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Project Management
Careers & Job Fair
www.wellingtone.co.uk
Agenda
6:30pm
Introductions
What am I worth?
Vince Hines
CV Structure & Social Media
Gordon Dewar-McKay
My career journey
Luke Streeter
7:45pm
Buffet, networking, 1-2-1 sessions,
meet Corporate APM Members
9:00pm
Close
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Introducing
Wellingtone Project Management
Gordon Dewar-McKay
Director of Recruitment & Talent Management
Lindsay Edwards
Senior Recruitment Consultant
Julie Gregson
Senior Recruitment Consultant
Vince Hines
Managing Director
Hannah Francis
Marketing Executive
Association for Project Management
Catherine Bowles
Maya Creasey
Nathaniel Morosoli
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Exhibitors
Transport Research Laboratory (TRL)
Lorna Pearce
Raytheon Systems Ltd
Sajid Mahmood & Simon Sypula
QinetiQ
Joe Heppenstall, Mark Lee & Dale Shermon
Lend Lease Consulting
Peter Chana & Ben Edwards
K2 Consultancy Ltd
Laura Sharvell & Richard Hirshman / Phil Jemmison
National Nuclear Laboratory
Liane White & Myrian Wood
Rhead Group
Katie Wilson & Neil Polley
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Wellingtone & APM Alliance
Wellingtone and APM have formed a unique alliance to provide a career
development service to the project management profession
APM and Wellingtone will work towards providing high quality career
development advice for the profession.
It is great to be working with an APM Corporate member and accredited
training provider with a clear track record in supporting project professionals
throughout their careers
Scott Walkinshaw, Director – Marketing & Communications, APM
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Wellingtone Project Management
Specialist Project Management Recruitment, Training
& Consulting company
• Permanent & Contract Recruitment
Recruitment Rank Awards
Finalist for Best Industry Knowledge
• Customised & APM Training Courses
• Microsoft Technology Consultancy (SharePoint &
Project Online)
• All industry sectors. Across UK & internationally
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OnREC 2014 Awards
Finalist for Recruitment Personality
of the Year
Our Clients
The one thing they all have in common….they all run projects
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What am I worth?
Vince Hines Managing Director, Wellingtone
www.wellingtone.co.uk
Salary & Market Trends Survey
• Invites to all APM members & APM contacts
• Survey ran from mid to end January 2015
• 2,717 responses
o Largest ever APM survey
o Largest ever PM profession salary survey
o Good geographic spread
Gender
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Age
Job Titles of Participants
47%
15%
8%
8%
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Project Managers
Programme Managers
Prog / Proj Support
Consultants
Education & Qualifications
40%
32%
22%
22%
14%
77%
Graduate
or Higher
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APMP
PRINCE2
APM Intro
None
MSP
Business Confidence
85%
58%
Full Time Employees
Been with current employer for 4 year or more
70%
46%
10%
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Growing
Recruiting
Redundancies
Employee Benefits
80%
59%
52%
48%
43%
45%
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Contributory pension
Mobile
Prof. Subscription
Perform. Bonus
Flexitime
Health Insurance
Salaries
£40k to £50k is
most common
band
Similar to
Wellingtone data
of £51k average
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Salary by Role
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Project Manager Salaries v Quals
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Project Support Salaries v Quals
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Contracting versus Permanent
Contracting
Permanent
Higher Risk, Less Security
Lower Income
No Benefits
Less Flexibility
No Career Development
Lower Risk, More Security
Greater Flexibility
Benefits
Higher Income
Career Development
Broader Experience
Sense of Belonging
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Contract & Interim Rates
• Paid £x / day basis
• Higher risk, higher reward
What are you worth? Conversion Rule of Thumb:
• Divide permanent salary by 100
• Then £40k = £400 / day
• Maybe deduct £50… reduce to £350
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Lower Risks for Contractors
Contract
length
Contract
notice
period
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Where do Contracts Come From?
• Over half of contracts are
through personal
contacts
• One third through an
agency
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Contract Rates
£400 - £500 most
common band
Aligns with previous
Wellingtone data
Anecdotal evidence of
shifting market from
£350 - £425 to
£400 - £475
for “generic”
Project Manager
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Project Manager Rate v Age
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Career Paths
A story: tools and techniques of project management are universal
Typical Route to Becoming a PM
• Most Project Managers start as SMEs
• Develop PM skills…very transferable
• Business PM / IT PM / Technical PM
Career Path Route
• Project Coordinator / PMO Analyst / Planner
• Project Manager
• PMO Leader
• Programme Manager / Portfolio Manager
• Programme / Projects Director
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Your career
Education & Credibility
• Ensure you have ability to justify your title of Project Manager
• Recognise the skills of a Project Manager….do you have those skills?
• Gain appropriate qualifications…APM!
• Engage with your industry…APM Chapter Events and SIGs
• Submit an application for APM Annual Awards!
Experience
• Look beyond the way of working in your organisation
• PM skills are very transferable
• Seek a broad range of projects…internal / client
• Projects with wider stakeholder groups / international
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Agencies….what to look out for….
Is it a genuine live role?
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Who is the hiring organisation. Has the agency placed there before?
Are they on the Preferred Supplier List? What is the selection process?
Have they asked for references…why?
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Contract roles…agency takes references. Perm role…hiring
organisation takes references
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Using your references just to find new clients?
Rate?
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Have they told you not to discuss rates during interview? Why? Lack
of transparency? What is the agency fee?
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Questions?
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Full Report will be published in March
Will be available from the APM and Wellingtone web sites
Will become annual report
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