps Felicia.
Posted on: July 29, 2011 09:29 PM |
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Kenneth Katz
Release Train Engineer/IT Project Manager| UnitedHealth Group
Enfield, Ct, United States
I am a full time project manager and a part-time instructor of project management in a graduate program. My experience is that the students who most benefit from my courses are those who have a strong background in a functional discipline (engineering, IT, finance, HR, military service, even theater production in one case) and then add PM to that experience.
In my opinion, a PM with education but no experience in working in the real world would not be a credible PM.
Josh Nankivel
Engineering Project Manager| Apple
Sioux Falls, Sd, United States
Your experience lines up with mine then Kenneth. Thanks for the comment!
I agree; experience counts for a lot. You don't have to wait until you are working. Education and personal experiences or voluntary work can be framed as projects, if you approach them as such.
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