Perspectives for 2011

In this podcast, Ricardo talks about the opportunities for project management that will happen in 2011. He explains that in Brazil will be many opportunities in the areas of infrastructure, engineering, energy, oil and mining. Ricardo also reinforces that there is a shortage of skilled project managers in Brazil and that the highly qualified foreign competitors are coming in search of opportunities here.

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Hello, everybody. Welcome to the five minutes BM podcast. I like now to make a Perspectives for 2011, as I said last week about instability and the volatility. No, I'd like to, to try to understand and figure out what does will go in on a is going on and will happen back in 2011, the first for me than stability and volatility, we will continue. And we will, we'll face this, maybe even more, this, this instability and this risky approach in all kinds of business and thinking in the us Europe, the developed countries, we can see maybe improvements in the marketplace.

We'll see more opportunity. I don't believe that in this 2011 will be a great year of recovery and growth. No, I think it will be better than 2010, but we'll still will face some challenges. And mostly because everybody's so afraid. So people is canceled projects without thinking. So to say, Oh, I'm afraid counsel. So I think that the people will become more time aware of this and more ready for this uncertainty.

And I think also that countries like Brazil, like India, and that are growing very fast, that Brazil the grill dramatically in 2010, comparing with our country's. I think that this growth we'll be lower. I don't see that the growth of be bad or a very small number, but it so be nice. Like we, we have in, in 2000 and can, and then the other countries, I see more growth.

So I see less discrepancy between the development and the country's and the country's like us in European countries. Thinking in the perspective, I see a lot of migration of jobs in project management. I travel very much. And when I used to travel abroad, I used to travel the book to find the clients and to find opportunities. So I meet people trying to find opportunity for a Brazil William to work abroad.

And now what is happening, I go abroad. And most of the people that I talk do you want to come to Brazil? So its a different perspective. There are looking for opportunities in our country's and this is a vary in a, quite a smart way of reducing unemployment and also given the opportunities because we have a huge amount of qualified people in this country's that can be benefited from the growth from the emerging countries soap. I think this will be in some way, very in your ways, not too much and in the pooed way and the way the good side of that is that will have more qualified people competing in countries like Brazil.

So people from UK, from Trask going to Brazil to work, to make business, to make money. And the bad is that this people will compete with local people and, and people usually with an average, I'm only guessing in an average with a lower qualifications, this is really interesting, the dynamics. So we'll see, not only the people from countries, poor countries traveling and migrating to rich countries, but also people in the rich countries in qualified people to work in projects like the Olympic games in Brazil like the world cup in Qatar.

So a look at it's different. So the landscape of the planet is changing. And then this will be for me, the challenge and for people that are from this country's that are suffering, maybe think about the perspective of looking at opportunities and employment and the work in other countries there's is maybe the key aspect that how I see 2011, a better year, not a great year, a year with a lot of instability a year with a lot of pressure under project management and in the good announcing the bad side.

And now So migration of jobs, people in the project management field looking for opportunity in order areas, not only the audit areas, but all the countries. So people from project management in it looking for opportunities in infrastructure, people from infrastructure, working in aerospace and defense. So this is immigration of job, its the real root of it. What is project management about? If you, we know how to handle and how to lead project management, maybe the technical skills can become less important compared with this other skills.

And we can use this to improve benefit and reduce the crisis that some countries are in. Some areas are suffering. So this is for me is the map I'm trying to know be as humble as possible to understand that I'm not an specialist and I'm not a futurologist, but this is, this is the way that I figured out for 2011. I wish all of you and I do. And your family, a happy new year, a great 2011 with a lot of optimism, keeping mind that our mind drives our body.

So we need to think positive to create positive environment and to create opportunities. Don't be pessimistic, a happy new year and see you next week with another five minutes PM. Podcast bye. Bye.

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