Job Search is a very important (and challenging) career-building skill-set. Actually, it’s a culmination of several different skills: you need to master resume writing, online job search and social media promotion, networking, interviewing and salary negotiation – if you want to land your next job to boost your career.

IF YOU’RE LOOKING FOR A ONE-STOP SHOP WITH ALL THE TOOLS YOU NEED TO DRIVE AN EFFECTIVE JOB SEARCH CAMPAIGN TO GROW YOUR CAREER (AND WHO ISN’T?) THEN DEVELOPING YOUR OWN PERSONALIZED JOB SEARCH STRATEGY IS CRITICAL.

 

Job Search Today: How the Game Has Evolved

There was a time when all you had to worry about was preparing a decent resume and doing some basic networking and you could land a job. Those days are long gone.

Make no mistake: Sending out resumes can still work. But the send-the-resume and pray approach isn’t nearly as effective as it used to be.

Why?

Because of online Applicant Tracking Systems (that result in untargeted resumes never reaching a decision maker).

Because of how recruiters search for candidates (nearly all search in LinkedIn).

Because good jobs aren’t plentiful.  And even awesome candidates are not getting across the finish line and getting those jobs.  Great people are unemployed for months (sometimes upwards of 40 weeks).  Are you willing to bet nearly a year’s salary on not having your “A” Game ready?

Today you need to have a focused, targeted resume, use online and social media strategies to leverage your personal brand and get seen, and then you need to convert that into interviews and landing the job.

This guide will help you up your game so you can land your dream job and cut down your search time (because time is money…in your bank account).

 

The Ultimate List of the

Web’s Best Job Search Resources

From Resume Writing to LinkedIn,

This Guide Has You Covered

 

Chapters

Chapter 1: Resume Writing

Chapter 2: Job Search

Chapter 3: Job Sites

Chapter 4: Recruiters

Chapter 5: Social Media

Chapter 6: Networking

Chapter 7: LinkedIn

Chapter 8: Interviewing

Chapter 9: Negotiation

Bonus: Special Situations and Topics

• Personal Branding
• Annual Reviews
• Searching When You Have a Job
• Searching When Unemployed
• Job Hunting for Introverts
• The Emotional Side of Job Hunting
• Additional Resources

 

Chapter 1: How to Write a Kick-Butt Resume

Whether you’re creating a resume from scratch or updating your resume or revising it to target a specific job opportunity, we’ve got you covered.  You’ll get resume writing tips, what to include and what to leave out, along with samples and guides for key resume sections to make your resume pop.

How to Make a Resume: A Step-by-Step Guide (+30 Examples)

103+ Resume Tips

131 Resume Writing Tips

44 Resume Writing Tips

43 Resume Tips That Will Help You Get Hired

25 résumé mistakes you need to fix right now

How to Write a Winning Résumé [Video]

Resume Summary Statements

Action Verbs in Action: Sample Job-Seeker Resume Bullet Points that Kick Off with Powerful Verbs

How to Explain Work History Gaps

4 Words that Will Kill Your Resume

 

Chapter 2: Insider Secrets to an Effective Job Search

Maybe you’ve just been laid off, or you’re looking to get promoted or move up outside your current company.  But a job search seems like a massive undertaking.  Where do you start?  How do you move forward quickly?  You’ll get the latest job search tips, key steps to take in the process, and a better understanding of what does and does not work in today’s economy and job search process.

50 steps to finding a new job

10 Unconventional (But Very Effective) Tips For Job Seekers

6 Simple Job Search Tips People Always Forget

Top Tips When Searching for a Job

15 Quick Tips for Finding a New Job

Job Search Tips – The Huffington Post

Searching for a Job During a Recession: Eight Job Hunting Tips

Job Search Tips – Indeed Job Seeker Support

Playing the Wrong [Job Search] Game?

THE ULTIMATE GUIDE TO JOB HUNTING: Apply to 15 jobs per hour, use a multi-resume strategy, and win at LinkedIn

 

Chapter 3: How to Uncover Jobs Hidden Online

You know you need to have a web presence.  And you also know that more jobs are being posted on the web, whether job boards, company websites, or through recruiters.  You’ll find which websites are the best to start your search with along with how not to trip and stumble along the way.

