skills 9 – Project Manager – Australia's online resource for project management professionals

Demand for specialist project workers rises

Demand increased for the skills of Australian project professionals in the year to July 2011 according to a survey conducted by international services firm Resources Global Professionals.

August 30, 2011

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Skills maketh the project manager

Education is not enough to become a project manager—skills are the key desirables, and you either have them or build them.

August 15, 2011

Training required for NBN project

The National Broadband Network is calling for registered training providers to bring NBN workers’ skills up to the level required to work on the nationwide project.

July 6, 2011

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Project management skills gap causes stress

A widening skills gap in the management space leads to lower employee confidence, higher staff turnover and causes stress for more than seven in 10 staff members.

June 23, 2011

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Skills shortage prompts construction, engineering pay rises

Skills shortages at the professional/technical job level within the construction and engineering, and manufacturing and technical/trade sectors have led to a rise in wages.

June 9, 2011

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Survey shows need for centralised contracting

Almost two-thirds of organisations indicate that creating a visible talent pool is the largest contractor workforce related issue, according to a survey conducted by talent management solutions provider PageUp People.

May 18, 2011

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Professional project management—where are we now?

Project management has come a long way, but there’s still a distance to go before the public identifies the discipline as a discrete profession.

May 13, 2011

A project management paradigm shift

A fatal assumption prevails that only an individual who understands the technical aspects of a particular discipline can successfully run a project delivering that technical work.

May 12, 2011