In each issue, Cheetah News features an individual who shares his or her ideas, insight, and experience with Cheetah Learning's Methodology.

How to Stand Out from the Crowd
When the job market is competitive, you need something to make you stand out from the crowd. Trevor Noble, a project manager in the financial industry in New York City, decided that getting his PMP^® certification would help set him apart. “While I don’t believe having a certification necessarily changes someone’s work ethic or experience, I do think it demonstrates a higher level of knowledge and understanding, which is imperative in a competitive job market.”

Cheetah’s four-day program caught Trevor’s attention, especially since most of his friends who had tried other programs ranging from one-to-three months of class time hadn’t yet scheduled their exam date. Getting it done in a week from start to PMP was very appealing. “The accelerated approach allows you to quickly and effectively memorize the necessary material and be able to recall concepts and process flows to pass the exam,” he explains.

Trevor’s biggest challenge was forcing himself to take a day off from studying after the four full days of class to rejuvenate his mind. “After a day off, I was able to skim the material on the test day and recall most of it on the exam later that evening,” he says. “It was a big help at the beginning of the exam to use the scratch paper and to write down the memory-map process flows we had memorized. That’s what helped me recall each theme during the exam.”

It was an intensive week, but Trevor found the structure of Cheetah’s accelerated learning methodology brought it all together. “Good sleep, controlling external distractions, four-to-six healthy meals per day and no caffeine or alcohol helped me stay focused and relaxed during the week-long course,” he explains. And the one must-do? “Memorizing key words and understanding the process flows were a must to prepare for this exam.”