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You are a professional that follows policy and procedures, meet deadlines, attend meetings, and work overtime without compensation. You like your current position, but want to pursue other career opportunities within your organization. Searching the internal employment postings, a job appears interesting, but requires more years of experience and qualifications then you have. As a result, you do not apply for that position, but continue to search for advancement positions that meet your qualifications.
In the meantime, your position of interest has been filled, by believe it or not, a coworker that possesses less experience and qualifications than you. It is later discovered that a mutual supervisor encouraged and was influential in the hiring decision of that employee. When this occurs you analyze your contributions and wonder why your hard work did not get noticed.
In many situations such as this one, it is clear that sometimes to be promoted, it is who you know, not what you know. If this is the case, there are ways to get noticed within an organization beyond the merit of your hard work.
According to a vice president of human resources for a nonprofit organization, individuals that normally dress casual may benefit from dressing more business casual, or changing hairstyles to appear more professional. Sometimes an employee may get overlooked for certain opportunities compared to someone that appears more professional. A second suggestion is to initiate consultations with senior management to learn where they started and how they got to where they are now. This shows upper management that you are interested in advancement. A third suggestion is to become involved in projects in different departments. This showcases your interests, talents, dedication, and hard work, which will "get your name out there". These suggestions although minimum may be the first steps in conjunction with hard work to career advancement.
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