Top ten ways to get promoted

1. Do your job well. You need to excell in your current role and do much more to climb the corporate ladderr.

2. Get noticed. Find ways to get in front of senior people in ways that display your good qualities and makes your memorable.

3. Volunteer. Take on additional responsibilities both inside and outside your department. This shows your willing to get involved and gets you noticed.

4. Discuss your ambitions with your manager. Make sure your boss and your boss's boss know you want to get promoted. You can do this in a quite and professional way. Do not threaten or demand. Have a discussion where you ask the question, "What do I have to do to get promoted?" Develop a plan.

5. Work well with people. Find ways to work effectively with other people and your more likely to be seen as management material.

6. Contribute ideas. Make positive, constructive suggestions for how things could be done better. It will single that you are someone that can think about bigger issues. It show that you welcome rather than fear change.

7 If your cannot move up, move across. Move across to different area of the business at the same level so you can learn new skills and make new contacts.

8. Have a plan. Sets goals for yourself and measure progress against them. If you need to acquire skills or more education, in order to advance, then make plans to do so. If your turned down for a promotion, ask why. If you cannot meet your goals at your current organization then look elsewhere.

9. Get a mentor. Mentors can be great sources for information and career guidance as well as spread the good word about you.

10. Create a career opportunity. After studying the needs and challenges of an organization, if you see an area that has been neglected write a proposal for the position.