Is this happening to everyone else?

Noting that I specialize in Creative + Content + Advertising Project Management. My title is Senior Project Manager. I have 10 years of PM experience at some of the most iconic luxury and lifestyle brands in the world. I live in NYC.

EDIT: Because, apparently, this is not known in this sub - that hourly rate is TRASH for the experience & a major city! I am just trying to have a discussion to see whether the rate lowering is happening across the board and see if this is a wider-spread problem. We deserve to be compensated for our work!

I have a BS in IT and 6 years experience. Without going to much into detail, I served as a sole tech at a highschool for almost two years (IT Director was my title, but inflated) and pivoted back to enterprise Tech support. Over the last 6 years in IT, on top of the changes the last couple of years, I have decided I don't want to stay in IT for a career.

This left me with searching for the type of work I enjoyed.

I am hoping to pivot to a Project/Process coordination or management.

Yet, to be honest. I don't want a role that is mostly tech focused. If that was the case, then I'd have to grind for more IT experience on top of learning skills needed for Project management or coordination, operations, BA etc related work.

So medical, higher ed, government, nonprofit? All options I'm interested in. Of course enterprise to get my foot in the door if needed.

But I can learn skills, I can get a CAPM, Lean Sigma certs, practice what I learn with things that I have already done... but then what about industry knowledge?

I don't have medical experience. The Terminology or software..

If I wanted to do something more mission focused, I don't have experience or education with homelessness, education(beyond doing tech), disabilities, etc.

My background is in tech, but at the same time I want to move past it. Not that I won't use it for my advantage, but I dont't want another career focus that will have me chasing IT knowledge for years to come.

Any advice?

Seeking an IT project manager to oversee one or more projects end-to-end. You’ll assemble project teams, assign responsibilities, develop and maintain schedules and budgets, coordinate resource needs with supervision, and track project progress through completion. You’ll also serve as the liaison between team members and the functional area requesting the project.

Details: Pontiac, MI • Hybrid (must be local — onsite 2 days/week) • $45/hr • 5+ yrs experience required • 1 opening • no relocation • no visa sponsorship

Must-haves:

• Experience overseeing one or more projects end-to-end (teams, schedules, budgets, resourcing)
• Experience serving as liaison between team members and project stakeholders
• Proficiency with: CA Clarity Portfolio Management, MS Project, Azure DevOps, MS Visio, Microsoft 365, SharePoint Online, MS Teams, and Agile methodologies

Nice to have: Experience with cybersecurity projects.

DM if interested. Start your message with the term 'PROJECT'.

what do you guys think about the future for the project managers , do you think this role is important in the future ?

Hi all,

I have 12 years experience in higher education in professional services in various roles supporting senior leaders doing admin work and previously worked at EY (one of the Big Four) as a Team Coordinator.

Here is my bio:

Programme, project and operations support professional with over 12 years'experience providing executive support to senior leaders, teams and complex operational functions. Experienced in projects, committees, meetings, finance, HR administration, line management and stakeholder engagement while managing multiple priorities in fast-paced environments. A collaborative and adaptable professional who builds effective relationships across all organisational levels, applies digital tools to improve operational processes and understands how high-quality operational support contributes to the wider strategic objectives of an organisation. Experienced in Agile-style working.

I have been thinking of getting into a PM role as I am in my second role providing project support and this current role feels too junior as I have had line management responsibilities in 2 roles (each time of 1 person).

I want to get out of higher education and ideally move into Tech. I recently completed a UX design certificate (Google) and am finishing up my last project which is an app design.

Any advice on how I could move into a PM role? I really want to move away from admin work and into something more well paid and more challenging (in a good way). I am based in Central London.

I have toyed with the idea of getting a PM foundation certificate (costs close to £1000). Will it be worth it?

Unfortunately I am employed as a temp in a major London university as opposed to having a permanent contract! So, I am in a bit of a sticky situation of needing to secure perm work and a secure income!

Please help with any advice on next steps or how to position myself! Thank you.

For those who transitioned into project management from accounting or operations…what was your first PM-related job title?

