Is it possible to screen for Ethics in a candidate? (Hint: Yes!)
The other day I was meeting with the senior manager and he told me that one of his biggest problems is poor Ethics in his employees. He said he felt that Ethics was [...]
Top 10 Reasons To Take Jeff Furman’s PMP Class
Top 10 Benefits of Jeff Furman's PMP class: 1. Highly-experienced PMP instructor - I've taught more than 85 weeks of PMP/CAPM (more than 550 students!) I've trained hundreds of PMs from private industry, US Federal Government, and NYC government (in [...]
My next Presentation Skills / Train-the-Trainer class (MCT, CTT+, ACI certifications) will be Nov. 30 – Dec. 2
This popular class prepares instructors & presenters for 3 widely-recognized certifications for trainers: 1) CTT+ (Certified Technical Trainer)2) MCT (Microsoft Certified Trainer)3) ACI (Adobe Certified Instructor) These certifications give trainers a strong edge on the job [...]
Upcoming Agile Events in NYC (end of September / October)
1) IIBA NYC Speaker: Emiliano Soldi, PMP, PMI-ACP, CSM Topic: "Agile PM: A Tradeoff Between Proactivity & Reactivity" Emiliano Soldi, PMP, PMI-ACP, CSM Day / Date: Monday, August 13, 2012 Time: 5:30 - 9:00 PM Location: Microsoft - [...]
Take a Presentation Skills class in the neighborhood Tony Soprano grew up in
Certifications help a lot in this economy, and trainers on the job market pick up a strong edge with the CompTIA CTT+ (Certified Technical Trainer). You'll boost your career with a certification for trainers which [...]
Labor Day Soundtrack: Top 10 Duets & Tributes (Rosanne Cash, Bruce Springsteen, Eddie Vedder & more)
Rosanne Cash: "Tennessee Flat-Box" (Tribute to her father, great version and some very moving memorial words by Rosanne, plus 2 lead-guitar solos) Rosanne Cash: "Tennessee Flat-Top Box" (Tribute to Johnny Cash) Glen Campbell and Johnny [...]
Language Barrier… or Language Aid? The 13! languages supported by PMI’s Language Aids
UPDATE - Turkish added! PMI has added a 13th Language that they support for the PMP test: Turkish! Below is my original post about the Language Aids PMI supports for their certification exams. - Jeff [...]
Interviewed about my book by Elizabeth Harrin as part of her “Summer of Books 2011” series
I recently had the pleasure of being interviewed by well-known London-based book author and blogger Elizabeth Harrin: "Getting some answers: an interview with Jeff Furman" which just came out as part of Elizabeth's "Summer of Books [...]