JOBSHOP CALL LANDS JOB FOR LISTENER!

It's time to celebrate!

The JOB SHOP Call has already reached it's first GOAL!

One of the listeners on our very first JOB SHOP conference call (just 4 weeks ago on June 28,2007) is already working at a job he landed as a result of that first JOB SHOP call!

He phoned me about 30 minutes ago to tell me how excited he is that he started this week at his new JOB!

He said he's been looking for a job for a while and says he has no idea how long he'd still be looking if it were not for our JOB SHOP call. We hope to have him share his story on the Aug. 9, 2007 JOB SHOP call!

PM Lessons Learned: it works!

Thank you to our PMLessonsLearned.com member Linda Wortman for hosting these calls and to the recruiters who have been involved as moderators.

While we're celebrating, a big round of applause also goes out to David Radkovich,PMP (host of our PMP Exam Study Group calls) and his group: their local PMP Exam study group has had two people sit for the PMP Exam and both have passed! You can take advantage of the same knowledge by listening in on the FREE PMP Study Group calls. See the website (PMLessonsLearned.com) and join the Yahoo group for announcements of the calls.

PMLessonsLearned.com - It's all about PMs helping PMs!

Join the Yahoo group to get announcements of our calls!

Free JOBSHOP confcall tonight:Recruiter’s view of today's PM Job Market+Job openings

Free teleconf tonight 7/26 "An experienced recruiter's bird's eye view of today's project management job market" Join the FREE PMLessonsLearned.com Interactive JobShop teleconference Today! Topic: "A bird's eye view of today's project management job market" 7/26/2007 Thursday 9:00 pm - 10:15 pm ET. Dial-in: (605) 990-0700 Access Code: 635 505# (Note: Long distance charges may apply per your service arrangement.) Our moderator is Allison Maltese (http://www.teksystems.com, and http://www.linkedin.com/pub/2/76a/655); Allison Maltese is the Delivery Manager for TEKsystems, the largest IT Staffing Company in the United States. She has spent 10 years with TEKsystems as a Professional Recruiter placing over 500 consultants in the tri-state area. Her primary focus is putting together a great resume to marketing yourself effectively. Allison has placed a number of project managers, and has a motivating approach to what's happening in our current job market. She motivates by clearing up misconceptions, and shedding light on what is actually happening. This will allow each of us to plan our searches more effectively. For more details, join the yahoo group via our homepage at PMLessonsLearned.com See the agenda below. PMLessonsLearned.com is FREE and open to everyone interested in the PM Profession. PMLessonsLearned.com - it's about Project Managers helping Project Managers. PMLessonsLearned JOB SHOP 7/26/07 AGENDA * Intro of host and moderator - Henry Will, PMP * Purpose of the call – Linda Wortman * Rules of the Road – Linda o Introduction of everyone on the call, first name and company, please add your last name if you wish to. Also please give less than 2 minutes elevator speech if you wish * Introduction of the moderator – Linda * Moderator – Allison o Her bird's eye view of today's project management job market * Brief description of TEKsystems jobs o Type of Project o Location o Job Title o Overview of job – job specs, full time or contracts o Company and/or industry o If contract – length, right to hire etc o Length of position if it is a contract position o Salary/rate – range, compensation package o Amount of travel o Contact phone for the recruiter * Any recruiters who have joined us on this call who have PM openings please briefly describe them and mention how those interested should contact them. Any one else on the call who has a knowledge of positions in their company please let us know. * Q & A

Archive of our published podcasts

Archives have been moved to this link:
http://pmll-archive.blogspot.com/2008/05/archive-of-past-calls.html

PMLL Episode 0017 Selling Yourself as a PM

The MP3 Podcast of the PMLessonLearned.com PMP "Lessons Learned" conference call from 19Jul2007 is now available.

The Lessons Learned topic was “Selling Yourself as a PM" - Presented by Frank Saladis, PMP (2006 PMI Person of the Year and originator of the International PM Day).