Guide to Finding Jobs Online: Online Job Search Tutorial

Secrets To Finding A Job Online

Top 10 Best Websites For Jobs

5 Ways to Find Jobs Without Using a Job Board

Online Job Search Tips and Tools

 

Chapter 4: Why You Must Use Recruiters (and the right and wrong ways to do it)

Recruiters may help your search or hinder it.  They can shortcut many of the processes for you and often have jobs they’re actively trying to fill today.  But you don’t want to use them as a crutch in your job search.  Here’s you’ll find what recruiters look for, how they work. Where they can be found, and insights recruiters typically only share with their recruiter buddies (not with the job searching public).

How Recruiters Think…Why Your Phone Isn’t Ringing…And Why It Might Not Be You

Advice How to use Recruiters Headhunters in your Job Search

5 Things You Should Know About Job Recruiters

The Pros and Cons of Using Recruiters

Choosing an Employment Agency or Headhunter

How to Find Recruiters in Your Niche

15 Quick Tips for Working with Recruiters

Top 17 Songs Every Recruiter Can Relate To

Insights Into The Secret Lives Of Recruiters

 

Chapter 5: Social Media Job Hunting Success Secrets

What about LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter, etc?  How do you use social media strategies to your advantage in your job search?  We’ll cover LinkedIn extensively in a later chapter.  You’ll uncover what you must do with social media and what not to do.  Yes, your future employer (or the recruiter or human resources person who’ll be screening you) will be checking your social media sites – either to find you or to screen you out (yes, that party you were at that had your picture end up on Instagram, or the drunk tweet you sent can come back to haunt you).  Get social media right and you’ll be on your way.

Job Seekers: Social Media is Even More Important Than You Thought

45 Things to Do on Social Media to Find Jobs

Guide to Social Media and Job Search

Social Media Do’s and Don’ts

 

Chapter 6: Networking the Easy Way

In sales networking is a way of life.  Something that almost comes easy.  But for everyone else this can be a challenge you don’t deal with every day.  And so it takes having a good wingman along for the ride.  These resources below are your wingmen – ready to guide you to developing key connections that will smooth out the bumpy road of your search.

Job Networking Tips: How to Find the Right Job by Building Relationships

6 Career Networking Tips for Millennials

7 Networking Tips for Job Seekers

15 Quick Tips for Strengthening Your Career Network

How to Build Your Job Search Network

19 Tips That Will Make You a Networking Master

Turbo Charge Your Job Search with 12 Easy Networking Tips

10 Networking Tips for Finding a New Job

7 networking tips for young professionals

 

Chapter 7: Leveraging LinkedIn

LinkedIn.  It can rightly be considered the Holy Grail of job search.  From becoming visible (with a knock’em-dead profile) to connecting with future hiring managers (through connections and searching companies and the people who work there) to paid options.  LinkedIn has it all.  It is a must-know area of job search that you need to get good at.  An extensive list that goes deep into many useful LinkedIn subjects are here for you to dive into.

LinkedIn Job Search Guide

The 2016 LinkedIn Job Search Guide

How To Optimize Your LinkedIn Summary & Profile To Get Jobs

The Ultimate Guide to LinkedIn Profile Perfection

The 31 Best LinkedIn Profile Tips for Job Seekers

22 Top Tips to Effectively Raise Your Profile on LinkedIn

18 Tips to Create Your Perfect LinkedIn Profile (Infographic)

10 Tips To A More Professional LinkedIn Profile

22 LinkedIn Secrets LinkedIn Won’t Tell You

7 LinkedIn Profile Summaries That We Love (And How to Boost Your Own)

4 Insider Secrets: LinkedIn Resume and Job Search Hacks

 

Chapter 8: Winning Interviewing

So you made it to the interview.  Now what?  What about those tricky questions you weren’t prepared for?  No need to freak out or not be prepared.  We’ve got you covered.  From interview tips from the hiring managers themselves, to a complete list of the top interview questions (along with how to answer them).

How to Succeed at an Interview

10 Awesome Interview Tips from Actual Hiring Managers

Most Common Job Interview Questions and Best Answers (+20 Examples)

How To Ace The 50 Most Common Interview Questions

Job Interview Questions and Answers

31 Most Common Interview Questions and Answers

The Most Common Interview Questions and Answers

10 of The Hardest Interview Questions & How to Answer Them

29 Tough Job Interview Questions and Answers

Job Interview Information List

 

Chapter 9: Negotiating When It Counts (Tips and Strategies to Boost Compensation)

You nailed the interview!  Woo Hoo!  Now’s where the rubber meets the road.  Negotiating your compensation.  What?  You thought about accepting their first offer?  Think again.  Before you say “Yes!” find out the rest of the story.  Otherwise you may be leaving money on the table (and it can be tens of thousands of dollars easily).

