Whether a company is developing a mobile app, planning a conference, or constructing a new building, it needs somebody to coordinate everyone's efforts, to keep stakeholders updated about the project’s progress, and to lead the project to a successful completion. And this is where a project manager comes into play.
Before beginning to look for a new position, people rarely realize how time-consuming the job search process is. You need to invest at least a couple of hours a day in writing resumes and cover letters, building a social media presence, browsing job boards for suitable vacancies, applying for open positions, preparing yourself for interviews, and waiting for a hiring decision.
Originally designed to be applied in software development, the Agile philosophy has since become popular across all industries. Companies use it to manage marketing campaigns, develop new products, plan events, and implement new work processes into their businesses.
Whether a company wants to construct a new building, create a software application, or organize a science conference it needs a professional to manage the project. This professional will develop a detailed action plan, evaluate potential risks and constraints involved, will oversee teams and resources, and ultimately bring the project to a successful end.
According to the Talent Gap report from the Project Management Institute, the global economy will need 25 million new professionals with project management skills by 2030. There seems to be a talent shortage at present, and this is apparent across all industries, yet salary trends look promising.
Indeed currently has 116,472 job openings for the role of a Solutions Architect in the United States alone. There are also 85,005 vacancies on LinkedIn, 41,147 on Glassdoor, and thousands more on Monster.
Over the past decade technology has transformed business processes, systems, and methods across various industries. And this is mainly done so that organizations can stay competitive.
To succeed in the competitive software development industry, companies need to deliver high-quality and error-free products to their end-users.
The tech industry is growing rapidly, and there are plenty of tech-related jobs available across the whole of the United States. Despite the widespread misconception, these jobs are not only in software development, administration and QA engineering.
There are two approaches to software testing: manual, where humans perform tests, and automated, where test engineers write code and tests are done by computers.