Download or Listen to the MP3 of PMLessonsLearned.com Episode 0017 (if your computer doesn't support that link, then this link or this link may work)


Notes from the Conference Call:

Panelists:

• Henry Will, PMP - Host, Inventor, PM (henrywill4.com)
• Barbara Fuller, PMP - president of ProcessandProjectsolutions ( processandprojectsolutions.com)
• Mara Burns - VP PMO of a Major Bank in NYC
• Frank Saladis, PMP Guest Panelist, presenter of our topic
• Frank is President of Project Imaginers Inc., a PM consulting firm. He is an author and national speaker on the subject of project management (having spoken at numerous PMI events and chapters). Last year (2006), The Project Management Institute (PMI, website is pmi.org) awarded Frank with the Linn Stuckenbruck Person of the Year Award! He is the originator of the International Project Management Day and past president of the New York City chapter of PMI. His numerous credentials also include his his being co-publisher of the internationally distributed newsletter for allPM.com, a contributor to the allPM.com website, and a masters certificate in Commercial ProjectManagement from George Washington University.

Announcement:

• Michael Okrent, PMP, spoke about the Southern New England PMI Chapter's 2008 Seminar at Sea from NYC to Canada Aug. 14, 2008. Frank Saladis is a presenter (doing 5 hour seminar on Teamwork) Registration at http://snec-pmi.org

Career Segment:

• Allison Maltese (TekSystems contact Phone 888-395-9245 or 973-434-6104) shared information on "How to Sell Yourself on an Interview". Allison is available to help PM Lessons Learned members with their career questions.
  

Main Topic: Selling Yourself as a PM

Information shared during the call:

• Frank provided some supporting slides which can be found in the files section of our Yahoo group site. Free Membership is required to access these files. Follow the links to the Yahoo group from our homepage at PMLessonsLearned.com. Frank also included "Selling Project Management" as part of the presentation slides.
• Book: "How to Sell Yourself" by Joe Girard
• Website: ALL PM (Frank is a publisher on this site: allpm.com)
• Website: SDB + PM forum - sdbpluspm.com
• Book: "The 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership" by John C. Maxwell
• Great Google search: "Connective Leadership"

Networking discussion (after the recording was stopped):

• It was shared that while PM's can strive to be likable, sometimes tough directives need to be made (example: "We've got to work overtime this weekend")


• Also, while PMs can be friendly with their team, the "friend" is in the business sense.

Please join us for a future conference call. We currently have several calls a month.

We highly recommend that you join the free Yahoo group in order to get announcements of our calls and other information to further your PM career.

Join our Yahoo group for details, reminders of the calls, and information to help you in your PM Career. Visit the website for details.

PMLessonsLearned.com - It's all about PMs helping PMs and is open to all.

Confcall Schedule and access to recording of JOBSHOP call if you missed it

You can listen in to tonight's JOBSHOP conference call if you missed it!

The recording of the last call is always available at (641) 985-5108 Access Code: 635 505#

Join the PMLessons Learned Yahoo Group for information about future calls and PM Career tips!

Here's the schedule for next calls:

• NEXT: July 19, 2007 at 9pm Eastern - PMLL Lessons learned confcall with Host Henry Will, PMP - Topic: Selling yourself as a PM presented by Frank Saladis, PMP (PMI Person of the Year 2006) who returns by popular demand! www.projectimaginers.com
• PM JOB SHOP: July 26, 2007 at 9pm Eastern - PMLL JOB SHOP confcall with Host Linda Wortman, Moderator: T.B.D.
• Aug. 2, 2007 at 9pm Eastern - PMLL PMP Study Group confcall with Host David Radkovich, PMP - Topic: "PM Framework" presented by T.B.D.
• PM JOBSHOP: Aug. 9
  
• Aug. 16, 2007 at 9pm Eastern - PMLL Lessons learned confcall with Host Henry Will, PMP - Topic: "How to do Lessons Learned and How to Leverage them on the Next Project" presented by Jennifer White, PMP and IBM Certified PM.
• PM JOBSHOP: Aug. 23
  
• Sept. 5, 2007 at 9pm Eastern - PMLL PMP Study Group confcall with Host David Radkovich, PMP - Topic: "Communications Management" presented by Rita Ramos, PMP
• PM JOBSHOP: Sept. 12
  
• Sept. 20, 2007 at 9pm Eastern - PMLL Lessons Learned confcall with Host Henry Will, PMP - Topic: "How to Succeed in the Face of Volatility: Lessons Learned from eXtreme Project Management" presented by Doug DeCarlo www.dougdecarlo.com
• PM JOBSHOP: Sept. 27
• Oct. 4, 2007 at 9pm Eastern - PMLL PMP Study Group confcall with Host David Radkovich, PMP - Topic: T.B.D.
• PM JOBSHOP: Oct. 11
  
• Oct. 18, 2007 at 9 PMLL Lessons Learned confcall with Host Henry Will, PMP - Topic: T.B.D. presented by Brett G. Hirsch, PMP IBM Executive PM, PM Center of Excellence, and IBM PM Knowledge Network Community Leader

Conference Call Dial-in: (605) 990-0700 Access Code: 635 505#
(if you miss a call, the recording is available until the next call, see pmlessonslearned.com left navigation for details)

And don't forget to join our yahoo group for reminders - it's FREE!
You'll receive reminders of the calls, information on Project
Management, and career information. See the link on our home page

ConfCall Schedule: JOBSHOP is next!