Hello all! I recently obtained a CAMP certificate and i am actively searching for project coordinator positions as i want to formally transition into PM. I have 10+ years of Administrative experience and want to getting into PM with an entry level role. I am located in Italy so i’m looking at a fully remote role.
Would really appreciate it if anyone would consider my profile and do not hesitate to contact for further details!
Cheers

Hi everyone,

I am an Operational Project Manager, I don't have Tech knowledge. Most of the projects I have been working on are more of operational excellence, business processes, coordinating, project mgmt... I have been working with Product Managers and Project Managers, I kinda understand on the surface what they are doing. The company I'm working in will file for bankruptcy soon. I have around 2 months to prepare for interviews. I would like to interview for PM position in Tech companies, working with engineers/stakeholders,... What skills/ knowledge/softwares you would recommend to me to start digging in. I am a highly adaptive person and a quick learner, thinking I will try my best to learn as much as I can and start applying for the job.

I am self taught most of the things via Youtube and do my own research, I would like to be self taught me on this too but I don't know where to start, please help me! Thanks a lot.

Excuse my English, I'm not a native speaker.

I have my CAPM certificate, and I'm thinking of going deeper and getting the PMP or another further certification.

But I have been hearing with the AI, people don't think certifications aren't worth it.

Whether or not that's the case (it's not) I'm unsure if I should invest that much time and money into that resource when it wouldn't make much of a difference from a resume/career perspective.

Hi guys! I'm currently learning about project management and preparing myself to step into the role.

How was your first experience in the role? What was the biggest challenge you faced at the beginning?

Thanks in advance for sharing your experience!

I was an ESL teacher for 5 years for immigrants and refugees

Moved to New Jersey and there wasn’t enough hours… so I started to work at a university archive as a temp. Covid hit and the school paused all hiring. I had a second interview scheduled for a permanent hire but it was canceled due to lockdown…

I was unemployed for 1.5 years while getting my degree, then finally got my current job

However…. The raises a slow. And I have to commute 1 hour each way (2 hours of driving each day)

I think it’s time to go back to private companies, and find somewhere closer to home.

It’s rare for librarians to leave the field, but I’ve spoken for some who were able to do it, so I’m taking their advice.

I can’t fit being a teacher or working at the Ivy League school on a 1-page resume… so I’m keeping it to just where I work now

Any advice would be incrediblyyyyy appreciated

I’ve never had a boss hire me who regretted it, or any boss who was sad to see me go. Once I get a foot in somewhere, I learn well and work hard. So I’m hoping to find a new place to just give me that chance

And it’ll all start with the resume

Hi everyone, I am looking to start up my own consulting firm. Starting with only myself and then eventually growing with other subcontractors. I have 10+years of project management, 4 in pharma and 6 in the tech agency world. I want to focus on startup tech companies. Although my experience is in project management I do want to offer delivery and operational consulting as well. However, I keep thinking what if I’m not experienced enough. My struggle right now is that I have to quit my full time job to pursue this, I am terrified but I will do it. My other struggle is getting clients, I have 3 leads 2 of people I have worked with before but they don’t have the work as yet but when they do would like me to join them on it- so I can’t count on these right now. I can’t promote until I leave my current full time job. I have been reaching out to startup founders on LinkedIn and almost no responses there. How did you get started? Did you take on clients that was looking for consultancy in an area you weren’t an expert in? If you did grow your business how long did it take you? If you sold your business, were you able to retire after the sale?

How do you escape the “need PM experience to get PM experience” loop?

Especially when you’re already chasing deadlines, updating plans and handling stakeholders, but your title still says coordinator or assistant.

For those who made the jump into a PM role, what actually opened the door? Owning a small project? A manager backing you? Switching companies?

And what turned out to be a complete waste of time? Give us the version that doesn’t make it into the LinkedIn success post.

Especially if the company already has a PM team, that you may work closely with but are not considered part of that team.

Hi all,

I have a stable local PM job but the commute is killing me. I want to apply to remote roles but am afraid that even if I get one (tough market), it won't be stable. I am scared of failing and risking not being able to pay my bills. Has anyone been in a similar position that can offer some advice?

I am looking for a remote project management role. I am okay with both sides or non paid I just want to have some experience in the field. Feel free to DM me.

