I am trying to find out from the horses mouth what the best methods of finding a Project Leader are, basically how you would find a new job, where you would look etc.
I am looking for a Project Leader on the Infrastructure side with a wide breath of technology knowledge and some Project experience to work out of Staines in Middlesex, it is proving difficult so I would welcome any assistance from you.
Please note we are a direct employer not an agency
Thank you in advance
Richard - BUPA Recruitment Team
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You might see if there's a local PMI chapter around you with perhaps a website. I have seen a number of job posts on my local PMI's chapters looking for various levels of PMs.
My background happens to be in IT and specifically telecommunications and infrastructure. I get a lot of inquiries about jobs via careerbuilder and job sites such as those. Might not be a bad way to look for talent. Saving Changes...
Richard, Julie's point is on the mark. The PMI organzation has an international job board filled with PMI certified project managers. In the US - some of the other options are Craigslist, Careerbuilder, Monster.com, Dice.com, and many others. More important to finding a list of possible candidates is ensuring you have identified the criteria you wish to use to identify and winnow the potential candidate list. Consider writing a bulleted list of not only what the job responsibilities will be, but also the skill set: both hard skills(datacenter management, software development, telecomm, etc.), and soft skills, e.g., plays well with others, good communications, etc. Be prepared to identify what level of compensation; salary and bonus will be provided. Lastly, consider hiring a consultant/contractor. They may cost more per hour, but you won't have any of the ancillary costs of pension, vacation, medical, etc. You might find a perfect candidate, and when the project is complete - wish them well on their way to their next opportunity. Saving Changes...
What I am looking for is detailed below and salary is £40-44K + extensive benefits, do you think this is attractive?
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------A leading large enterprise company with a global brand name are seeking an Infrastructure Project Leader to join their company in Staines, Middlesex.
The ideal candidate will have prior involvement in running multiply concurrent projects ranging in budget to £100K, will have a history of managing and delivering projects on time and to budget, it will be imperative that you have evidence of juggling a mixture of small, medium and large projects, the current Project Leader is working on eighteen projects at once.
You will need to have a wide breath of knowledge on Intel servers, UNIX, desktop and networking, the projects range from dealing with shared services, wellness, hospitals and UK membership. Previous experience of working with implementation of infrastructure components, running new network lines, infrastructure upgrades – new applications, refurbishments and roll outs are all required as is the ability to run with all manner/mixtures of projects.
You will bring experience of full project life cycle experience from initiation to implementation and in some cases post implementation, leadership will be virtual management of resources.
This is an opportunity to get involved, develop yourself and work for a company that values it workforce as the key element of their success, has no shareholders and invests profits directly back into the company to develop staff and services. Saving Changes...
Richard - in my opinion, the job as described is for an entry level project manager, one with less than 5 years of experience. I apologize for unfamiliarity with compensation in the UK, but based on the small scale of the projects - $220k is a small infrastructure implementation. Secondly, I would suggest that you reserve the discussion on successful implementation experience to that actual interview - better to use open ended questions to extract the success stories. You might miss the perfect fit candidate because their implementations have been challenged through scope creep, budget cuts, or a host of other issues preventing them from being successful. Better, in my view, to have a good cultural fit - successful implementations are not always a failure in project management - most can be - but sometimes it just isn't our fault... our responsibility ... but not our fault.
Lastly - if your planning to offer stock options or incentive compensation based on performance you might say - compensation based on performance, with a base of 40-44k.
Thats all from me - I'm not sure that's a lot of help....
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