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Summer Job-Search Strategies
Deborah Walker, CCMC

It's easy to lose career focus during the summer months. Kids home from school, warm sunny weather and household projects tend to distract job seekers. Additionally, the interview process often gets disrupted while employers accommodate multiple vacation schedules. These interruptions become an easy excuse to put a job search on hold until September. Don't give in to the temptation to take the summer off. Your summer sabbatical will add months to your job search. Increased competition in September means a smaller margin of error in interview performance. Keep your job-search momentum throughout the summer to avoid frustration in the fall.

Improving Project Timelines by Incorporating Risk: Accounting for Risk
John Estes

Has your project schedule shifted? Projects are often judged by how closely they adhere to their baseline schedule. Unfortunately, many projects often take much longer to complete than initially projected. One of the reasons that projects aren't completed on time is that risk is not adequately built into baseline schedules during the planning phase. Typically, teams do not adequately assess the risks to a project and present overly optimistic timelines to their management.

How To Upgrade Yourself To The PMBOK Guide 4th Edition: A guide for preparing for the fourth editition exam
Cornelius Fichtner, PMP

This article outlines a possible approach to "upgrade" yourself from having studied the PMBOK® Guide 3rd edition, and you now have to take the 4th edition exam. However, we all learn differently. You should adjust this approach to your own needs.