This entry post covers several items:

1. How to listen to past calls by phone
2. How to listen to past calls via PC or by Podcast
3. Schedule of upcoming calls ... Including our next call: The JOBSHOP CALL
4. Our polls

Details:
1. How to listen to past calls by phone (Did you miss it? Well you can
still catch the recording!)

You can always listen to a recording of our most recent call by phone:
(641) 985-5108 Access Code: 635 505#
(this is a FREE call, but not toll free: long distance charges may
apply) - Note: even if this phone number changes, the most recent
phone number and access code is posted on our website on the left side
at pmlessonslearned.com

2. How to listen to past calls via PC or by podcast

We have just caught up with all of our podcasts! Yes, we're up to
date and have posted all of the past calls as podcasts. You can listen
to them using your computer or an MP3 player or itunes or an iPod
(iPods are made by Apply (registered trademark)).

There is a link on the left side at pmlessonslearned.com that says
"MP3 Podcasts" click on it to listen. Or, click the link "Subscribe to
our podcast via iTunes" if you have iTunes.

3. Schedule of upcoming calls

* JOB SHOP: July 12, 2007 at 9pm Eastern - PMLL JOB SHOP confcall
with Host Linda Wortman and Moderator Sal Cortale Advanced Technology
Solutions (www.atsolutions.com)

* Episode 17. July 19, 2007 at 9pm Eastern - PMLL Lessons learned
confcall with Host Henry Will, PMP - Topic: T.B.D. (Risk Mangement or
Selling yourself as a PM) presented by Frank Saladis, PMP (PMI Person
of the Year 2006) who returns by popular demand! www.projectimaginers.com

JOB SHOP: July 26, 2007 at 9pm Eastern - PMLL JOB SHOP confcall with
Host Linda Wortman, Moderator T.B.D.

* Episode 18. Aug. 2, 2007 at 9pm Eastern - PMLL PMP Study Group
confcall with Host David Radkovich, PMP - Topic: "PM Framework"
presented by T.B.D.

* Episode 19. Aug. 16, 2007 at 9pm Eastern - PMLL Lessons learned
confcall with Host Henry Will, PMP - Topic: "How to do Lessons Learned
and How to Leverage them on the Next Project" presented by Jennifer
White, PMP and IBM Certified PM.

* Episode 20. Sept. 5, 2007 at 9pm Eastern - PMLL PMP Study Group
confcall with Host David Radkovich, PMP - Topic: "Communications
Management" presented by Rita Ramos, PMP

* Episode 21. Sept. 20, 2007 at 9pm Eastern - PMLL Lessons Learned
confcall with Host Henry Will, PMP - Topic: "How to Succeed in the
Face of Volatility: Lessons Learned from eXtreme Project Management"
presented by Doug DeCarlo www.dougdecarlo.com

4. Our polls

Please participate in voting in our polls - they're always open 24X7!
The link is:
http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/pmlessonslearned/polls

We are at 343 members of our yahoo group currently and still growing! Join NOW!

PMLessonsLearned.com - If you're a Project Manager or studying for the
PMP Exam, then this is the group for you! We're all about PMs helping PMs!

PMLL Episode 0016 PMP Exam Study Group Topic: Estimating

The MP3 Podcast of the PMLessonLearned.com PMP Exam Study Group conference call from 5Jul2007 is now available.

The study topic was “Estimating" - Presented by member Shelley M. who is a Project Manager studying for the PMP Exam.

Download or Listen to the MP3 of PMLessonsLearned.com Episode 0016
(if your computer doesn't support that link, then this link or this link may work)

Notes from the Conference Call:

* Shelley provided some supporting slides which can be found in the files section of our yahoo group site.
Free Membership is required to access these files. Follow the links to the yahoo group from our homepage at PMLessonsLearned.com

* Henry Will, PMP (Host of PMLL) mentioned Controlling Chaos Podcast Episode 32 (http://www.controllingchaos.com/?p=88)was on Agile Estimating where the idea of using Fibonacci numbers for estimating was mentioned.

