That's what my former supervisor and friend Alan told me during the last 2 years of our working together; the last of which he obtained his PMP cert. I witnessed him receiving emails on a daily basis for job offers and he wasn't actively looking for work.
I was laid off last March and he gave me this piece of advice: G, if you can afford to hold off looking for a job for 3 months then I would advise you to finish studying for your PMP cert [I had started studying prior to the layoff], pass the test and then look for a job. I took his advise and within a within a week of obtaining my cert I had a job. More importantly though, once I had updated my resume with my PMP designation I was no longer looking for jobs because my inbox was being flooded with offers.
Please note, he and I also have some unique skill sets from within a traditionally anti-IT/PM environment but I can truly say that his advise was on point.
Jigsaw
Tue, 01/19/2010 - 16:04
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PMP cert...like printing money
That's what my former supervisor and friend Alan told me during the last 2 years of our working together; the last of which he obtained his PMP cert. I witnessed him receiving emails on a daily basis for job offers and he wasn't actively looking for work.
I was laid off last March and he gave me this piece of advice: G, if you can afford to hold off looking for a job for 3 months then I would advise you to finish studying for your PMP cert [I had started studying prior to the layoff], pass the test and then look for a job. I took his advise and within a within a week of obtaining my cert I had a job. More importantly though, once I had updated my resume with my PMP designation I was no longer looking for jobs because my inbox was being flooded with offers.
Please note, he and I also have some unique skill sets from within a traditionally anti-IT/PM environment but I can truly say that his advise was on point.