Who’s Looking for Project Management Skills?

The answer is - everyone! I recently conducted a search on LinkedIn Jobs and found that there were 75,483 jobs that listed “project management skills” as part of the job description. Your first thought might be that all of these jobs were for “Project Managers.” Wrong.

Here are some of the titles that included “project management skills” as part of the job description:

• Learning & Development Coordinator

• Executive Assistant

• Content Associate

• Investment Researcher

• Copyrighter

• Supply Chain Planner

• HR Business Partner

• Logistics Manager

• Senior Data Specialist

• Property Claims Analyst

• Operations & Enablement Lead

• Change Manager

• Implementation Consultant

As expected there were also a number of project related roles, such as:

• Event Technology Project Manager

• IT Project Manager

• Change Mobilization Project Manager

Overall, we have witnessed a significant increase in the value of learning and applying project management skills. If you have training and experience in leading projects and project teams, you will definitely stand out in todays job market. Project management skills are hot! Many organizations are now seeing the importance of having skills such as critical thinking, problem solving and decision making, along with effective communication abilities, and understanding the impacts of change. In a word? Leadership. In two words - Project Leadership. With organizations absorbing more and more projects by asking existing staff members to take on various projects in addition to their “day job”, now is the time to learn the skills that can lead you to new opportunities to learn, grow, and succeed.

If you have not done so already, I strongly encourage you to add “project management skills” to your professional development plan. These skills have been referred to as “life skills” because once you learn these skills you can apply them to every facet of your life - work, home, community, volunteer organization…you name it. Projects are all around us.

What are you waiting for? Let project management work for you.