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Michael Brian Fl, United States

It’s been awhile since doing any type of job search and yesterday I decided to look up Jr. PM and project coordinator positions.

I decided not to refine filter and just get an idea of the market demands for the whole state. After bringing up 7 ads for “entry level” with the above titles- I was a bit taken back by the qualifications.

Entry level...

All of them required a bachelors degree, subject knowledge experience, and 3+ years PM experience minimum to even be considered. CAPM and PMP was “preferred” not necessary.

How does the above even pass for entry level? Entry level to me is 0-2 years experience - will train right candidate at the very most.

This makes me feel a bit uneasy as I continue to study for my CAPM knowing that I may have to venture out of my field to a brand new application if that’s what needs to be done to move forward. I do not have those qualifications and if they expect at entry level minimum of 3 years experience, how do they expect people to get experience? Volunteer for that duration?

For the most part a CAPM probably wouldn’t help me much in the freight forwarding world. It’s tough to find a PM role that is defined by what PMI reflects as PM knowledge and skills.

Thoughts? I’m chasing this certification because I see value in it, but I forecast it may not be such a smooth transition or really just have no idea what, if any opportunities will arise.

Posted: Jun 15, 2018 12:01 PM

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Samuel Berroa de La Rosa Engineer.| Food processing / Construction Management Pa, United States

That is the key point
*They want the workers to come in, already being experts and they don't want to pay expert rates.*

Posted: Jun 16, 2018 4:49 AM

Michael Brian Fl, United States

Jun 15, 2018 8:35 PM

Replying to Sante Delle-Vergini, PhD

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The roles that require PM skills would depend on the size of the business. Large logistics companies have project management requirements within HR (ie. training, change transformations), IT (ie. hardware/software upgrades, cloud solutions, enterprise networking, infrastructure upgrades), which can expand out of the office and onto the ground with technologies such as IoT, enterprise mobility and POS terminals. There are other business projects such as office setups, relocations, market research, strategic launches etc. All these require project management of some kind or another.

Good to know. My company does a whole lot of projects and there are logistics coordinators running them, but they are out of our bigger stations in other states.

My station is very small (roughly 10 employees max). Not so many project based work going on. We do however have a project coming up that has a specific time frame of when the merchandise has to PU and move out. It involves about 60 + shipments to move nationwide within a few weeks period.

Posted: Jun 16, 2018 10:56 AM

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