Can a PMP certification increase marketability and movement across industries?
Chinyere MbamaluDirector of Accountability Research & Response| NYC Department of Social Services New York, Ny, United States
Hello all,
Can a PMP certification increase marketability and movement across industries?
My PM experience is in healthcare. With a PMP can I move to another industry say banking or pharmaceutical without any background experience in either industry? Saving Changes...
Jason JafarianApplication Developer| IBMWashington, Dc, United States
To quote another poster, project management knowledge is "80% framework, 20% industry." Having a PMP won't necessarily make you a perfect fit for all industries, but a lot of the knowledge does translate, and a PMP certification should facilitate the move. Saving Changes...
Having PMP definitely provides an advantage with especially in the construction and manufacturing sector where competency on the Project management processes is required for effective & efficient management.. Saving Changes...
In most cases I'd say no as hiring managers are looking for PMs with sufficient domain expertise to gain a team's credibility, be able to ask the "right" questions and be capable of sanity checking recommendations or other information received from the team or vendors.
However, if you are working in a high demand-low supply market for PM talent OR if you already know the hiring manager then the lack of domain expertise might be overlooked.
A PMP will usually not open doors but the lack of a PMP might close some doors before you have been able to put one foot in the doorway :-)
Kiron Saving Changes...
Drew CraigSr. Agile & Product Coach| VanguardPhiladelphia, Pa, United States
"Can a PMP certification increase marketability and movement across industries?"
Having your PMP will certainly increase your marketability. As far as movement across industries, that will depend on various factors, such as skills/experience translation to the new industry, but I can tell you it surely will not hurt!
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1 reply by Riyadh Salih
Mar 25, 2018 5:30 PM
Riyadh Salih
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Andrew, I like your positive way to look at PMP certification certainly it should make a difference, it is an extra obvious qualification on the resume.
PMP can ensure that you have the minimum of PM expertise required for managing a project. In most of cases, you need the subject matter experience and/or expertise in adition to PMP. However, your chance increases when you are a PMP holder. You may have to start with small project in the new field. Give it a try. Saving Changes...
Chinyere MbamaluDirector of Accountability Research & Response| NYC Department of Social Services New York, Ny, United States
Thank you everyone for your thoughtful and detailed responses. Saving Changes...
Senior Projects Manager | Field & Marten AssociatesNew Westminster, British Columbia, Canada
I tend to agree with Andrew & Kiron on this. In the real world, to move from one industry to another, you have to have the minimum domain experience in order to be able to manage projects in that industry. Saving Changes...
Having a PMP certificate makes you like elite affluent clientele, the project manager suppose to handle any project but certain project needs technical background to be more successful, for example if there is a power project like power house or transmission substation if the PM has no electrical engineering background it would be hard for him to understand the single line drawings or check material according to Nema standard or CSA or ITTT or any other standard and most of the time he is required to generate AS-Built drawings as changes inevitable, so the talent triangle is really a good example to follow and if you are strong in all three areas then your chances of success would multiply faster. Remember you can not delegate everything and you can not rely on the team in everything, there are certain actions you should do it yourself which can not be delegated. Saving Changes...
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