PayScale Salary Negotiation Guide

Salary Negotiation: How to negotiate better than 99% of people

How to Negotiate Salary: 37 Tips You Need to Know

Negotiating Salary 101: Tactics for Better Compensation

10 Questions To Ask When Negotiating Salary

Avoiding These 10 Salary Negotiation Mistakes

Salary Negotiation Tips (How to Get a Better Offer)

How to Negotiate Your Salary

Ask a Hostage Negotiator: What’s the Best Way to Get a Raise?

 

Bonus: Special Situations and Topics

Lead the Field With Awesome Personal Branding

In this age of social media and rapid job change being the norm rather than the exception, your brand, what you stand for and what you excel in (basically what sets you apart from the competition) is critical to get clear on and be always promoting.  Whether that is through blogging, your LinkedIn profile, or the projects you take on in your job, it all reflects on you and demonstrates your expertise (or lack thereof).  Why not take control of that marketing opportunity and leverage it into the future?

What Does Your Brand Say About You? And Yes, Everyone Has A Brand

How to Create a Professional Brand

Complete Guide to Building Your Personal Brand

10 Ways to Build your Personal Brand

7 Tips on Creating and Growing Your Personal Brand

Reinventing Your Personal Brand

Personal Branding 101: How to Discover and Create Your Brand

Personal Branding – The Huffington Post

 

Awesome Annual Reviews

Every year after year-end you have an opportunity.  An opportunity to get feedback from your boss on what he or she views as your strengths and weaknesses.

And how your production for the year did or didn’t benefit the company.  Since companies need to generate additional sales from having you on the team that exceed your cost, how well you do that impacts ultimately how much you can earn there.

Whether the process works well or doesn’t you’ll still get feedback you can use.  And if you prepare using some of the ideas in these resources, you may find that starts to translate into larger pay raises, bonuses, or opportunities for increased visibility and responsibility through the projects and leadership situations you’re offered.

How to be Confident Heading Into Your Performance Review

10 Tips to Get More From Your Performance Review

Self-Assessment: 5 Tips for Writing Your Performance Evaluation

How to Prepare for a Positive Performance Review

5 Performance Review Tips

 

How to Job Search When You Have A Job (without getting fired)

Searching for the next job while you have one is just smart.  But how do you do it without jeopardizing your existing job?  And how do you fit all the search work in around your job?  Find out how to balance these competing priorities and avoid the landmines along the way.

The Best Way to Job Search When You Have a Job

How to Find Time for Your Job Search (When You Have a Full-Time Job)

How to Find a New Job While You Have One

7 Tips for Job Hunting While Still Employed

Job Search Etiquette: Interviewing While Employed

Job Hunting When You Have a Job

How to Job Search While You Have a Job: 14 Steps (with Pictures)

9 Things To Consider Before Job Searching While Employed

How To Job Search on LinkedIn in Secret Without Getting Fired

 

Overcoming Unemployment

Being unemployed adds quite a bit more complexity and challenge to the job search process. From how to deal with it effectively on your resume to how to reflect it on LinkedIn, and what to do to keep your job search effective.

Overcoming the Unemployed Bias

5 Job Search Tips for When You’re Unemployed

Unemployed? 4 Ways to Recharge Your Job Search

Best LinkedIn Job Title When You Are Unemployed

Job Interview Tips for Unemployed Job Seekers

How to Get a Job When You’re Unemployed

10 Things You Need To Do While You’re Unemployed

 

Insights for Introverts

Being an introvert might seem to be a handicap in the networking focused strategies most job searchers use.  But with the Internet Age and better insights into the strengths you bring to bear, you can convert what might otherwise be a weakness into a strength.  Learn how here.

Guide to Job Search for Introverts

25 Job Hunting Tips for Introverts

9 Tips for the Introverted and Underrated Job Seeker

How to Job Search Based on Your Personality Type

The Shy Job Seeker

How to Thrive During the Job Search and Interview as an Introvert

Interview Tips for Introverts

 

How to Handle the Emotional Lows of Your Job Search

Haven’t landed a job yet?  Is it getting you down?  Or maybe you’re just preparing for your job search and want to know the good, the bad, and the ugly of what happens in job searches, we’ve got you covered here.  From dealing with the stress of the process to how to handle a job loss, you’re carrying a lot on your shoulders.  And it can take a toll.  Think of this as your personal pick-me-up section.