I ended up moving into project management about a year ago following some restructuring within my company. It wasn't necessarily a career path I had planned, but I've been doing it for a year now and I'm trying to figure out whether it's something I want to pursue long term.

For context, I work in financial services. I have a fairly good high-level technical understanding of the work involved, and I'd say I have deeper knowledge in one or two specialist areas. However, because I'm no longer involved in the actual groundwork, analysis or day-to-day technical work, I sometimes feel like I'm just a professional chaser of updates.

A lot of my time is spent following up with teams, organising meetings, tracking deliverables, managing timelines and making sure people are doing what they said they'd do. Because of this, I sometimes wonder what value I'm actually adding beyond keeping everyone organised...

I also worry that the longer I spend away from the hands-on work, the more my technical knowledge will stagnate. At the same time, I appreciate that project management is a different skill set altogether, and perhaps I'm just not seeing the bigger picture yet.

Basically, I have a few questions:

• Is this a fairly typical experience, or does it sound like my role is more project coordination than actual project management?
• How do you develop genuine expertise and add value when you're not the person doing the technical work?
• What does career progression generally look like? Do most people move into programme management, senior leadership or something else?
• What skills should I be focusing on developing at this stage?

I'm not necessarily unhappy in the role. I just want to make sure I'm actually developing valuable skills rather than becoming someone who's simply good at chasing people for updates lol.

Hey folks, I'm in for some advice to transition my career from project engineer to project manager.

Background: Project engineer (PMP) with oil and gas engineering background, 19 years of experiences with small to world major oil and gas operators, mostly offshore facilities projects. The largest scope I led is around $60 million from concept to completion. I've been a contractor for the last 13 years of my career in Australia and thinking in my late 30s, my career as a project engineer coming to a dead end.

What I want: I'm now thinking of developing into a Project manager but energy industry has been slowed down significantly in Australia. What should I do? It seems Asia is doing a lot greenfield projects and fabrication, I don't mind considering an overseas opportunity either.

5 years in QA, bored of the repetition, and want to move into product management. I've qualified for the Nextleap PM Fellowship and tailored my resume to PM language, but I'm getting no interview calls.
If you've made this switch, what actually got you callbacks???

for some context, i’ve just finished my 2nd year in software engineering and i’ve slowly come to the realisation that i don’t enjoy coding and most of this technical work. i've got one more year before this degree finishes.

as part of our coursework, we had to work in groups at least once each semester and i’ve understood that working in a people-focused environment would be ideal for me…instead of coding, designing system architecture and all that. at the same time, i don’t want to throw away the time and effort i’ve put in these past 2 years. and i’ve heard many people say that graduating with a CSE degree doesn’t constraint you to software engineering or such technical careers only.

i’ve always enjoyed taking the lead and organizing stuff lol-idk if that proves anything. we just finished our 2nd year project in which i was the PM, i do have some experience from that but obviously that might not stand when applying?

i’m interested in applying to project management and would like to make the first steps by applying to PM internships but i don’t know where exactly to start and what might be expected. would appreciate any advice! thank you (:

Thank you for any advice!

Hi everyone,

I (26M) graduated with a Basc in Occupational & Public Health and landed a pretty decent job in the utilities sector. For 4 years I worked on developing and implementing inspection programs company wide and loved it but due to contract restrictions I had to find a new position. I decided to test out what I had studied in school.

Recently I got a job as a HSE Advisor on a construction site in Utilities and I hate it. I basically have no training, no work to do, no respect and my co workers always skip out on work and despise me for doing more than the bare minimum because it makes them look bad. Seems like I am at odds with everyone just for my role.

Since my previous experience is related to project coordinator work I was able to get my PMP but I am still having trouble breaking in to Projects. Out of 200 applications over 6 months I’ve probably received 20 interviews. Should i give up and become a safety wizard or continue to job hunt while getting aace certs in cost or scheduling.

Any advice would be appreciated thank you.

so, i'm enrolled in/attending a capm study course and i'm also looking for work. either temp/part time, or something within project management that helps to reinforce what i'm learning and vice versa. anyone got any names, numbers, email address, companies I could network with? any suggestions?