Episode 024 of The Project Management Show features Michael Parker, Founder and President of BlackRock Resources, discussing career opportunities available today in project management.  Do you really need a PMP?  Mike discusses what companies are looking for in hiring project management professionals and the salary ranges associated with different positions.

BlackRock Resources, specializes in providing professional staffing and consulting services to the domestic energy industry (oil, gas, nuclear, and renewable energy).

Michael has over 15 years of staffing and consulting industry experience, and a successful track record in recruiting and placement of project management professionals in both large companies and start-up firms during his career.

Michael is a Pittsburgh native and has traveled and worked extensively throughout the US, including spending 10 years in Los Angles before returning to the Pittsburgh area to raise his family. He now lives south of Pittsburgh in with his wife and their four daughters. When he is not working on BlackRock Resources he is spending time with his family of dancers or volunteering in the local community.

This episode is sponsored by Bravo Reporting Systems