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The Effect That Project Management Certification Has on Employability: Agents’ Perceptions from Spain

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Applied Economics, Business and Development (ISAEBD 2011)

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This study analyses the effects that the project management certification has on employability. This analysis started with a participative process in which various groups of experts who are involved in the certification of people were consulted. A personal interview was carried out amongst 106 professionals —certifying bodies, training institutions, the civil service, and international organisations— and amongst professional who are certified in project management by the International Project Management Association in Spain. The results show that the certification emerges as a powerful tool for improving employability. The effects are demonstrated across two complementary aspects: internal company aspects and external aspects relating to the labour market. Finally, by compiling the different agents’ opinions, a series of measures emerge for improving the accreditation processes as an employability tool and increasing the mutual learning between public and private actors.

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  1. Agricultural Engineering School, Technical University of Madrid, Avenida Complutense S/N, 28040, Madrid, Spain

    Ignacio de los Ríos-Carmenado & José M. Díaz-Puente

  2. Industrial Engineering School, Technical University of Valencia, Camino de la Vera S/N, 46022, Valencia, Spain

    Jesús Martínez-Almela

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de los Ríos-Carmenado, I., Díaz-Puente, J.M., Martínez-Almela, J. (2011). The Effect That Project Management Certification Has on Employability: Agents’ Perceptions from Spain. In: Zhou, Q. (eds) Applied Economics, Business and Development. ISAEBD 2011. Communications in Computer and Information Science, vol 208. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-23023-3_6

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