5 Ways to Keep Going When the Job Search is Getting You Down

Job Loss and Unemployment Stress – Coping with the Stress of Losing a Job

How to Handle the Emotional Side of Job Loss and Job Search with Resiliency

Seven Things to Avoid After Being Fired

Keep Rolling: How to Stay Motivated During Job Search 

 

Additional Resources to Help You in Your Search

You made it to the end of this resource guide.  I hope you picked up some good insights.  It is a lot of information so know you can go back and review it later.  Each time you review it or if you’re dealing with a certain aspect of your job search that is more important to you at this time, you’ll find additional insights.

Below you get info about me and how I might be of service to you.  And my personal list of books that have helped me hone the job search strategies I’ve found helpful for me and my resume and job search coaching clients.

If you have additional resources you’d recommend, email me.

 

With over 20 years’ experience managing wireless telecom build-outs for all major U. S. wireless carriers Mike McRitchie takes these experiences, industry connections, and passion and leverages them into helping wireless professionals (and others looking to land technical and management jobs) create kick-butt resumes, LinkedIn profiles, and career plans.

 

 

“Job!” is a powerful job search book focusing on providing the reader with the core of what employers want–an expression from the job seeker on what value they will bring to the organization. Information is provided on how to successfully navigate resume filtering software and how to craft a resume that recruiters will appreciate and follow up on. Also included is a chapter introducing you to best practices when utilizing social media in your job search. Samples and examples are included.

 

 

 

This book is written for everyone involved in the hiring process. It will help hiring managers and recruiters find and hire more top-notch people for any job, from entry-level to senior executive. Just as important, it will help job-seekers find better jobs by giving them an inside view of how most companies look for, assess and hire new employees.

 

 

 

 

LinkedIn: 101 Ways to Rock Your Personal Brand will help you best streamline your efforts and show you all LinkedIn has to offer to grow your professional network and succeed in your career.

 

 

 

 

 

Chriso Voss, A former international hostage negotiator for the FBI offers a new, field-tested approach to high-stakes negotiations—whether in the boardroom or at home.

 

 

 

 

 

You want people to recognize you, like you, and trust you, so they buy from you. Whether you’re in a sales role, you’re an entrepreneur, or you work for a small business – you have to sell YOU.

 

 

 

Photo credit: neetalparekh via Foter.com / CC Y

Step 7 – Support – Go Public (But Only With the Right People)

If you’ve set goals for any length of time you’ve heard about letting people know about your goals so you can use the social pressure to hold yourself accountable.  But often that can backfire.  Either after backsliding you stop talking about it and hope that everyone forgets or you tell the wrong people and they commiserate with you when you succumb to temptation and then undermine your successes and try to bring you down (to make them feel better about not achieving theirs).

You see it all the time in the celebrity worshiping world.  People love to see the successful fall from grace.

So WHO you choose to let in on your little goal setting secret IS important.

And who are the best people to inform?  People who will hold you accountable and also cheer you on to greater success and help you through the tough times?

You’re looking for other successful people generally.  Hopefully you already have a couple in your peer group.  Generally family members need to be aware but don’t expect them to always understand (especially when they feel like they’re playing second fiddle to your goals).

But what is even better than successful friends?

A Coach, a Trainer, a Mentor, a Sherpa

These people are worth their fee.

Why?

Because they aren’t as invested in your personal relationships.  They are there to get a job done.  And that job is making you successful at achieving your goals. If you don’t hit your goals then you don’t refer people to them, and they can’t use your testimonials, and their business doesn’t grow and make them more successful.

They are the personal trainer who goads you into pushing through that last rep, while maintaining perfect form.  They are the business coach who can see inside your business to the high leverage areas you didn’t notice because you were too close to it and hold you accountable each month for delivering on your commitments.  They are the career coach who follows up each week with you to ensure you’re taking your career and job search seriously and doing the hard tasks that are necessary to land that dream job.

As you look over the past year and what you have achieved, are you satisfied?  Did you accomplish all you set out to do and more?  And if you did were your goals audacious enough?  Or did you wimp out and attempt only goals you knew you could accomplish?

As you look forward into this new year, recognize that achieving greatness (however you define it) will never be an easy road.  But it is a worthy one.

So make that commitment.  Attempt awesome goals.  And get the help you need.

Need help in the area of small business growth or career guidance or just need a your resume updated?

Contact me today and we’ll structure something that works for you and helps you achieve your goals this year.

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From the mega-corporation down to you. Every entity has a brand.

It isn’t a question of, “Do I have a brand?”

It is one of, “What does my brand say about me?”

And, “Is my brand working for me the way I want it to?”