* David Radkovich, PMP (Host of the PMLL PMP Exam Study Group Calls) mentioned http://www.sceaonline.net - The Society of Cost Estimating and Analysis

* Several people mentioned information about estimating and asked questions about PMP Exam study ideas and questions about the test.


Please join us for a future conference call. We currently have several calls a month.

We highly recommend that you join the free yahoo group in order to get announcements of our calls and other information to further your PM career.

Join our Yahoo group for details, reminders of the calls, and information to help you in your PM Career. Visit the website for details.

PMLessonsLearned.com - It's all about PMs helping PMs and is open to all.

PMLL Episode 0015 Managing Virtual Project Teams

The MP3 Podcast of the PMLessonLearned.com Lessons Learned conference call from 21Jun2007 is now available.

The conference call was on the theme of "Managing Virtual Project Teams"

Download or Listen to the MP3 of PMLessonsLearned.com Episode 0015
(if your computer doesn't support that link, then this link or this link may work)

Here are the notes from the Conference Call:

Panelists:
* Henry Will, PMP - Host, Inventor, PM
* Barbara Fuller, PMP - president of ProcessandProjectsolutions (processandprojectsolutions.com)
* Tom Mattus (www.ssi-learn.com) Guest Panelist, presented on "Managing Virtual Project Teams"

Tom provided some supporting slides which can be found in the files section of our yahoo group site. Free Yahoo Group membership is required. See the links on the left of our PMLessonsLearned.com website for details.


Other items covered were:

Allison Maltese (Professional Recruiter for TekSystems) provided a career minute on how the low unemployment rate effects us as PMs.

Please join us for a future conference call. We currently have several calls a month.

Join our Yahoo group for details and reminders of the call and information to help you in your PM Career. Visit the website for details.

PMLessonsLearned.com - It's all about PMs helping PMs and is open to all.

Tom Mattus is affiliated with Successful Strategies International,Inc. www.ssi-learn.com

PMLL Episode 0014 Risk Management

The MP3 Podcast of the PMLessonLearned.com PMP Exam Study Group conference call from 07Jun2007 is now available.
The study topic was “Risk Management" - Presented by David Radkovich, PMP

Download or Listen to the MP3 of PMLessonsLearned.com Episode 0014
(if your computer doesn't support that link, then this link or this link may work)

David provided some supporting slides which can be found in the files section of our yahoo group site.
Free Membership is required to accesss these files. Follow the links to the yahoo group from our homepage at PMLessonsLearned.com

Please join us for a future conference call. We currently have several calls a month.

We highly recommend that you join the free yahoo group in order to get announcements of our calls and other information to further your PM career.

Join our Yahoo group for details, reminders of the calls, and information to help you in your PM Career. Visit the website for details.

PMLessonsLearned.com - It's all about PMs helping PMs and is open to all.

PMLL Episode 0013 The Other PM: The real-life story of integrating Process Management with Project Management. Doing More with Less

The MP3 Podcast of the PMLessonLearned.com conference call from 17May2007 is now available.
The conference call was on the topic of "The Other PM: The real-life story of integrating Process Management with Project Management. Doing More with Less”

Download or Listen to the MP3 of PMLessonsLearned.com Episode 0013
(if your computer doesn't support that link, then this link or this link may work)

Here are the notes from the Conference Call:

Panelists:
Henry Will, PMP (Host)
Steve Blais, PMP

Presenting Panelist: Barbara Fuller, PMP (processandprojectsolutions.com)

Topic: "The Other PM: The real-life story of integrating Process Management with Project Management. Doing More with Less”


Lessons Learned – Process Management
Warmup question: Have you ever seen a process being too light or too heavy and how can you tell the difference?

* Barbara surveyed people outside the team to get their perceptions, then worked to correct processes in order to make a better impression
* Helped PMs to see that their cookie cutter approach was too rigid and heavy of processes – example: weekly meetings turned into stand up meetings and each meeting needed a goal, agenda and time to complete
* They made better estimations so that their “stakeholders” could send more projects their way.
* She started a PMO without any funds by networking the PMs

Please visit pmlessonslearned.com and join our FREE yahoo group via the link there to be notified of future conference calls and other information to help you in your PM Career.

Our group is open to all. Visit us at pmlessonslearned.com

PMLessonsLearned.com: it's all about PMs helping PMs.

