2 Steps to Greater career satisfaction

2 Steps to Greater career satisfaction requires some major accountability, so you must:

1. Get clear on your strengths and specialties. Want to be paid your worth? Then stop claiming you’re a jack-of-all-trades. Employers pay top dollar for specialists who can prove they will save or make them enough money to justify their expense.

2. Identify a problem (bigger than you!) that you wish to solve. Passion for work is the intersection of a problem you wish to solve AND where you get to use your strengths and specialties to solve it. Find the thing you wish to fix--and then seek the employers in the business of fixing it.

My Personality traits & strenghts

My personality trait and strenghts:

Visionary 20 %
Educator 15 %
Researcher 15 %
Mentor 15 %
Super-connector 10 %
Builder 10 %
Warrior 10 %
Optimizer 5 %

Visionary
Thinks big-picture and conceptualizes ideas to motivate others to action.
Are you: Capable of shaping a vision for those that can’t see the possibilities.
Can you: See the end before the beginning. Able to assess from a bird’s eye view.
Do you: Have a long-term mindset and plot your course accordingly.

Educator 
 Closes gaps in knowledge and to ensure staff is clear in their roles and goals.
Are you: Good at organizing thoughts into oral and written communications to motivate and train others.
Can you: Take control of an idea and choose the right method for communicating it.
Do you: Excel at wordplay and use communications skills to guide conversations.

Researcher
Gathers data and information to assist in better designs and decisions.
Are you: Detail-oriented and structured in all your work efforts.
Can you: Assess and locate the right information and resources needed to complete a project.
Do you: Enjoy getting things organized and building routines for consistency.

Mentor
Coaches performance and helping others develop their own skills.
Are you: Seen as a thought-leader and highly successful in your industry.
Can you: Coach others to new levels of awareness and performance.
Do you: Enjoy helping people develop their skills and increase their confidence.

Optimizer (I am NOT)
Assesses, analyzes, and maps out improvements that directly save or make money. Are you: Someone people rely on to make sound financial decisions.
Can you: Assess a business or project and immediately see ways to save or make money.
Do you: Gain satisfaction from knowing your work makes the business more profitable.

Good stuff for PM Resume

Good stuff for PM CV
RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Manage large and complex IT projects throughout the entire lifecycle, coordinating the efforts of vendors, internal team members, and other business units
• Perform business analysis activities at the strategic, operational, and organizational level; working with key users in the continual improvement of business processes
• Represent the IT program team internally through
  • stakeholder interviews
  • participation in cross-functional meetings
  • content development for executive presentations
• Perform ongoing review and analysis of program strategy and methodology
• Evaluate and manage vendor partnerships
• Identify, escalate, and resolve issues critical to program success
• Contribute to strategic planning, monthly status reporting, budgeting and other assigned special projects as required by position
• Manage the recruitment, retention, and career development of internal staff
• Manage, mentor, and lead internal and external staff as defined in project structures

QUALIFICATIONS AND SPECIAL SKILLS REQUIRED:

• Seven to ten years of related business experience; Consulting preferred
• College degree; MBA or equivalent work experience preferred
• Eagerness to contribute in a team-oriented environment
• Ability to work creatively and analytically in a problem-solving environment
• Demonstrated leadership experience, ability to set direction and vision, build consensus around recommendations, work with a team to meet objectives
• Demonstrated ability to manage staff remotely, across multiple time zones
• Excellent communication (written and oral) and interpersonal skills; ability to interface and influence all levels within the organization, including facilitation, consulting, negotiation, presentation, nd coaching.
• Excellent project management and coordination skills working with multiple stakeholders across several technology platforms and business areas
• Strong technical skills and experience working end-to-end through all phases of the SDLC process in medium to large scale IT Projects
• Demonstrated ability to execute basic financial analysis, such as ROI
• Expertise in MS Office - Excel, PowerPoint, Word
• Professional Characteristics/Motivators:
  • Motivated by the desire to make a difference in the business, to work with a highly talented set of peers, and to work on interesting projects
  • Outstanding work ethic; displays a high sense of urgency to resolve issues quickly and efficiently
  • A high sense of responsibility to our customers, our users, our colleagues, and to the quality and timeliness of one's own work
  • Willingness and flexibility to jump into the details to get the job done
  • Ability to work in an unstructured environment and the confidence to set a direction with limited direction (comfort with ambiguity)
  • A continual desire and capability to learn
  • Highly organized and detail oriented
  • Personal philosophy to lead by example
  • Customer Focused
  • Very professional presence
  • Ability to articulate issues, build consensus around recommendations, and define next steps