Getting Promoted

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Getting Promoted

• By Cassandra Sheahan

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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

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Plan Your Next Job

• Some career experts say that the day you start a
  new job, you should begin planning for your next
  job.

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10 Strategies to Help

• 1. Develop Mentoring Relationships
• 2. Quantify Results
• 3. Practice Self-Promotion
• 4. Establish a Bond with Your Boss
• 5. Acquire New Knowledge and Skills
• 6. Build Your Network
• 7. Ask for More Responsibilities
• 8. Act Professionally at All Times
• 9. Be a Team Player
• 10. Create Your Own Opportunities

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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

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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

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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 !

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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 settingsdiscuss some personal
  interests with your boss.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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Act Professionally at All Times

• Dress Professionally
• Ask Questions
• Dare to be Different
• Have a Positive Outlook
• Make a Name for Yourself
• Dont be a Clock-Watcher
• Be a Problem-Solver

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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

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Create Your Own Opportunities

• Study company needs
• Challenge yourself with meeting that need
• Bring skills and new ideas for that position
• All efforts arent lost-you are showing
  initiative, creativity, and value.