Re: Advise please Finding it difficult getting employment
I have worked as a Customer Relationship Manager in an Industry where Customer satisfaction would traditionally not have been held in the highest regard. During my time in this position I have promoted good customer service policies to be essential in order to both sustain and grow there business. While in this position I became aware and interested in the six sigma black belt
I hope my previous reply did not come across as unhelpful. But there is incredible variation in the experience and skills of six sigma experts. In my line of work as six sigma black belt would have 20 years experience of process optimisation and a stack of projects under their belt. You are not at that level yet. The qualifications and knowledge are great, and they will be very useful to you as a practising project manager. You just need to pitch yourself at the right level because what matters is experience and tangible results, and this is what you need to build up.
The best places for project managers starting out are large companies which have a project management department. They tend to have defined processes and there is a lot of scope for using formal PM qualifications (they also tend to understand what the qualifications are for
). In such as situation, starting low is not a problem, as there is scope to move upwards. The trouble is, recruitment is at a low level at the moment, which is probably why you are having difficulties - if it's any consolation, it's not just you... You put a lot of effort into training so you clearly have drive and motivation. If you can, get a professional careers person to look over your CV.
Also, don't limit yourself to PM - you have Customer relationship management experience, why not capitalise on that? If you get into a large company, there is always a sideways move opportunity too.