How To Get That Promotion

If you're looking for that promotion or pay rise then you'll need to be noticed by your employer, so here's a few tips to stand out from the crowd:

Have a Friendly & Positive attitude towards Everyone you come into contact

Provide Service and treat Everyone as your customer

Be Professional at all times

Always look for extra work, especially when others are ducking for cover to avoid it

Watch what your colleagues are doing, copy from the ones who are receiving praise for their efforts but learn to do it better than them, while avoiding doing what your "lazier or negative" colleagues are doing

Be a Thinker and offer suggestion on how to do things better and more efficiently

Plan and follow your plan

Don't Procrastinate, do what needs to be done NOW!!

Think ahead, when ask to do A & B, do C as well

Anticipate the next question and provide the answer before you're asked

Dress and Act as if you were already in the position you want to reach

Go to lunch with successful people and learn from them

Don't be afraid to ask questions and ask for help

Avoid Office Politics

Be an Individual while being a team player

Learn everything about your company and products

Follow these tips and you won't need to ask for a promotion or extra money, it will happen automatically.

Garry Munro is a successful consultant, speaker & coach.

Visit his web site for more articles at http://www.mindsalike.com.au

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In this Nov. 13, 2008 file photo, Robert Barber, second from left, a Vietnam Veteran from Bronx, N.Y., talks with a recruiter at the New York State Labor Department job fair for veterans in New York. The government said Thursday, Nov. 20, 2008, new claims for unemployment benefits jumped last week to a 16-year high, providing more evidence of a rapidly weakening labor market. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews, File)AP - New claims for unemployment benefits jumped last week to a 16-year high, the Labor Department said Thursday, providing more evidence of a rapidly weakening job market expected to get even worse next year.



Professional recruiter John Kasyanenko, right, of Express Employment Professionals gives his business card to a woman seeking a work at a job fair sponsored by Monster.com in New York, Wednesday, Nov. 12, 2008. The number of newly laid-off individuals seeking unemployment benefits has jumped to a seven-year high, the government said Thursday, Nov. 13, 2008. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)AP - With weekly jobless claims benefits at a 16-year high, the White House said Thursday that President George W. Bush would quickly sign legislation pending in Congress to provide further unemployment benefits.



Arizona Gov. Janet Napolitano testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Nov. 13, 2008, before the House Energy and Commerce Committee hearing on health care coverage issues. (AP Photo/Lauren Victoria Burke)AP - Arizona Gov. Janet Napolitano, an early Barack Obama supporter from the southwestern part of the country, is the likely choice for the job of secretary of homeland security, a top Obama adviser said Thursday.



File photo shows former Guantanamo Bay inmate David Hicks (L) with an unidentified driver (R). Australian police said Thursday they were ready to lift strict security restrictions on convicted Guantanamo Bay detainee David Hicks after he broke his silence to appeal for greater freedom.(AFP/File/Greg Wood)AP - A federal judge has ordered the release of five Algerian terror suspects who have been held without charges almost seven years at Guantanamo Bay.



Auto industry executives, from left, General Motors  Chief Executive Officer Richard Wagoner; Chrysler Chief Executive Officer Robert Nardelli; and Ford Chief Executive Officer Alan Mulally, testify on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Nov. 19, 2008, before a House Financial Services Committee hearing on the state of the auto industry.  (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)AP - A bipartisan group of auto-state senators reached a last-ditch compromise Thursday to throw Detroit's Big Three a government lifeline worth billions, but the plan faces an uphill battle in a reluctant Senate.



Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange Thursday, Nov. 20, 2008.  (AP Photo/Jason DeCrow)AP - Stocks have reversed steep morning losses to push higher Thursday after aides to a bipartisan group of senators say they have reached a compromise to funnel emergency loans to Detroit's car makers.



AP - "Uncle Ted" Stevens, an old-style Senate giant and the chamber's longest-serving Republican, delivered his swansong address and yielded the floor for the final time Thursday. He was saluted by his colleagues as a staunch friend and teacher.

AP - Despite the bad economy, U.S. Internet advertising revenue rose in the third quarter, according to an analysis released Thursday.

