It’s back to school and many want to boost their career with a more advantageous salary. Good news: a specialist reveals the golden rule to respect to win this promotion.
Career coaches are unanimous: there is a specific process to follow if you want to put the odds on your side to obtain an increase before the end of 2025. One of these specialists, Tess Grint, observed closely what made some advance and what blocked others. She gathered her experience in a method she describes as a concrete roadmap. Her idea is simple: an increase is preparing, she does not wonder on a whim. And to achieve this before the end of 2025, it is better to get started now.
The first step is to ensure that we hold the distance. Before thinking, you have to check that you have energy to move forward. This can go through a better balance between work and rest, a clearer organization of your week or even regular moments of break to blow. Because an exhausted employee, even competent, does not transmit the same image as a person who gives off confidence and stability.
Once this base is ensured, it is a question of better understanding what makes its value in the company. Tess Grint invites everyone to identify their “genius zone”, that is to say the meeting between their skills, what they love and what his employer really expects. The exercise is concrete: list his forces (technical, relational, organizational), ask a colleague or a friend how he perceives us, then compare with what we appreciate most in his missions. This makes it possible to distinguish what deserves to be put forward and what can be reduced, delegated or redesigned.
Then comes the question of the state of mind. Many think that it is enough to work hard to be recognized. In reality, promotions do not necessarily go to the most productive, but to those who know how to make themselves visible. This does not mean making politics, but realizing that the gaze of others counts. To progress, you must therefore transform your doubts into actions. For example, replacing the idea “I will never be promoted” by the question “How can I be promoted?”. By formulating thus, we are looking for solutions instead of resigning ourselves.
Another key point is to learn to think like a leader. Tess Grint advises reserving one hour a week, ideally Friday afternoon, to look at the major business subjects: increase turnover, manage risks, preserve reputation. Even if you do not provide immediate answers, the simple fact of asking strategic questions helps to develop a wider look. And during a meeting, knowing how to say: “I thought about a way to improve the integration of newcomers” shows that we go beyond the framework of your job description. It is this kind of remark that attracts attention.
Last part: attitude. Tess Grint encourages cultivating a form of professional gratitude. Addressing the list of what his post provides a positive person regularly keeps confidence. Thank your colleagues, recognize advances, enhance the collective successes creates a solid image and inspires confidence.
This may seem secondary, but in a salary negotiation, a person perceived as constructive and balanced is more credible than another view as constantly frustrated. This is precisely what constitutes, according to experts, the essential process to obtain an increase by the end of 2025, so take good note and get started now.
