How do you actually get promoted? is it a case of hanging around one place long enough and brown nosing the right people, and waiting for dead man's shoes? I have worked in my field for over ten years (in different companies) and think I'm quite good at what I do but I have never been promoted.
During that time I have perhaps never played the corporate game very well, and used to just bale out when the going got tough but I'm beginning to regret it now especially as younger, less experienced people are leap-frogging me.
I've started somewhere new within the last year (not a job hopper this time, I was made redundant from my last post) and there's not much hope of a promotion unless my boss goes, basically. I'm not going to leave but the thought of staying in the same position forever fills me with dread.
So anyone who has got promoted, how did you do it? Is there an element of luck, of being in the right place at the right time? Is it a matter of having friends in high places? How do you make your intentions known without being pushy/
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how do you actually get promoted?
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maggiethemagpie · 21/11/2014 20:39
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