How to get promoted in ten easy steps

re: How to get promoted in ten easy steps

Wine-Oh — Thu, 01 Jun 2006 16:56:20 GMT

Id like to add a couple more if I may...

1) Look for opportunities to present in front of a group. Especially if senior management will be there. That will help get noticed and if one does a good job, it creates a good buzz. (and not the kind you get from drinking beer) :)

2)Get involved with cross functional or extra cirricular projects. This is in addition to one's every day job. I forget what company it is, but they require 15% of your time be allocated to projects outside the department. (ie future product releases, philanthropy, etc.) This again helps get you noticed and when other opportunties happen, people will think of you.

re: How to get promoted in ten easy steps

HeatherLeigh — Thu, 01 Jun 2006 17:41:09 GMT

Good ones.

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Jason Haley — Thu, 01 Jun 2006 18:51:26 GMT

re: How to get promoted in ten easy steps

Cgm02 — Fri, 02 Jun 2006 00:03:20 GMT

These are all great ideas... if only it were that easy! This list is just about complete, but I've got one more:

When considering career advancement, most of us are not only focused on doing fabulously at our current job, but looking for our next promotion.

Someone once told me to always consider TWO jobs up, not just one. It's interesting how this changes your focus on performing the "right things" well (that whole strategic alignment thing), and it also ensures that you're sitting in the right sandbox.

Sometimes the sandbox you're in proves to be too small or doesn't have enough toys when you take this view. This is all not to mention that you must bring your best toys to the sandbox - and play well! :)

re: How to get promoted in ten easy steps

HeatherLeigh — Fri, 02 Jun 2006 00:47:05 GMT

More good advice!

re: How to get promoted in ten easy steps

Martin Snyder — Fri, 02 Jun 2006 23:28:13 GMT

Three easy steps to getting ahead

1) Be Handsome
2) Dont be unattractive
3) Be Attractive *

* From Saturday Night Live-

re: How to get promoted in ten easy steps

HeatherLeigh — Sat, 03 Jun 2006 00:54:44 GMT

haha...OK, Martin, should we assume that's what's gotten you to where you are today?

re: How to get promoted in ten easy steps

Tim — Sat, 03 Jun 2006 01:03:45 GMT

I think she also forgot:

11) Bring chocolate. Lots of it.

re: How to get promoted in ten easy steps

HeatherLeigh — Sat, 03 Jun 2006 01:29:22 GMT

Yeah, nobody ever thinks badly of you if you've got chocolate in your hands

re: How to get promoted in ten easy steps

Wine-Oh — Sat, 03 Jun 2006 04:14:01 GMT

Martin's comments remind me of the Stuart Smalley skits from SNL.

"Im good enough... Im Smart Enough... and gosh darn it, people like me!"

re: How to get promoted in ten easy steps

YL — Mon, 05 Jun 2006 02:58:07 GMT

1. Be a white male
2. Be a white male over 40
3. Did I mention being a white male?

Seriously, as a recruiter myself, we all know how some hiring and promotion decisions are made....its called the similarity attraction paradigm. That explains A LOT about why females are greatly missing those choice promotions.

re: How to get promoted in ten easy steps

HeatherLeigh — Mon, 05 Jun 2006 17:48:37 GMT

Hmm, that's a dim view. Hopefully, recruiters/HR managers involved in those situations are counselling their hiring managers on diversity.

Of course, three of the four layers of management above me (including the top) are females. So I guess I don't personally feel victimized by that paradigm.

But I will say that I have worked at companies where their selection/promotion criteria were a complete mystery. I[m not sure the white males fared any better than the rest of us though.

re: How to get promoted in ten easy steps

Mankaw — Sat, 23 Sep 2006 22:25:46 GMT

Be liked

re: How to get promoted in ten easy steps

jeff — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 02:00:42 GMT

Well, where I work, being a female will get you promoted faster than anything. I've seen females only 5 or 6 years out of college that haven't done a thing, get promoted several times, and then into management making six figures. We have government contracts, so they definitely go out of their way at my work to promote women and minorities. As for myself, I have been working there for 6 years, I took over one of the most challenging projects in my department from a senior level person that retired......and I have never been promoted at all in my 6 years. I'm not sexist nor racist, but I've witnessed people that have never done a thing get promoted right through the ranks. Getting promoted is more about "the rich getting rich" and the "poor getting poorer". If you keep getting passed over at work, then that's probably how it will always be. It's better to just either further your education while you are at work, and then go to another company, or start your own company.