In my career, I was laid off from my job a total of 6 times in 30 years. At one point, I was laid off 3 times in 5 years. All but one of these layoffs happened during downturns in the economy and/or the company being sold. Make note – if your company is being acquired, polish your resume. The final layoff happened because the […]
Welcome to Mary Rownd! Mary’s story is the latest in our series “How Did I Get Here?” Mary has a background in Marketing and enjoys working in the Digital Project Management space. Here’s her story. When did you first decide to become a project manager? Starting out, I was a Marketer and used my PM skills to manage million dollar marketing campaigns, manage cooperatives and […]
Cynthia Smith lives in the Denver area and enjoys running, hiking, and singing. She has worked in IT for 15+ years and most recently worked as a Senior Project Manager at Oildex, which provides cloud-based accounting software for the oil and gas industry. When did you first decide to become a project manager? I was working as a programmer and developer for quite a few […]
Everyone is always interested in “How did you get here?” and what led me to a career in project management. To that end, I’m starting a new series on ProProjectManager.com. The “How did you get here?” interview. I’ve got lots of friends (at least now) that are project managers and got to that place in many different ways. Let’s get started! My first interview […]
