Building and Enhancing your Career in Project Management

In this FREE Online course, Ricardo uses his experience in project management to share some of his thoughts on how to build and enhance your opportunities for a successful career in Project Management.

In 15 lessons covering 2 hours of course and supporting materials, Ricardo is honest and straightforward, explaining what is to be a project manager. He goes from the different names and titles to how he sees the three main “personas” in the project management career and how they relate to formal education, certification, and experience.

In the course, he also discusses your CV, the interview process, how to behave and promote yourself on social media, and how ethics and honesty shape your success.

The course was developed as part of his work to support his colleagues globally to find the same joy and happiness he found in his 25 years of experience as a project manager and advocate for the profession. His initiative started in 2020 with the release of the What Matters Series on his Youtube Channel, which includes this free online courses and other works like the scholarship program on his online school.

The course was recorded in English with subtitles in English, Brazilian Portuguese (Português do Brasil), Spanish (Español), French (Français), Arabic (عربى) and Simplified Chinese (中文).

What you will learn:

• What means to be a project manager
• The difference between a project manager’s job and other related jobs
• The three “personas” in project management
• How to craft your CV and highlight your profile based on your seniority in project management
• How to get the much-desired “experience”
• Do certifications matter?
• How to be successful in a PM job interview
• Working Internationally as project manager
• Ethics and honesty shaping success

Curriculum:

• 1 – Introduction
  • 1.1 – Why Did I Create This Course about Careers in Project Management (1:54)
  • 1.2 – What Does It Mean To Be a Project Manager? (3:35)
  • 1.3 – Not Every Position Advertised as “Project Manager” is an Actual Project Manager Position (7:07)
  • 1.4 – Project Manager, Scrum Master, Product Owner, Program Director: The Challenges of Labels (8:31)
  • 1.5 – Ricardo Vargas Bio (Optional)
  • Podcast (Optional) – Suggested 5 Minutes Podcast Episodes Covering principles and other related topics
  • Video – What Matters Series – Episode 1: Passion (Optional)
  • Video – What Matters Series – Episode 2: Options (Optional)
• 2- Paving the way
  • 2.1 – The Three Project Manager “Personas” (15:47)
  • 2.2 – Do Certifications, Degrees and Courses Really Matter? (9:50)
  • 2.3 – How to Achieve What Matters Most: Experience (13:48)
  • 2.4 – Working Internationally as a Project Manager (8:24)
  • Podcast (Optional) – Suggested 5 Minutes Podcast Episodes Covering principles and other related topics
  • Video – What Matters Series – Episode 3: Roadmap
• 3 – Showcasing Yourself
  • 3.1 – Preparing your CV as a Project Manager (17:09)
  • 3.2 – Presenting Yourself in Social Media and Networking (8:26)
  • 3.3 – The Interview Day (9:34)
  • 3.4 – Ethics and Honesty When You Introduce Yourself (4:30)
  • 3.5 – Career is Built Step-by-Step: Course Closing and Next Steps (1:11)
  • Podcast (Optional) – Suggested 5 Minutes Podcast Episodes Covering principles and other related topics
  • Video – What Matters Series – Episode 4: Attitude (Optional)
  • Your Feedback
  • PDU Report
  • Your Certificate and Badge