Moving from Test Management to Project Management!!!

[MrMarkyMark]

A lot of testing is ensuring the new functionality hasn't broken existing functionality and that can be automated...

Whilst my Mrs. has been off contract she has been learning a lot of testing frameworks, software, use of in different methodologies and integration.

Jenkins is one that does that I believe, web based at least.
Very interesting as it seems to run everything (change wise) in its own skin / partition so you can compare old code in the application to new.

It seems it is a very much an art these days.

Every day is a school day

[WTFH]

I just did a quick count of jobs I applied in June (Apply.online@apps email), I have to say it comes ~500. So I am not sitting idle.

How many did you contact the agent/client about before sending in your CV, and how many did you contact the agent/client about after sending in your CV?
How much tailoring of your CV did you do for each one?
What feedback did you get after being told you didn't get put forward for an interview?

[Darren_Test]

Jeez - are you getting calls and interviews? I've just done a search and I've applied to about 40 Jobserve roles since the start of 2014. And I mostly do short term projects!

Maybe you need to look closer at your CV / Covering Letter?

My CV is very good, except it is a 5 page one...??
~20 years experience so I suppose 5 page CV is not big..?? Thanks.

[Darren_Test]

Absolutely this. The whole thread smacks that the market isn't the main problem....

CV & cover letter are OK.

After getting couple of "too much experience" comments I removed details of experience older than 10 years. More than 10 years old just says title + duration only. Still it sis 5 page one, just to cover as many key words !

[SueEllen]

My CV is very good, except it is a 5 page one...??
~20 years experience so I suppose 5 page CV is not big..?? Thanks.

If your CV was good you would have agents contact you hours before the role goes on Jobserve.

[Darren_Test]

500 applications in one month? WTF.

Yes Test Manager, Lead, QA Manager, Lead, Scrum Master. Will start applying for PM roles after getting PMP.

Am I applying for too many roles..?? Is that the problem..??

[SueEllen]

Yes Test Manager, Lead, QA Manager, Lead, Scrum Master. Will start applying for PM roles after getting PMP.

Am I applying for too many roles..?? Is that the problem..??

Yes.

Apply for roles that fit your CV.

And get someone to review your CV for you.

[vwdan]

If your CV was good you would have agents contact you hours before the role goes on Jobserve.

Yep, agree with this. I've only actually picked up two projects via applications - the rest find me. Personally, I mainly focus on JobServe as a way to gauge the market in general.

Yes Test Manager, Lead, QA Manager, Lead, Scrum Master. Will start applying for PM roles after getting PMP.

Am I applying for too many roles..?? Is that the problem..??

Well, something ain't right. For a start, you should be applying only to jobs that you're a good fit for - else you can come over as a chancer.

[northernladuk]

Yes Test Manager, Lead, QA Manager, Lead, Scrum Master. Will start applying for PM roles after getting PMP.

Am I applying for too many roles..?? Is that the problem..??

Don't wanna be rude but looking at this thread you don't really appear to have a solid grasp of what you are, what you offer and what the client wants. You've got quite a few posts to date but this thread shows quite an amount of naivety.

We have endless posts from newbies entering the market where we explain the process, not sure why you've not seen them.

[WTFH]

Yes Test Manager, Lead, QA Manager, Lead, Scrum Master. Will start applying for PM roles after getting PMP.

Am I applying for too many roles..?? Is that the problem..??

No, I think the problem is you don't know what you're doing. (Although based on the threads you've started, it's not that surprising)

Cover letter? Why?
5 page CV? Means you haven't actually done much but you like to talk it up.
Get your CV down to 2 pages and ditch the cover letter.
Speak to the agent before sending your CV in.

While none of us on here particularly like agents, we can use them to our advantage. You keep in contact, you stay professional, then when a role comes up, they think of you, but also you can call them about it and that puts you ahead of the schmuck who sends in a 5 page CV with a 10 page covering letter.

When you're looking for work, phone the agents you know. Keep in their faces. When roles come up, if the agents you know are any good, they'll be all over them.
If every role you apply for is through an unknown agent or goes via a call centre half way round the world, then you are as likely to get it as every other person who spams in a CV.
To get a role you need to stand out from the crowd - first to the agent and then to the client, and agents are a bit like Donald Trump - they have no attention span. If you can't wow them with the first few lines of your CV, then you've lost them, your CV goes in the round filing cabinet.

But you've got 20 years of experience so you should know all this.