In this video my friend, Julie Broad, walks you through five core elements of a brand.  And this works for brands of any size.  Even if you don’t own a business and are an employee somewhere.  You still have a brand.  She’ll show you how to recognize those elements of your brand and help you understand them so you can change any that aren’t working for you and reinforce those that are.

I’ll walk you Julie’s exercise with my brand and hopefully that will help you apply it to your own situation.

So lets start with the 5 elements.

MAGIC

M = Message

A = Appearance

G = Google

I = I’m an expert in

C = Character

Message

As Julie says, message is focused on your core stories.  You want to have some stories that reflect who you are as a person or business, what that tells people about you, and how it translates into your unique positioning (what you can do for them that is different than anyone else).

This is especially important in your job.  There are certain things you are uniquely good at.  When you’re applying for a new job or pushing for a promotion, positioning yourself as the answer to their job need is critical.  What are some stories that fit that?

For me I focus on a few things.

• Telecom Industry Experience: My 20+ years in telecom.
• Career Guidance and Resume Writing Skills: Having personally experienced the situations those who come to me may be in (contractor & employee, leaving on my own accord & let go when projects end, working close to home, commuting long distances, and moving cross country for hoped for jobs).
• Experience Running and Growing Businesses: As a Director of Operations, helped grow a company from 5 people to 100+; executed turnarounds of several business lines as a Program Manager.  Run a career guidance and business growth consulting business and blog.
• Detailed High-Level Business Knowledge: (Economics degree, statistics minor, deep computer skills, joint venture training, Vistage member 5 years (high level business mastermind group for C-level management), marketing, Director of Operations and Program Management roles leading organizations, etc.)
• Planning and Analytical Skills: This comes through in my blog posts and is something I apply on a daily basis.

Appearance

What impression are you making with your appearance?  And who is your audience?

Typically you’ll want to dress equal to or one step above your audience.  For example, if you’re working in an office with a “business casual” attire, you’d want to dress in “business casual” yourself or maybe dress slacks and a sport coat for a man (women would apply the same idea…but I’m not a women’s fashion guru so I’ll defer to the women on that).

For me I’m typically dressed business casual.  It fits my roll-up-my-sleeves and dig-into-the-details approach to things.  From time to time for an important high-level meeting I might dress up with a sport coat and dress slacks.  And if in a formal environment (like East Coast or South) where suits are the norm, I’d dress accordingly.

Google

Search your name in Google and see what comes up.  Is it what you expected?  Is it what you want people to see?

In mine below you see my blog here “www.mikemcritchie.com”, my name, and “Career and Small Business Strategist”.  These are what I want to be known for and where I’m building my brand.

Also listed is LinkedIn.  That is where my professional presence is and also many of my articles and blog posts show up there.  Having that #3 on google (behind my “About” page on my blog – which is #2) works for me.

Then comes the images.  Some are pictures of me.  Some are pictures from blog posts I’ve done.  And some are other famous “Mike McRitchie’s”.

You have to be aware that other people with your same name, or business name, may pop up on Google ahead of you and steal your thunder.  For instance the other day I got an email from someone wanting to promote my book, “Best Friends”.  However it wasn’t my book (yes, I’m working on one…but that is for later).  This was a different “Mike McRitchie”.  So you have to know what is showing up when people search Googling for you.  That is why it is good to Google yourself from time to time (Google isn’t a dirty word…get your mind out of the gutter for a moment).

 

I’m an expert in

Too often people think they aren’t an expert in anything.  They typically overlook their expertise because it is something they “just do”.  They aren’t really aware of it.  And often they’re around other people with similar expertise – so they discount it.

Expertise is something you grow over your lifetime.  It could be skills you acquire, relationships you build, knowledge you gain, and experiences you have that are unique to you.

Put all that together and you have your unique expertise.  Then it is a matter of getting clear on what that is, what it means in terms of how can you implement that expertise and help others with it.

For me I’m an expert in career and small business strategy.  My focus is using my analytical skills and business insights to help people grow their careers or small business.

How did I come to that expertise?

I’ve always been analytical (initially pursued a computer science degree in college and was always good at math and analyzing things).  I lived in the library and devoured whole rows of books in the “How To”, “Business” and “Self-Improvement” sections.

I recently came to realize that one course I took in college – Comparative Literature – that I did really well in was something that helps me write this blog.  Comparing often seemingly unrelated items, finding the link, and then explaining that, is something I enjoy and do well.

