How much can I make in a Career in Project Management?

How much can I make in a Career in Project Management?



I am very curious about a Career in Project Management. Internet is brimming with pages on How to get into Project Management, while I want to first understand What is a Career in Project Management. In my quest to learn more about a Career in Project Management, I found this amazing page: https://www.lifepage.in/career/20171116-0002/Commerce/Management/Career-in-Project-Management/english 


Marcel Bandur's overview!

With 3 years & 2 months of professional experience, Marcel Bandur understands Project Management. Marcel Bandur has worked in Project Management as Research Assistant in Asia Research Institute. In Marcel Bandur's own words, this is how Marcel Bandur got into Project Management: "After completing my masters degree in Political Science from Singapore, I joined the Asia-Europe Foundation (ASEF) as a Project Officer where I was responsible for handling large-scale projects and events in the field of formal education, supporting the activities under ASEF's Higher Education Programme (AHEP)."


Career Video on Project Management

In a video, Marcel Bandur has talked about various aspects of a Career in Project Management. Marcel Bandur started by explaining Project Management as: "Project Management is the application of knowledge, skills, tools, and techniques to project activities to meet the project requirements. The five essential elements of project management are initiating, planning, executing, monitoring and controlling, and closing." I watched the full video and I absolutely loved it.



  • It was a welcome change to see the video touch upon Education as theoretical knowledge needed to excel at Project Management, and not merely as Qualifications needed to enter Project Management. Marcel Bandur touches upon these in the Education section of the Video:Finance and Accounting
  • Marketing
  • Human Resources
  • Social Media
  • Business Administration

90% success in real life depends on Skills. It is crucial to understand these.

  • Marcel Bandur then explains why these Skills are essential for a Career in Project Management:Report Writing
  • Planning
  • Financial Forecasting
  • People Management
  • Communication
  • Networking
  • Crisis Management

Positives of any Career motivate one to work hard for the same.

  • Marcel Bandur believes that the following are some of the Positives of a Career in Project Management:Quick Rewards
  • Meeting New People
  • High Employability
  • Flexibility

After a discussion on Positives, Challenges complete the caricature of a Career.

  • And, Marcel Bandur believes that one needs to prepare for following Challenges of a Career in Project Management:Long Working Hours
  • Stress
  • Repetitive Work
  • Paperwork
  • Low Monetary Rewards


In the final section of the video Marcel Bandur talks about How a day goes in a Career in Project Management. This video is by far the best video on a Career in Project Management, that I have ever come across. To see the full Talk, one needs to install the LifePage Career Talks App. Here is a direct deep link of the Video: https://lifepage.app.link/20171116-0002 


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