Project management as a career choice – the benefits

A career in project management certainly isn’t for everyone. There are many characteristics that are required for the role, and not everyone has them. If you have strong communication skills, are great when to comes to making decisions, remain cool under pressure and are great at building a team who are effective, then you may very well have what it takes.

There has never been a better time to consider taking a project management accreditation. This is one role that is increasingly in demand as more and more companies see the benefit of having a qualified individual with all the project management skills in their employ to help drive their projects forward.

What is project management?

Very briefly, project management is the process of creating and organising the plan for a project. It also involves organising the objectives and milestones of the project, the deliverables and also managing the members of a project team, the budget and the timescales. It is the project manager’s job to make sure that a successful outcome is delivered for the project.

The benefits

If you are looking for a career that brings you plenty of challenges, with something different to contend with every day then project management will certainly tick all of those boxes. This really is a role where you will not only be able to use all of those skills and qualifications that you have picked up and improved during any training. It is also where you will be able to keep learning on the job.

A career

The skills that you do need for project management are on the whole incredibly transferable. You will be able to use then in project management in almost any industry, although some industries may also require you to have industry specific knowledge or qualifications as well.

There is a clear career path as well. Some jobs do not really have this, but project management is something of a straight-line trajectory. There are people who start out in the role and learn and gain their qualifications whilst doing the job.

The salary

Project management garners a good salary and with demand for project managers growing at a great rate than that of qualified individuals the salary will certainly be a benefit that is worth chasing. This is one particular field that is set to see a huge growth. Therefore, there will also plenty of jobs for the newly qualified project manager.

Expand your knowledge

There are always opportunities for a project manager to expand their knowledge and this goes much deeper than just attending training courses, although this will certainly help. Each project that you undertake will teach you something new. In some cases, it will teach you things that you will want to remember to do on your next project. In others, it will be the things that you will want to avoid doing again. There are always new concepts coming out, different ways in which you can tackle different situations in your project, you can learn from all of these and from your colleagues.