In this Dec. 2, 2007 file photo, director Guy Ritchie and his wife Madonna attend a special screening of 'Revolver' in New York. A court schedule says Madonna and Guy Ritchie will be granted the first stage of their divorce in London Friday, Nov. 21, 2008. London's High Court lists 'Ciccone M L v Ritchie G S' as one of 16 cases listed for 'matrimonial and civil partnership causes for pronouncement of decree.'  (AP Photo/Evan Agostini, file)AP - A court schedule says Madonna and Guy Ritchie will be granted the first stage of their divorce in London Friday.



In this March 27, 2008 file photo, Hal Steinbrenner, left, and his father, New York Yankees principal owner George Steinbrenner,  talk before a pre-game ceremony renaming Legends Field to George M. Steinbrenner Field in Tampa, Fla. Major League Baseball owners approved the shift of control of the New York Yankees from George Steinbrenner to his son, Hal, Thursday Nov. 20, 2008.  (AP Photo/Kathy Willens, File)AP - George Steinbrenner's 35-year reign as boss of the New York Yankees ended Thursday when he passed control of the New York Yankees to his youngest son, Hal.



A General Motors car dealership is seen in Roslyn, New York November 19, 2008. (Shannon Stapleton/Reuters)Reuters - Four senators have reached a bipartisan agreement on a bill to assist the struggling automotive industry, the lawmakers announced in a joint statement on Thursday.



A man registers to begin his search for a job at the Verdugo Jobs Center in Glendale, California, November 7, 2008. (Fred Prouser/Reuters)Reuters - The number of U.S. workers filing new claims for jobless benefits surged last week to their highest level in 16 years, Labor Department data showed on Thursday, as a harsh economic environment forces employers to cut back on hiring.



President-elect Barack Obama on stage with Arizona Governor Janet Napolitano during a rally in Phoenix, January 30, 2008. (Jason Reed/Reuters)Reuters - President-elect Barack Obama is considering Arizona Gov. Janet Napolitano to be U.S. Homeland Security secretary, heading a sprawling agency formed to bolster civil defense in the wake of the September 11 attacks, a senior Democrat said.



Reuters - Exasperated U.S. lawmakers criticized Federal Reserve and Treasury Department efforts to shore up the faltering economy on Thursday, telling officials that their financial rescue efforts have not reached small businesses or homeowners.

Reuters - Five of six Algerians must be released after nearly seven years of captivity at the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo Bay in Cuba, a federal judge ruled on Thursday in a setback for the Bush administration,

Reuters - U.S. forces killed a senior al Qaeda leader wanted for planning suicide bombings, kidnappings and assassinations, including the abduction and killing of a U.S. army sergeant in 2004, the U.S. military said on Thursday.

Reuters - President George W. Bush will meet Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert on Monday to review Middle East peace efforts that the U.S. leader had once hoped would produce an agreement before he left office.

Supporters hold signs during a 'No on Prop 8' rally in West Hollywood, November 5, 2008. (Mario Anzuoni/Reuters)Reuters - California's Supreme Court on Wednesday agreed to hear a legal challenge against the state's voter-approved ban on gay marriage and let the ban stand in the meantime.



US auto giant executives wait to testify before the House Finincial Services Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC. Governments scrambled to cushion the impact of the financial crisis with France launching a 20-billion-euro sovereign wealth fund and China unveiling a jobs protection plan as the car industry made huge new cuts.(AFP/Tim Sloan)AFP - Governments scrambled to cushion the impact of the financial crisis Thursday with France launching a 20-billion-euro sovereign wealth fund and China unveiling a jobs protection plan as the car industry made huge new cuts.



Somali pirates who hijacked a Saudi oil super-tanker have demanded a 25 million dollar ransom amid calls for tougher action to end threats to one of the world's key maritime routes.(AFP/US NAVY/File/Ho)AFP - Somali pirates who hijacked a Saudi oil super-tanker demanded a 25 million dollar ransom Thursday amid calls for tougher action to end threats to one of the world's key maritime routes.




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