Getting Promoted

By Cassandra Sheahan

Moving Up The Ladder

• What is your goal

• What is your future goal

• Your goals now may not be your future goals

• Think outside of the box

• Imagine different career possibilities

Plan Your Next Job

Some career experts say that the day you start a new job, you

should begin planning for your next job.

10 Strategies to Help1. Develop Mentoring Relationships 2. Quantify Results3. Practice Self-Promotion4. Establish a Bond with Your Boss5. Acquire New Knowledge and Skills6. Build Your Network7. Ask for More Responsibilities8. Act Professionally at All Times9. Be a Team Player10. Create Your Own Opportunities

Develop Mentoring Relationships

• Find a mentor in the company• They can spread the good word

about you• Build relationships with as many

people as you can• Mentors can also be great sources

for information and career guidance

Quantify Results

• Show detailed information about past successes

• Getting results now can earn you a promotion

• Show creativity and innovations• Show you loyalty and commitment• Keep records of things that enhance

your businesses

Practice Self-Promotion

• BE A KNOWN QUANTITY !

• While job-hunting modesty is not going to get you ahead.

• Let people know your accomplishments, awards, and the programs you established.

• SELL YOURSELF !

Establish a Bond with Your Boss• Boss = Board Guard

• Seek counsel

• Stress your interest in your company

• Make your boss a supporter of you

• Discuss potential roadblocks to promotion

• Within informal settings…discuss some personal interests with your boss.

Acquire New Knowledge and Skills

• Expand your knowledge.• Gain new skills.• Stay current in industry, news, and

events.• Pay attention to trends.• Continue your Professional

Development.• These things will make you

marketable.

Build Your Network• Let people get to know you, your

strengths, abilities, ambitions, and your value to the profession.

• Network with your peers in your profession.

• Network with people from other areas of the field.

Ask for More Responsibilities• Volunteer

• Help on departments or teams

• Ask for more work

• Doing these things show your interests, desires, and your value in the organization.

Act Professionally at All Times

• Dress Professionally

• Ask Questions

• Dare to be Different

• Have a Positive Outlook

• Make a Name for Yourself

• Don’t be a Clock-Watcher

• Be a Problem-Solver

Be a Team Player

• Share Successes• Share Values• Work Together• Stay in Contact Outside of

Organization

• Being a team player, will build your reputation and increase your value within the profession

Create Your Own Opportunities • Study company needs• Challenge yourself with meeting

that need• Bring skills and new ideas for that

position• All efforts aren’t lost-you are

showing initiative, creativity, and value.