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At the beginning of my project management career, I knew it was a perfect fit for me but was overwhelmed and confused about how to get started. Many people give up due to all the initial hurdles of gaining knowledge and experience. For instance, how do you gain experience when all of the positions you find require experience? And what about gaining knowledge of formal project management in the real world? It’s nice to read about it, but wouldn’t it be great if someone actually showed you how it’s done?

That’s where I come in.

Initially, as with most products I had my reservations. I wanted to be very sure that I was making a wise investment. But soon, after watching the first series of videos regarding 01-Starting Out and 02-Career Trajectory and downloading the worksheets and documents I knew I was getting an excellent ROI!

Your videos have answered many of the questions I had regarding how I can position and prepare myself to make the career transition to IT Project Manager.

Thanks again for everything!

Sincerely,

Mark Bradford, MS, MBA
Detroit, USA

About

About Josh Nankivel, BSc PM, PMP

Josh coaches new and aspiring project managers to achieve their career goals through various publications and training courses. He founded pmStudent in 2006 to help himself and others learn more about project management as a discipline and career.

He has been managing IT and non-IT projects in Computing, Financial Services, Telecommunications, and Aerospace for over a decade. Josh’s educational background includes a Bachelor of Science degree in Project Management and he is PMP certified.

Josh lives in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, USA with his wife and 3 sons.

About This Training

Available online from anywhere, anytime, including mobile devices
Courses consisting of video lessons and audio discussions, about 8 hours in total
Worksheets and checklists for your own career path
A members-only forum to have discussions with me and your fellow members

Josh,

I really enjoy the training – it’s a great place to learn more about project management. Key things which I find good:

1) Really great trainer/mentor experienced in both . I know you, Josh, from pmstudent.com blog, WBS Coach, your mailing lists and direct e-mail communication with. I know you’re doing a great job in teaching about very pragmatic content about PM in quite engaging way.
2) You’ve been always open for feedback and I’ve always had my questions answered.
3) Online training benefits: I can watch the lessons whenever it’s convenient for me from anywhere.
4) A great (and always growing) amount of very well structured video lessons.
5) Open-ended & always improving: I’m happy to see new materials are continuously getting added, and the site is getting improved. Student’s suggestions are taken into account for improvements and for new topics to be covered in lessons.

Best regards,

Yavor Nikolov
Sofia, Bulgaria

Course Outline

Lesson Plan

01-Starting Out (1-Intro) 9:54
01-Starting Out (2-My Story) 12:27
01-Starting Out (3-My Story) 13:29
01-Starting Out (4-What is your starting point?) 14:55 [worksheet included]
01-Starting Out (5-What is your starting point?) 12:02
01-Starting Out (6-Career Goals) 13:35
01-Starting Out (7-Career Goals) 13:48 [worksheet included]
02-Career Trajectory (1-Education) 12:11
02-Career Trajectory (2-Certifications) 10:42
02-Career Trajectory (2b-Certifications) 1 hr 20min
02-Career Trajectory (3-Experience) 6:44
02-Career Trajectory (3b-Experience Case Study) 5:08
02-Career Trajectory (4-Experience P2) 13:43
02-Career Trajectory (5-Plan Your Career) 9:17 [worksheet included]
03-Project Manager Career Interviews (1 Hour)
04-Professional Relationships (1-Professional Organizations and Networking Considerations) 23:34
04-Professional Relationships (2-Online Networking) 9:15
04-Professional Relationships (3-Offline Networking) 8:49
04-Professional Relationships (4-Common Networking Mistakes) 11:38
04-Professional Relationships (5-Organizations and Networking For You) [worksheet]
05-Job Seeking (1-Researching Organizations) 16:28
05-Job Seeking (2-Researching Organizations-Continued) 10:23
05-Job Seeking (3-Resume Writing Process) 13:12
05-Job Seeking (4-Resume Considerations) 10:53
05-Job Seeking (5-The Truthful Resume) 14:12
05-Job Seeking (6-Cover Letters) 14:45
05-Job Seeking (7-Portfolio – Your Secret Weapon) 17:41
05-Job Seeking (8-All About References) 10:57
05-Job Seeking (9a-Interview Preparation) 14:05
05-Job Seeking (9b-Interview Technique) 16:40
05-Job Seeking (9c-Interview Questions) 16:48
05-Job Seeking- (10-Offers) 6:33
06 – Discussion with Margaret Meloni (50 mins)