PMI’s career framework shows practitioners the path to career advancement. This single tool can help practitioners assess their skill level and build a case for advancement or further training — better preparing them for the next step in their career.
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What is a Career Ladder? 
Skills and Competencies
Assessments
Job Descriptions
Professional Development Activities
What is a Career Ladder?
Formal career ladders guide professionals as they achieve success and advance in their careers. Components of formal career ladders include skills and competencies, a set of comprehensive job descriptions, assessments and professional development activities.
Skills and Competencies
PMI has categorized portfolio, program and project management skills into three competencies: professional, interpersonal and leadership. These skills and competencies make up the foundation of a career ladder.
Assessments
PMI has created an assessment tool to help individual practitioners gauge whether or not they are ready for advancement or if there are still skills to master. The assessment enables practitioners to compare their proficiency in a skill with the proficiency requirement of a job within the project management career ladder.
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Job Descriptions
Well-defined job descriptions help practitioners compare his or her skill-set to a position’s requirements, helping both the candidate and hirer more accurately assess fit. Find out more about career framework job descriptions.
Professional Development Activities
The career framework is just one element in a successful career advancement strategy. Those wishing to advance their careers should consider implementing a professional development plan aimed at strengthening weaker skill sets and knowledge areas. PMI’s professional development activities provide practitioners with the training and networking opportunities they need to advance in their career development.
Activities offered by PMI include:
For a complete listing of PMI’s professional development activities, view the Training and Events calendar.
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