7 Job Titles That Are Project Management in Disguise
You keep hearing you need project management experience to get a project management job. A lot of people already have it. They just have it under a title that does not say so.
How To Get Experience At Your Current Job
Everyone tells you to get project experience. Nobody tells you how, when your title has nothing to do with projects. Five moves you can start this week, including the one most people skip.
How To Rewrite Your Resume For A Project Management Role
You have the experience. Your resume is describing it in a language nobody is searching for. Here is how to translate it, including the breakout section that gets you asked the right interview questions.
What A Project Manager Actually Does (and why you may already be one)
Most people picture a clipboard and a Gantt chart. That is not the job. Here is what a project manager actually does, and why you may already be doing it without the title or the pay.
The PM Pivot Series, Part 5 of 5: The Interview and the First 90 Days: How to Walk In Without the Title and Walk Out With the Offer
Implementation Manager interviews aren’t knowledge tests. They’re character tests, communication tests, thinking-out-loud tests. And those tests you can prepare for because they rely on a small set of recurring questions and a framework that works every time. Here’s how to walk in without the title and walk out with the offer — plus the philosophy behind the 30/60/90 day plan that determines whether you keep the job once you get it.
The PM Pivot Series, Part 4 of 5: Five Ways In: The Unconventional Entry Points Into Project Management
Most career guides give you one entry point into project management — apply online and hope. That’s not a strategy. That’s a lottery ticket. Here are the five real ways to break into PM without a PMP, including the unpaid internship pitch I personally used to convert from Administrative Manager to Implementation Manager. Pick the path that fits and run it.
The PM Pivot Series, Part 3 of 5: The Hidden Lane: Why Healthcare and MedTech Are the Easiest Doors Into Project Management Right Now
While everyone is fighting for tech PM jobs at companies they recognize from Super Bowl commercials, healthcare and MedTech are quietly paying six figures and nobody is looking. Entry-level Implementation Manager roles start around $85K. Mid-level pays $100K-$130K. Senior clears $150K. The competition is a fraction of tech. And there are at least five different role titles you should be searching that aren’t ‘Project Manager.’ Here’s why this lane is wide open right now — and how to find it.
The PM Pivot Series, Part 2 OF 5: You’re Not Underqualified. You’re Underpositioned. Here’s the Experience Audit That Fixes It.
Most women trying to pivot into project management aren’t underqualified — they’re underpositioned. They look at their resume, see a title like Administrative Manager or Team Lead, and assume that title is the ceiling. It’s not. The PM work is already there. They just haven’t named it correctly. Here’s why the language gap is the real reason career-changers stay stuck, the three audit mistakes that cost you interviews, and the simple translation formula that fixes both.
The PM Pivot Series, Part 1 OF 5: How I Broke Into Project Management Without a PMP — And You Can Too
Years ago I applied for a project manager role and didn't get it. Most women would've moved on. Instead, I went to my boss and asked if I could intern unpaid under the woman who got the job I wanted. She said yes. That one uncomfortable conversation turned an Administrative Manager into a six-figure Implementation Manager — without a PMP, without a tech background, without starting over. Here's how it happened, and how you can do the same thing.