e a team player and remember the power of please and thank you;
* Develop a skills portfolio, highlight your achievements and successes, shine a torch on what it is you can offer to an organisation;
* Ditch the gossip sessions;
* Find yourself a mentor not just the open doors for you type of mentor but someone who can prThis article explores ideas and tips to assist you get that promotion!

My "career" has never been planned. In fact I prefer to think of it in terms of professional development rather than a career. I have had the opportunity to work in many different roles. If something interested me I went for it, mostly I was successful, sometimes not. I still clearly remember the first occasion I was unsuccessful with a job application. I had convinced myself this was the job of a lifetime and that I really, absolutely wanted it. Of course I didn't get it and on finding out the news spent the first five minutes on the floor displaying my best version of a tantrum. A very good friend with a few more years of life experience on board than I had at that time told me to get a grip. Which I did and with the wisdom of experience now approach rejection very differently.

In terms of job promotions firstly do the actual job you are getting paid to do right now; as well as you can. I have seen many who forget this point as they strive for that promotion - mostly to their determent; who would after all want to promote someone who wasn't performing in their current role? Think about it and do your best in your current job.

Remember to:
* Be professional at all times;
* Develop your own learning plan, don't wait for someone to do it for you, take responsibility for your own learning;
* Be a team player and remember the power of please and thank you;
* Develop a skills portfolio, highlight your achievements and successes, shine a torch on what it is you can offer to an organisation;
* Ditch the gossip sessions;
* Find yourself a mentor not just the open doors for you type of mentor but someone who can pro

y remember the first occasion I was unsuccessful with a job application. I had convinced myself this was the job of a lifetime and that I really, absolutely wanted it. Of course I didn't get it and on finding out the news spent the first five minutes on the floor displaying my best version of a tantrum. A very good friend with a few more years of life experience on board than I had at that time told me to get a grip. Which I did and with the wisdom of experience now approach rejection very differently.

In terms of job promotions firstly do the actual job you are getting paid to do right now; as well as you can. I have seen many who forget this point as they strive for that promotion - mostly to their determent; who would after all want to promote someone who wasn't performing in their current role? Think about it and do your best in your current job.

Remember to:
* Be professional at all times;
* Develop your own learning plan, don't wait for someone to do it for you, take responsibility for your own learning;
* Be a team player and remember the power of please and thank you;
* Develop a skills portfolio, highlight your achievements and successes, shine a torch on what it is you can offer to an organisation;
* Ditch the gossip sessions;
* Find yourself a mentor not just the open doors for you type of mentor but someone who can pr

nce on board than I had at that time told me to get a grip. Which I did and with the wisdom of experience now approach rejection very differently.

In terms of job promotions firstly do the actual job you are getting paid to do right now; as well as you can. I have seen many who forget this point as they strive for that promotion - mostly to their determent; who would after all want to promote someone who wasn't performing in their current role? Think about it and do your best in your current job.

Remember to:
* Be professional at all times;
* Develop your own learning plan, don't wait for someone to do it for you, take responsibility for your own learning;
* Be a team player and remember the power of please and thank you;
* Develop a skills portfolio, highlight your achievements and successes, shine a torch on what it is you can offer to an organisation;
* Ditch the gossip sessions;
* Find yourself a mentor not just the open doors for you type of mentor but someone who can pr

ment; who would after all want to promote someone who wasn't performing in their current role? Think about it and do your best in your current job.

Remember to:
* Be professional at all times;
* Develop your own learning plan, don't wait for someone to do it for you, take responsibility for your own learning;
* Be a team player and remember the power of please and thank you;
* Develop a skills portfolio, highlight your achievements and successes, shine a torch on what it is you can offer to an organisation;
* Ditch the gossip sessions;
* Find yourself a mentor not just the open doors for you type of mentor but someone who can pr

e a team player and remember the power of please and thank you;
* Develop a skills portfolio, highlight your achievements and successes, shine a torch on what it is you can offer to an organisation;
* Ditch the gossip sessions;
* Find yourself a mentor not just the open doors for you type of mentor but someone who can provide feedback (good & bad) on your performance, assist clarify and meet your learning needs;
* Learn to reflect on your own performance identify what it is you do well, what it is you need to change or start doing and what it is you need to stop doing;
* Work on your relationship with your boss -- remember they are human too; and
* Network, network, and network as unfortunately it still remains true that it is often not your performance but being in the right place at the right time and who you know that gets the door open for you. Paying attention however to the above suggestions will ensure that when the door is opened you can move through it.

This will place you in the best position when promotions become available. When there is a job you are interested in applying for: do your homework, ask questions, and check out if the organisation's values are a good match for your own before applying. Often dissatisfaction arises from working for an organisation where the fit between their values and your own is not good. This has the potential to erode the benefits of organisation's prestige or the monetary rewards
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