PMLL Episode 0012 PMP Exam Study Group: Earned Value Management (EVM)

The MP3 Podcast of the PMLessonLearned.com conference call from 03May2007 is now available.
The conference call was on the topic of "Earned Value Management (EVM)"

Download or Listen to the MP3 of PMLessonsLearned.com Episode 0012
(if your computer doesn't support that link, then this link or this link may work)

Here are the notes from the Conference Call:

The Topic Title was "Earned Value Management (EVM)" presented by our PMLL.com member David Radkovich, PMP who hosts these PMLL.com PMP Exam Study Group calls.

David provided slides. They are available in the files section of the Yahoo Group. Free membership is required. See the link at PMLessonsLearned.com

Please join us for a future conference call. We currently have several calls a month.

Join our Yahoo group for details, reminders of the calls, and information to help you in your PM Career. Visit the website for details.

PMLessonsLearned.com - It's all about PMs helping PMs and is open to all.

PMLL Episode 0011 Project Management Leadership

The MP3 Podcast of the PMLessonLearned.com conference call from 19Apr2007 is now available.

The conference call was on the theme of "Project Management Leadership" presented by – Frank Saladis, PMP (PMI 2006 Person of the Year)

Download or Listen to the MP3 of PMLessonsLearned.com Episode 0011
(if your computer doesn't support that link, this link may work)

Here are the notes from the Conference Call:

Panelists:
Henry Will, PMP - Host, Inventor, PM
Barbara Fuller, PMP (Processandprojectsolutions.com)
Steve Blais, PMP

Guest Panelist:
Frank Saladis, PMP (PMI 2006 Person of the Year) (www.projectimaginers.com)

Other items covered were:

Resources:
*PMLessonsLearned.com – Bulletin Board available (see link on home page)
*Trump’s Apprentice show – go on the cbs.com website, you can see their lessons learned
*PM411.org – new podcast
*Software Project Management Network (SPMN.com) has a newsletter and “16 Critical Sofware Processes” on their site
*Gaining PDUs - Info on PMI Chapter cruises
*We have posted the info to our yahoo group about the PMI-SVCast (Silicon Valley PMI group – mentioned by Dina Scott last month) They need help with podcasts

Lessons Learned – Leadership:
*Active Listening
*Characteristics of a Great Leader
*Leadership books and articles
*Characteristics of High Performance Teams

Career Segment:
Allison Maltese (TekSystems) “How difficult is consulting compared to a permanent position? What are the differences?”

Networking session (not recorded)
Leadership
Information sharing:
* Share information so you have someone as a backup
* Have a backup in case something comes up
Integrity in leadership
Someone looking for a PM Job in Texas

Please join us for a future conference call. We currently have several calls a month.

Join our Yahoo group for details and reminders of the call and information to help you in your PM Career. Visit the website for details.

PMLessonsLearned.com - It's all about PMs helping PMs and is open to all.

PMLL Episode 0010 Why Study for the PMP Exam?

The MP3 Podcast of the PMLessonLearned.com conference call from 05Apr2007 is now available.
This is the first PMLL PMP Exam Study group conference call.
The conference call was on the theme of "Why Study for the PMP Exam?"

Download or Listen to the MP3 of PMLessonsLearned.com Episode 0010
(if your computer doesn't support that link, this link may work)

Here are the notes from the Conference Call:

The Topic Title was "Why Study for the PMP Exam?" presented by our PMLL.com member David Radkovich, PMP who hosts these PMLL.com PMP Study Group calls.

Topics for this presentation include:

* Getting started – PMI – Do you really want to do this
* The best approach to studying the PMBOK (PMBOK covers the "What" verses the "How")
* Great resources to help you PASS (Recommended Internet resources - web sites, Rita Mulcahy's book)
* The value of Starting a PMP study Group to help you PASS
* Lessons Learned from a recent test taker who PASSED

Please join us for a future conference call. We currently have several calls a month.

Join our Yahoo group for details and reminders of the call and information to help you in your PM Career. Visit the website for details.

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Free PMP EXAM Study Group Confcall on "Estimating" - This Thursday

Join our FREE PMLessonsLearned PMP EXAM Study Group Confcall This Thursday!

Topic: "Estimating" presented by Shelley M.

Date and Time: This Thursday July 5, 2007 9:00 pm - 10:15 pm Eastern time.
Dial-in: (605) 990-0700 Access Code: 635 505#

We suggest:
http://timeanddate.com for timezone translation