Carpe diem! This famous Latin phrase means: seize the day! To control your salary level means you have to take control of the factors which influence your salary. Sitting back and hoping that things will happen is not a workable plan for an ambitious go-getter like you. Improving your education will not guarantee a salary rise on its own, but it can become a major factor in that pay rise if you follow a few simple rules.
Four key factors influence your ability to take control of your career and increase your salary: Preparing a Chart, identifying Opportunities, Differentiating Yourself, and Educating Yourself.
Your CODE to Success!
Chart
Opportunities
Differentiate
Educate
Charts are used by navigators to plan a course through stormy seas. It is not enough to turn up to work every day hoping that you will be noticed! You have to create your own opportunities. You need to create your own unique Chart to guide you along a selected course through your professional life, identifying Opportunities which will give you an edge, Differentiating yourself to make sure you stand out from the crowd, and Educating yourself both to do the job you do now superbly and to prepare for that position or job you have your eye on.
So what steps are involved in each of these four key factors? Click on the appropriate box to see the activities involved in that key factor.
To conclude:
- by a combination of driving and actively managing your career through a Chart
- by identifying Opportunities and seeking them out, both in expanding your skills and your sphere of influence
- by making yourself stand head and shoulders above the crowd, and being seen as a subject matter expert
- and by educating yourself into your next position
You will be in a very strong position to take control of your career, advance rapidly up the corporate ladder and…
…get that 20% pay rise!!! << back |
