Arras People‘s Director Named Expert For Guardian Jobs Forum

Jan. 8, 2010 - PRLog -- Arras People, the Project Management Recruitment specialists, can reveal that one of their leading PM experts has been formally invited by Guardian Careers to participate as an expert panellist in an online Live Q&A about project management next week.

Lindsay Scott, Director of Recruitment at Arras People since the company’s 2002 inception, will serve as one of four renowned experts during the live online question and answer session on Tuesday, 12th January between 1pm – 4pm. Details of how to join in the live forum are listed below.

Noted for her expertise in project offices and project co-ordination recruitment and skills, Ms Scott previously worked for Hewlett-Packard as a Project Co-ordinator and later as a Project Office Manager. Her service with HP led to the development of skills working with a variety of markets, including e-commerce, retail, telecoms, public sector and defence. As Project Office Manager, Ms Scott established and fine-tuned the UK project office for HP while also guiding and supporting the company’s European project office functions.

A tireless student & expert on project office support issues, Ms Scott is also an active member of the Programme and Project Support Office Specialist Interest Group (PPSO SIG). This endeavour has allowed her to provide voluntary assistance in areas such as web development, media and conference arrangement.

“As a project management recruitment specialist we provide advice to job seekers everyday so taking part in the Guardian Careers Forum will be an extension of that”, Scott said. “I’m looking forward to providing advice to a cross section of people and hopefully I’ll be able to provide some real practical hints and tips for people looking for a career in project management.”

Ms Scott’s expertise has been in demand in recent years. She has contributed worldwide to periodicals including Project Manager Today, Project Management Institute (PMI), Project Magazine and PM Network, as well as blogging regularly at Arras People’s project management weblog, How to Manage a Camel. That demand results in large part due to the success of Arras People’s annual Project Management Benchmark Report, a survey of UK project management professionals on the trends and issues currently affecting the profession. The 2009 report covered matters including salary, rates, experience and working climate in the recession. Data from that survey revealed that 84 per cent of PMs feel that they have a significant role to play in helping the UK economy out of its current economic difficulties.

The 2010 report, the fifth annual edition of the survey findings offered by Arras People, is due out on February 1.

“The report has been a really useful guide to project management professionals in the UK over the last four years,” Scott said. “It’s particularly useful for people wanting to gain a deeper understanding of the current project management marketplace and the salary or contractor rate levels for the sectors.”

Other panellists include Tarquin Bennett-Coles, director of RSA Interims; Fergus O’Connell, founder of ETP; Steve Armstrong, lecturer and chair of the project management course at the Open University; Dr Stephen Simister, head of the project management MBA at Henley Business School; and Howard Teale, co-founder of Indicia Training.




NOTES ABOUT THE LIVE Q&A

The session can be found by clicking the Project Management link under the Live Q&A page inside the Forum tab on the Guardian Careers website. The full URL is available here: http://careers.guardian.co.uk/forums?plckForumPage=ForumD...

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About Arras People

Arras People is a Project Management company delivering Recruitment and Resourcing solutions in the area of Programme and Project Management.

100% focused on providing Project Management professionals they supply contract, interim, temporary and permanent recruitment services across the UK and across all industry sectors including, public sector (central and local government), IT, engineering, banking & finance, marketing and media organizations, not-for-profit and charities.

Information on all Arras People vacancies is available online at http://www.arraspeople.co.uk/jobs.php, a constantly updated page where future project management vacancies from the NHS and DH will be posted. For more information and updates about Arras People’s involvement with both the NHS and DH, look for us online at http://www.arraspeople.co.uk/commercial_resources.



Further information:
Lindsay Scott, Director of Recruitment
Arras People
Arras House, 47 York Street, Heywood, Lancashire OL10 4NN
Tel: 01706 366444   Fax: 01706 366544
info@arraspeople.co.uk
http://www.arraspeople.co.uk

Dan Strayer, Public Relations & Marketing Coordinator
Arras People
Arras House, 47 York Street, Heywood, Lancashire OL10 4NN
Tel: 01706 366444, ext. 208
dan.strayer@arraspeople.co.uk
http://www.arraspeople.co.uk

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