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Rami Kaibni
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Dhruv, congrats on earning your CAPM. I highly recommend you look for a project coordinator role as a starter in order to get your feet wet in the PM field. As a PC, you will gain first hands-on experience and get exposed to various aspects of project management. Good Luck!
Dhruv, First, congratulations on earning your CAPM certification. As you embark on your career journey, consider seeking an internship position as a project coordinator, or as Rami suggested a PC role. Although not everyone pursues an internship after completing an MBA, it can be a valuable step, especially if you have a passion for working with a specific organization. Wishing you all the best, 
William M Hayden Jr
Adjunct Assistant Professor| University at Buffalo, School of Management, Operations Management & Strategy
Buffalo, Ny, USA
Hi Dhruv.
Re: "Any suggestion to begin my corporate journey." Absent knowing more of your background, first consider why, what, and where you wish to begin learning. To become a productive PM requires you first understand the challenges of the type of work you eventually wish to manage, i.e., the people, process, tech, and leadership. Suggest you use your university library and use search terms to locate various perspectives. Cheers, Bill 
Hi Dhruv,
I would recommend an MBA-level Analyst role whose job duties explicitly state that there would be an “engagement with projects.” Once you have proven your abilities in that environment, you can “carve out” opportunities by crafting solution-driven project plans that you execute internally to accomplish assigned tasks/projects. With a few successes and the highlighting that your “secret sauce” is your ability to prepare and execute a plan, doors are likely to open internally for you to prove yourself on larger scales, and à la, you just strategically backdoored yourself into a business-driven PM role. Consider the following PM gateway examples: [1] Internal PMO-driven: Often managed on the technology side of an organization. [2] Internal business-driven: Often a business executive, but also through their trusted proxies. [3] External business services-driven: Product and service offerings on the commercial side of a business that requires implementation (i.e., PM) services. [4] Consultancy-driven: Sourced out to a third-party firm that provides neutral expertise. As mentioned, a project coordinator/expeditor role is another path. This type of position normally falls into the [1] Internal PMO-driven gateway, as would most positions specifically titled or referencing “projects.” However, you could easily have a PMO and find that all the project professionals have titles completely unrelated to project management. My point: Most project management job seekers coming out of higher learning associate a project manager with the traditional “project executive” role, wherein the PM operates as the executive of their project (with or without a charter). In many organizations, this type of PM comes from the [2] Internal business-driven gateway due to considerations surrounding the organization's corporate political structure. Hence, making you aware of this fact, as entering via the [1] Internal PMO-driven gateway may not be what you are looking for long-term in some organizational structures. I better stop there, as I didn’t intend to write a book. George |
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