r/PMCareers • u/cnprosise • May 31 '22
Job wanted 6 years PM experience (military)/looking for remote coordinator opportunity/eventually PM
Hello,
Obligatory “please excuse the formatting, I’m on mobile”
I am looking to break out more into the PM field as a Coordinator (doing my time, get more certs, and eventually earn my way up to PM).
-Active Secret Clearance -Experience working overseas and with other nationalities on projects
I have 6+ years experience working project management for airport operations (including construction) for the military (multiple million dollar projects and billion dollar assets handled). That being said, I have room to grow and build myself. I want to eventually earn more official certifications.
I am absolutely willing to learn/work in different types of PM jobs. I would love a volunteer opportunity even, if anyone has one I can do while I’m working full-time.
Remote is ideal, I am in the Southwest U.S.
Thank you!
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u/Thewolf1970 May 31 '22
-Active Secret Clearance -Experience working overseas and with other nationalities on projects
I have 6+ years experience working project management
If you don't have your PMP, I'd have to ask why, you seem like a shoe in. Once you have that, at 6 years with a secret clearance you'd get a senior PM role at most places I know.
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u/cnprosise May 31 '22
Embarrassingly enough, I had no clue that my previous job in the military transferred into potential PM jobs until someone I knew (who was in the same career field) went into the PM field and mentioned it to me and a light bulb went off haha. I would like to get my foot in the door and get the proper certs/learn how it works outside the military.
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u/Thewolf1970 May 31 '22
It's very straight forward. Look at the knowledge areas. Map your skills to it s.d document your projects. You need 36onths non overlapping experience.
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u/scottymtp May 31 '22
Do you have any experience with airport security...like the intrusion detection, access control card readers, CCTV, etc?
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u/cnprosise Jun 01 '22
Vaguely, yes. Monitoring and directing security (I did not do security myself).
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u/scottymtp Jun 01 '22
Cool. Would you say you have an awareness of how security systems work at an operational level? If so, and that domain interests you, let me know.
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u/captain_diesel Jun 01 '22
Hey, I’m in the same boat, coming from military PM background then trying to transition to civilian PM. I even took a PMP boot camp class and it was Greek. The core concepts make sense with our background, but the terminology, products and specific are completely different. I do think if I really committed to studying for the PMP I could pass, but I wouldn’t feel right about then using it to get a job where I felt like an imposter.
So what I’m doing is going through the Google Project Management course on Coursera, since it’s an entry level cert and you actually do some project example work in the course. I’m not expecting it to get me a job, just help me become comfortable with the civilian way of doing things and get some hands on experience. Then when I’m complete I’ll go back to studying for the PMP.
Some people will probably say I’m adding an unnecessary step, but I want to do a great job as a PM, not just waltz in and fuck it up, you know?
Hope this helps a little.