This same process goes into how I help people with their career (often through resume rewrites) and small business (helping them prioritize the most impactful ways to improve their business without adding a boat-load more to their to-do list).

What are you an expert in?  Take some time to figure it out.

Character

What is your unique personality?  How do you stand out from the crowd of people who have similar expertise?

For me I’ve had a few personality attributes that have helped me throughout my career.  They also help me connect with people I do business with.

• Unflappable – with a few exceptions (I do get really annoyed at people who don’t pull their own weight), I am someone who is calm in the storm of craziness.  This is partly a personality trait I’ve always had (played center fullback in soccer where I directed the back line against attacks from the opposing team).  It was also honed by being in challenging situations on a regular basis and finding solutions.  This built my confidence in being able to handle things.  And it also helped provide a calming buffer to my team to allow them to get the job done without being overly stressed about what was going on around them.  A downside of this is it can come off a uncaring or not engaged enough (some people think you have to have your hair on fire and be screaming at people to show you’re pushing hard enough).
• Analytical – I tend to like to review and prepare on my own, then bounce ideas of others and revise my approach from there.  I’m a mixture of introvert and extrovert in that way.  But I always have a thoughtful way of approaching things.
• Reliable – I do what I say I’ll do.  I’m not perfect in this arena but I always hold myself accountable for my commitments and attempt to instill the same in my teams.  Not delivering on a commitment I take personally.  So I don’t like to let others down that way.  This is a strength in a world where keeping your commitments is not something always found.  I’ve noticed this as I’ve worked with people revising their resumes.  Many have been burned by so called experts who didn’t get back to them in a timely fashion or didn’t do what they committed to doing.  That allows me to set myself apart from the competition.
• Well Rounded – This is something my dad made a big impression on me with.  He exposed me and my brother and sister to lots of sports, events, and other experiences.  He didn’t want us to be so single-minded that we couldn’t relate to people and on a variety of subjects.  He also wanted to have us experience things so we could make informed decisions on what we would pursue in life.  This has helped me to be interested in things and to bring breadth and depth of information to any conversation or situation.  This has served me well in my communications.

What are your personal attributes?  Are they helping or hindering you?  What could you do to identify and grow and communicate those that support you?

As you can see, Julie’s video provided a great platform to evaluate my personal brand.

I hope you got some things out of this that you can apply to assessing yours.

If you’d like to learn more about your personal brand and how to make it work well for you, I’d recommend you check out Julie Broad’s new book, The New Brand You.  And check out her website for additional bonuses you can get for buying this week and buying a couple additional books for your friends (everyone likes a cool read…and you can pick up some brownie points).

And if you need any help on your business or career, send me an email.

Guest Post by: Bryan Phelps (Workfront.com)

Project managers are a valuable asset to business to keep things running smoothly. Today, the role of project manager has grown to encompass many hats. To be successful, project managers must develop various skill sets, including leadership, cheerleader, and the ability to work well in a high-pressure environment.

Whether you’re seasoned project manager or just starting out, here are 3 important skills to help you succeed:

1. Effective communication. Things will change throughout a project. Help keep everything on track and the project moving forward by taking time to practice effective communication. As project manager, it is your responsibility to ensure all the communication lines between clients, shareholders, executives, managers, and your team are open and everyone is on the same page.

2.  Build relationships with your team. Even after the project is over, take time to maintain a working relationship with your team. Set up a lunch, happy hour, coffee date or something else to talk about how things went and what kind of challenges they ran into. Was there something you could have done better to help them?

3. Don’t lose your cool. In the world of project management, things can come up and leave you feeling overwhelmed. Take a breath and don’t lose your cool because people will question if you’re cut out to be a project manager. Remember, not everything needs to be fixed right now and your team may need a sounding board with someone they trust.

When it comes to project management, there are various approaches to being successful. Learn more about what you can do to be successful by checking out Workfront’s article, How To Be a Project Manager: 81 Tips from PM Experts.

 

Bryan is right on about how to walk that fine line between pushing the project and not pushing away your team members.  At times Project Management can seem like a blood sport.  Be careful not to implode your team in the process.  Here are 5 Keys to Successful Project Management that dovetail into what Bryan discusses.

If you are in the wireless telecom realm, you probably know more than others how challenging it can be.  I especially like these tips from the 81 Tips article.

• #8 – Set Clear Action Items
• #11 – Be Transparent
• #29 – Show Gratitude
• #48 – Share Why the Due Date is the Due Date
• #51 – Pay Close Attention to Detail

And sometimes you get at wits end and need a change.  If that is you, let me know how I can help.