The job description may include a list of required skills like organizational management

The job description may include a list of required skills like organizational management,

strong planning and communication skills, budget preparation and monitoring.

Sound familiar? Maybe you'll even start to notice that the job's responsibilities seem

like tasks you've covered in this course,

like creating monthly status reports, helping to implement new and necessary technologies, tracking work plans and performance metrics,

assisting other members of the operations team on given projects,

and ensuring timely responses to requests for information.

These duties are nearly a perfect match for your project management skills,

and there are plenty more listings like these two.

How great is that?

The skills that go into project management are used in all kinds of roles and professions.

Believe it or not, we've all worked with or learned from a project manager at some point in the past. Can you guess who that is?

It's your teachers! Think about it.

Everything that goes into being a teacher takes project management skills:

Designing a curriculum that's accessible to students with unique needs; managing a budget; communicating with others like parents, department heads, or school admins;

developing processes to make things run efficiently in the classroom; and so on.

For example, when I went for my first interview at Google,

I highlighted my experience as the founder and advisor to a student leadership group.

I told them about how I assembled and led a team of 20 students to plan and execute events like fundraisers, community gatherings, and academic assemblies for

over 300 students during the academic year.

I even kind of surprised myself, looking back at how much relevant project management experience I had.

Now, I'm sure you'll think back on your own experiences and feel the same thing.

One more thing to call out is networking. Networking is when you meet other people in

a professional setting with the goal of learning, sharing knowledge, and creating new business connections.

This plays a big role in job hunting, so it is a great tool to start learning and perfecting.

The skills you learn here will prepare you for all kinds of project management jobs.

Knowing how to search for jobs will make it even easier to match those skills with the best opportunities for you.