hi this is karen for my phone your agile evangelist welcome to this session
in today's video we will be talking about a very very important topic
how to start your career as a scrum master with zero experience yes that is very possible
how to start your career as a scrum master with zero experience you know the reason why i got
inspired to talk about this topic is because a lot of people have been reaching out to me
asking me a lot of questions like oh i am a certified scrub master but i don't have a job
so how do i go about it others are like i really enjoy um this career path after having
an understanding of what agile is but i don't know how to go about getting a job as a scrum master
and other people are like i'm a scrum master but i don't have a job
how do i land my first job as a scrum master so please to have a clear understanding on what
this is all about or how to go about this please watch till the end before we dive into our topic
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to our topic how can you become a scrum master with zero experience how do you learn your first
job as a scrum master without any experience we will be answering three questions the why
the how and next step of actions so those are the three things we'll be talking about today
so let's start with the why why do you want to become a scrum master
this question only you can answer talking to so many scrum masters and aspiring scrum masters
i have heard so many different reasons on why they decided to become a scrum master or why they are
looking forward to becoming a scrum master you know this question is really critical because the
answer to this question is going to be a driving force in answering the remaining part of this
video which is the how to become a scrum master with zero experience and next step of action so
and the reason why i say this is because i noticed that so many people decided to go into this career
but for wrong reasons and that is why even if they succeed to get a job it's very difficult for them
to keep that job in corporate america once you got you get a job especially a corporate job
you must deliver you must be able to deliver because once you are not delivering
honey you get fired you get fired immediately so why do you want to become a scrub master
to make it easy for you i will just tell you my why i decided to become an agile leader or a scrum
master migrating from being a project manager because after i had the opportunity to understand
the agile values and principles i thought i am supposed to be an agile leader by default
and the reason why i say so is because um this i noticed that this agile values and principles
align naturally well with my personality you know if you're interested in knowing more
about what these agile principles and values are please just go to the description box
and click on the link there to watch my previous video addressing who can become a scrum master
so again i thought that these values and principles really align well with my natural
personality you know so um i am someone who really loves to bring in their all in what they do
i like to be passionate about what i do especially if it's something that is my
livelihood it's something that i make money out of it you know i love to wake up in the morning i'm
feeling so excited to go to work knowing that i am going there to create an impact knowing that i
am going there to make a difference so that is why i decided to choose this career path because
i thought it fits perfectly well with who i am as a person again this really encouraged me to
even go further to pursue a master's degree in agile project management so you see that's my why
i decided to become a scrum master so why do you want to become a scrum master that's the question
please just go to the comment section and drop your why you've chose to become a scrum master
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so the second question we will be addressing today is the how how can you land your first
job as a scrum master with zero experience i have summarized five simple steps that i recommend you
follow for you to learn your first job as a scrum master with zero experience the first step is to
learn you need to learn you must at least learn the basics of agile and scrum a great place to
start is to read the scrum guide it's just 13 pages it's very easy i know you can do it
you know you can just go to scrum.org to download a free copy it doesn't cost you anything also i
recommend you you take courses you know nowadays things agile is becoming really really popular
there are tons of courses out there that you can take to have an understanding of agile and scrum
if you need a recommendation on courses to take please reach out to me directly and i'm going to
help you with that you know that's the number one thing you need to do you must learn you
honey i i don't know how i can emphasize on this you need to invest in yourself you know you need
to sacrifice in order to get what you want because if you don't do that sacrifice what you want
might become that sacrifice so you need to choose your sacrifice wisely that is
the first thing you need to do learn the second step i recommend you follow is to get certified
you know there are tons of certifications out there for a scrum master or agile leadership
if you need a recommendation again please reach out to me directly and i'll be glad to help you
out with that you know the mistake i see so many people doing is after they just hear about chrome
and maybe they hear about six figure they just rush to get a certification without having any
understanding on what agile is you know they just rush to get a certification and just start looking
for a job immediately honey even if you get that job tell me how do you intend to keep that job
you must at least understand what you're doing you must at least have some connection
in what you are doing so yes i i i think um getting a certification should be the second step
after learning once you have your certification the third step you need to follow is start
applying start dropping your applications out there the agile market i can assure you is large
the good news is once you you you do all these investments you invest in yourself you have you
will for sure rip the benefits of your investment the agile market is so so large yes please start
dropping your applications out there while you are doing that the fourth step i recommend you follow
is to join agile communities of practice i can tell you this this has been like a breakthrough
for me i belong to so many agile community groups you know i am even in the initiators of some of
them just you being here and watching me today i think it's a great first step it's a great
step yes other communities of practice are great ways for you to at least gather some experience
here from from um subject matter experts you know so i recommend you look for communities around you
meet up is a key results meet up groups if you also need a recommendations on
the communities to join please reach out to me and i will be glad to help you out with that
you know join me top groups you can even volunteer your services you know on them carrying out crown
projects in those meetup groups there are tons of opportunities out there for you please just
go ahead and look for community groups around you and join you would get first-hand experience you
know there that will help you to land your first job as a scrum master and then once you are doing
that even at your current place of work you know i recommend that you look for opportunities in your
current place of work to start carrying out chrome projects you can volunteer your services you know
in addition to what you're already doing you can even introduce it at your job if that's something
that your workplace is not currently familiar with you can start it over there you know so that is my
recommendation and the next and last step you should take is to get a mentor yes get a mentor
it is very very important to get a mentor get someone who already has an experience who is
already in the field that would hold your hand until you land your first job set that as a goal
set a timeline and look for someone who can work with you until you land that first opportunity
that is really really very important if you also need mentorship if you need someone to be a mentor
to you i can be that mentor you know i have so many other recommendations i can offer to you
you know yes but it is very important for you to get a mentor someone with experience who would be
glad and delighted to help you until you were able to get that first job as a scrum master yes those
are the five simple steps i recommend you follow for you to line your first chrome master role
so after you've had your job as a scrum master how do you intend to keep it that's another thing
to get it is one thing to keep it is another thing i recommend that once you are already in the field
continue to learn keep learning that is the key that is one of the principles of agile again i'll
always go back to that continuous learning and continuous improvement is the key it never ends
because you need to always stay current you need to stay competitive as well as well as you want
to continue delivering value to your customers you have to be current and the only way to be current
is continuously learning you must keep learning yes those are the five simple steps you need to
follow in order to learn your first chrome master job so the last question we will be addressing
is what are the immediate actions you should take after this session immediately you are done
watching this video please i recommend you hear really go and download a copy of the scrum guide
look for a copy of the scrum guide you can find it on amazon you can even get a free download on
scrum.org just go to scrum.org to download the free copy of a scrum guide it's just 13 pages
very easy you can do it just go there that's going to be a great first step for you
once you are done reading the scrum guide i recommend you apply everything else we've
discussed here today i can assure you in no time you will be landing that first role
as a scrub master trust me and the good news is you will reap the benefit of your investment
that's the guarantee the scrum market is so large you know there are a lot of companies giant
companies out there looking for scrum masters but the problem is they are just not able to find
a good scrum master so please just apply these simple steps that we've talked about today
you will be hot kick in the market that i can guarantee you and you will be proud of yourself
we will be ending here today thank you for watching this session
in the next video we will be talking about how to answer the question tell me about yourself
as a scrum master that's a very interesting topic so please stay tuned if you still haven't
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