{"id":1252,"date":"2008-09-03T00:43:13","date_gmt":"2008-09-03T00:43:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/svapm.org\/2008\/09\/03\/so-where-do-i-find-a-mystic\/"},"modified":"2019-08-07T14:34:03","modified_gmt":"2019-08-07T21:34:03","slug":"so-where-do-i-find-a-mystic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/svapm.org\/?p=1252","title":{"rendered":"So, Where Do I Find A Fantastical Being?"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"mystical.gif\"Project managers come in all shapes and sizes, with varying levels of training, experience, education, and background.\u00a0 Some come with professional project management credentials, others do not.\u00a0 Some have spent their entire professional careers managing projects, while others have strong ambitions to become project managers.\u00a0 And there are many candidates who fall in between these extremes.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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The challenge for every organization is to know what you want in a project manager before you search for one.\u00a0 Be thoughtful and precise in assessing the level of project management proficiency you need (to support the size, type, and magnitude of your project portfolio) and overlay those requirements with emotional, social, and interpersonal intelligence requirements.<\/p>\n

Only in the last five years have project managers been recognized as needing keen techincal skills and top management skills to be effective.\u00a0 In fact, some believe grooming project managers with a 360-degree focus on key leadership attributes is a successful recipe for creating future business leaders and CEOs.\u00a0 The challenge is this:\u00a0 project managers have been around for much longer than the past five years – so, how can you recognize a “good one”?<\/p>\n

Screening project manager candidates requires hiring managers to a see beyond credentials and accomplishments.\u00a0 Traditional interview questions still apply when assessing project manager candidates.\u00a0 These questions typically include:<\/p>\n