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Job/Skill Training
Posted on Nov 6, 2019
I'm in civilian employment transition. In your opinion, is a CAPM designation worth the time and expense to pursue?
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I just got my MBA, and am looking to move into a corporate strategy, project management or perhaps a consulting role. I would like to earn a Project Management certificate, and found a company authorized to provide the required training currently offering a discount to veterans, but I cannot prove I had enough project management hours to satisfy the requirement for a PMP designation (it was more than a decade ago I was a project manager, and the company went out of business years ago). Therefore, once I do the coursework, I would be eligible to test for and earn the CAPM designation as it doesn't have the same work hour requirements. For those in the know, what do you think about the CAPM designation?
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As a certified PMP with PMI-ACP and ITIL certification, I would consider taking ITIL certification first, then as you rebuild your project experience, pursue the PMP. ITIL is an international service based certification that is viewed commensurate with PMP. It is a preferred to required certificate in the UK but won't hurt you in the US. Your project experience can be verified by co-workers as well as managers, even if the company has closed. However, you have a time limit on how long ago this experience was acquired. You may consider any of your volunteer work and regular job duties qualify (what people don't consider to be project based does count). If you are currently employed, look into the accomplishments you have achieved on the job and consider writing them up as projects. You could be the consultant (SME), business analyst, PM or any of the accepted roles to gain project experience. Your MBA helps reduce the number of years required and if you can get someone to pay for the test preparation and test, do it.
I have retained my PMP for 20 years and once Agile became the new buzzword for managing projects, I added PMI-ACP certification. If you need a mentor, feel free to reach out to me and I will do my best to guide you.
I have retained my PMP for 20 years and once Agile became the new buzzword for managing projects, I added PMI-ACP certification. If you need a mentor, feel free to reach out to me and I will do my best to guide you.
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SGT Dave Tracy
I realize project management is an integral part of the management landscape these days, so it would be good for me to enhance my skillset in that regard. My MBA program did touch on aspect of PM, but its no deep dive. I appreciate your thoughts, thanks!
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Sgt Tracy,
The CAPM cert is a good foundation to earn you some credibility in the field, I was passed over positions for guys with less education than me (MBA) at the time. It all depends who your competition will be for lending a job. As a hiring manager if I saw two similar applications, with the only difference being one candidate having a PMP or Prince2 and a candidate having a CAPM I would “almost always” choose the first candidate due to the certification. I found an article dated back to 2018, I hope it can share some insight for you.
https://www.whizlabs.com/blog/is-capm-certification-worth-investment/
The CAPM cert is a good foundation to earn you some credibility in the field, I was passed over positions for guys with less education than me (MBA) at the time. It all depends who your competition will be for lending a job. As a hiring manager if I saw two similar applications, with the only difference being one candidate having a PMP or Prince2 and a candidate having a CAPM I would “almost always” choose the first candidate due to the certification. I found an article dated back to 2018, I hope it can share some insight for you.
https://www.whizlabs.com/blog/is-capm-certification-worth-investment/
Is CAPM Certification Worth Investment? - Whizlabs Blog
Thinking to invest in a certification but in a dilemma, if CAPM certification is worth getting? If so, read on this article to get the answer!
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SGT Dave Tracy
I'll check out the article, thanks.
In my situation, (I just email the Project Management Institute for clarification), my project management experience is too far in the past, and there's no way to even verify it, even if it wasn't. These days, I don't do project management, therefore the required work hours (not including required education) don't exist for me if I wanted the PMP, but CAPM doesn't have that requirement, so that's where I have to start. Thanks for your insight!
In my situation, (I just email the Project Management Institute for clarification), my project management experience is too far in the past, and there's no way to even verify it, even if it wasn't. These days, I don't do project management, therefore the required work hours (not including required education) don't exist for me if I wanted the PMP, but CAPM doesn't have that requirement, so that's where I have to start. Thanks for your insight!
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