Project Management Recruitment Agencies?

[HughGBanana]

excellent

thanks people you've been a great help.

I hoped that may have been a way to go and I guess that my enthusiasm to prove myself should be a good selling point and another small reason why an employer would take me on.

Careful selection for my first contract is key obviously, and Im hoping this will tie in nicely with me finding a contract before handing in my notice.

We will see

[Xenophon]

Malvolio and Lucifer are right. I got my first contract PM role this year and the advice they have supplied to you is exactly how the process worked out for me.

Good luck!

[agingguy]

Hi Hugh

We've got a list of Project Management Recruitment Agencies that you may find useful?

Apologies if I'm not allowed to place a direct link.

Regards,

Lee

[Chessplayer]

Voron -

I've done recent work for both MOD and DCA, so I accept the difference in viewpoint. And to be fair it helps to have paperwork to get you noticed if you have no freelance history

Ratewhore -

No it's not, although I get the same questions in other places

It's the 100% hit rate on people arguing the advice is the issue - if they're know that much about something they've never tried to do, why are they asking us in the first place!

Ignore me - I'm having a grumpy day. I've been sat on a Change Board for three hours now and am losing the will to live....

If I'd done any work for the Dachshund Club of America I'd be keeping it under my belt!

[malvolio]

I don't know, modern youth... That's the Department of Constitutional Affairs, aka the Lord Chancellor's Office, the one that manages the whole legal system. Now they have some serious contract lawyers...

[Mustang]

Contacts?

I don't know, modern youth... That's the Department of Constitutional Affairs, aka the Lord Chancellor's Office, the one that manages the whole legal system. Now they have some serious contract lawyers...

I hope you got a few contact details..........just in case Hector comes knocking!!

[LOSTINPRADISE]

Arrrrrrrrrrrrgh

Hi All

Im a newbie so please be gentle.

After working a 3 month notice period i took the plunge and delved into dark world of searching for an IT Projects contract. i rang many agencies before doing so and they all said your CV is excellent you should have no trouble blah blah blah. (OK i know now they are full of tulip).

5 months later, and the 9-5 of job searching every day....i still havent secured my first contract.

Having always been a permie, and having 8 years IT experience. i have had to endure 5 months of crap from agencies. From bogus job adverts to them asking for contact names of where i used to work.

I have this year invested my own money in training courses (Prince and ITIL) and so far this hasnt seemed to help either.

I had a fantastic permanent job but thought the grass would be greener.

Therefore my advice is think very carefully before making the decision to contract. Especially if its your first time like me!!

I havent given up hope totally, my CV is great and I do look good on paper but where are the interviews...i really dont know where im going wrong. im with MANY agencies and keep in contact on a regular basis. i am thinking the lull before Xmas has something to do with it.....

There are many positions for Banking or the public Sector but these roles 9\10 are looking for people who have worked in that environment.

Im about to draw up a new list of companies and approach them directly. Many have their preferred agencies though that recruit Contracters, so well see.

Any advice would be appreciated!!!

[malvolio]

So what kind of role are you looking for? TBH, Prince2 and ITIL paperwork means nothing to me unless you have some real-world experience and some successful deliveries to show me - and I am not the only one to think like that.

You might even have to consider winding in the sort of role just to get earning. As a permie you can rely on your history, as a contractor you're as good as your last one or two jobs, and you haven't got any. It might sound harsh, but that's the reality.

[LOSTINPRADISE]

Thanx for the reality check!!! Its true but i really dont want to go back to desktop support roles, i have a technical background but really want to move forward rather than back.

I have experience in lproject managing large infrastructure intergrations, office relocations, company wide ip migrations, company mergers, data migrations, software upgrades on a global scale. Im looking for an Infrastructure Project management\support role.

I took the courses as a number of agencies kept asking me for these qualifications when i applied for roles. As i was not working i decided to get them under my belt.

TBH ITIL was so easy to obtain, but not something i wish to work with. (so a bit of a waste of cash).

The Prince2 courses were really good. But i came from a six sigma environment so havent had practical use of it.

Anyways ive read through the thread and will try the direct approach and target the specific PM agencies listed.

ill let you know how i get on.

I wonder how Hugh got on?

[malvolio]

ITIL Foundation is a piece of wotsit, it's only an introduction. Proper ITIL takes a few years followed by a £5k exam. As of today, you won't get work anywhere near Service Management wihtout that understanding, and as a PM you will probably struggle to understand the Change and Release processes.

Prince is about project management, 6Sigma is about manufacturing, and driving down errors in repeaable processes. They are not the same beast and can be complementary.

QED - you don't know the market! Best of luck, anyway.