Project Management Career Overview
Eighty-three percent of organizations report that they can’t find qualified project managers to fill open positions.While this is bad news for employers, it’s great news for job seekers and those looking to increase their salaries.In fact, project managers make an average salary of $91,440 and certified project managers make even more.And nearly 16 million new project management positions will have been created between 2010 and 2020, and the industry will have grown by $6.61 trillion. Now is the perfect time to figure out whether or not project management is right for you.
PM Career Path
According to the Institute of Project Managers (IPM, Australia), Project Management professionals can be organized into 3 categories based on their job description and work experience.
These are early-level professionals who provide support to a project, works with a project manager and other tram members to achieve project success. Their work includes organizing project meetings, maintaining documents, identify problems or risks and managing project schedules.
A project manager is a person who has the overall responsibility for the successful initiation, planning, design, execution, monitoring, controlling and closure of a project.
Their work includes planning and defining scope of a project, activity planning and sequencing, developing schedules, resource estimation, risk analysis, monitoring and reporting project progress and controlling the quality of project.
Senior project manager is a head of any project whose main duty is to plan, organize, lead and control the project efficiently and effectively. They are usually liked by large organizations that works on more than one projects at a time and almost all of their project are complicated enough.
Their work includes delivering project management program, setting realistic goals, providing coaching and guidance, identifying resources, evaluating projects, keeping an eye on latest trends, internal communications strategy and developing tools and techniques.