Get Hired as Scrum Master: Guide For Agile Job Seekers And People Hiring Them

Written by Dmitri Iarandine

Narrated by Dmitri Iarandine

Transitioning into agile project management and digital delivery professional space became a prominent trend across industries over the past five years. Competitive job market is becoming saturated with candidates who do not fully understand how modern recruitment for agile roles works - at least in Australia.

They present their professional resumes filled with mixed messages, absurd qualifications, using language that only sends their job application straight into the bin, missing out on opportunities that otherwise should be within their reach.

Lack of this specific knowledge is reducing your chances of getting hired as a Scrum Master, or for any other job within agile delivery space.

Written primarily for aspiring professionals who want to enter the world of agile project management and digital delivery, but lack the right knowledge or specific insights, this audio-book is an attempt to share my personal findings and summarize research made as part of becoming a professional Scrum Master.

This includes plenty of my subjective yet educated opinions on a number of topics surrounding general theme of presenting yourself as the most appealing agile job candidate, providing advice on how to capitalize on your current professional background, understanding your skill gaps and available options, and pivoting towards a Scrum Master role within agile digital delivery as efficiently as possible.

You will learn about:

• What requirements apply to Scrum Master role candidates these days
  
• How to deal with Recruiters and get your application through their initial filter
  
• How different companies see Scrum Master roles and responsibilities
  
• What are Agile Hybrid roles, and why should it concern Scrum Masters
  
• How to do your research and other preparation properly
  
• How to write a good to-the-point Cover Letter, and do you need one at all
  
• How to reformat your Resume and present it the best possible way
  
• What interview questions a new Scrum Master can expect, and the best ways to respond

An Author's Republic audio production.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Author's Republic
• Release date: Jan 20, 2018
• ISBN: 9781518990663

Dmitri Iarandine

Dmitri is a Business Transformation Leader and Agile Career Coach, passionate about the New Ways of Working and Digital Disruption, helping companies define and implement the new operating models and optimization strategies to remain competitive and Customer-focused in the modern business landscape. Pragmatic and hands-on Lean-Agile practitioner, Dmitri introduces all the necessary concepts and hybrid models with the required blend of the elements that set the foundation for a longer-term digital transformation, enabling faster feedback loops, empirical planning, reduction of risk, and more sustainable pace of value delivery to the Customer. Dmitri is a published author and the founder of JoinAgile Initiative, helping the aspiring Agile practitioners grow professionally, and the recruiters to find the right Lean-Agile talent, using the new and advanced professional competency testing system.

Reviews for Get Hired as Scrum Master

[Pcal001 · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

Excellent insight into the world of being a Scrum Master, albeit highly skewed towards the Aussie job market.