You have the degree. You are now in the step where you need to get your hands dirty. How can you manage a job effectively if you have no idea what goes on day to day?

Furthermore, you will not get the most out of your employees nor will you get their respect coming on the site with your pretty little khakis and polo and brand new shiny hard hat barking out unrealistic orders with not a lick of experience. You know what makes the best PM and planners? The ones who have done it, even if for a year or less. The ones who come straight out of a college classroom, struggle.

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Posted by Manored77

Member since Jun 2016

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Posted on 7/23/16 at 9:51 am to RealityTiger

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Almost every GC in DFW is hiring right now. We just hired 3 kids out of college as field engineers that had business or finance degrees. Give them a tape measure and start making punch list and addressing quality control. They will manage onsite materials, jobsite conditions, enforce the safety program, generate RFIs, daily reports...etc.

You hired them right out of college as field engineers? They didn't even have CM degrees?

See I'm not knocking any of the advice here or ignoring it by asking questions. It's just I'm getting several different answers. Just today I found a few posts on Craigslist of construction companies looking for assistant project manager, no experience just be a recent Grad from an engineering or CM or equivalent. There is a lot of job site work involved though.

Is this what you meant when you hired Patron?

There seem to be many roads into this field but I do value the on site job experience.

This post was edited on 7/23/16 at 9:59 am

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